Austin Community College Hiring for Assistant II, Human Resources at Highland Business Center Full Time

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Reflects the diversity of our community

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college’s mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body as an open-access and low-cost institution. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to our students’ diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC’s faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

Assistant II, Human Resources

Job Description Summary:

Provides customer service and serves as a main contact point for applicants seeking employment with the College. Performs various aspects of the hiring process to include employee onboarding, and position close-out procedures. Responsible for pre-employment and administrative duties to support office operations.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Assists applicants and supervisors by responding to inquiries and providing information.
• Prepares and sends notification letters to applicants.
• Assists with administrative duties to support office operations.
• Gathers information, prepares reports and reviews data for accuracy.
• Initiates the new hire onboarding process; welcomes new employees
• Process unemployment claims and terminations.
• Assists with staff training and implementation of programs and processes.
• Maintains quality service by following organizational standards.
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing publications.
• May plan, coordinate, and oversee departmental programs and events.
• Creating employee accounts and positions in HCM System.
• Maintains the termination process of the College.

Knowledge

• Administrative procedures, principles, and practices.
• Customer service principles and practices.
• Organizing and planning practices.
• Processing and verification of new employee information, database maintenance, and/or Human Resource principles and processes, as needed.
• Depending on area of assignment, may require knowledge of event planning.

Skills

• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Presentation and public speaking skills.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Entering data, maintaining files, and performing other clerical duties with exacting accuracy.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Ability to create and make basic presentations.
• Effective customer-orientation when working with a diverse population.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• May also use social media, work with desktop publishing, and update webpages.

Required Work Experience

• Two years related work experience.

Preferred Work Experience

• Experience working in a Human Resources office.

Required Education

• Associate degree.

Four years of related work experience may substitute for this education requirement. Applicants who substitute work experience to meet the education requirement must use additional related work experience to meet the years of “Required Work Experience” for this position. Please note that the college reserves the right to amend these terms of substitution at any time.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Salary Range

$45,760 – $48,357

Reports to Manager, Employment and Outreach Services

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

October 21, 2023Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.