BENTON HARBOR AREA SCHOOLS

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE: HR Specialist (hired through EduStaff)

LOCATION: Central Administration

SUPERVISOR: Superintendent & HR Coordinator

JOB SUMMARY: The role of the HR Specialist is to serve as the lead on specific projects that require prior experience in Human Resources and/or relative field

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENC:

REQUIRED

• Associates Degree in Business or Accounting
• Two (2) years of Payroll & Benefits processing experience
• Two (2) years of Human Resources experience
• Proven ability to meet the challenges of an urban-rural, multi-racial, and multi-ethnic school district

PREFERRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Accounting
• School payroll experience

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This postion is primarily responsible for but not limited to:

• Assisting with audit preparation
• Serving as the secondary contact person for communication with benefit vendors
• Reconcile insurance billing
• Managing insurance benefit enrollments, changes, and terminations for the district
• Managing all payroll and benefit compliance-related reporting
• Assisting with Skyward to Qmalativ migration
• Providing administrative support to the current HR staff

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Commitment to Equity: Passionate about closing the achievement gap and ensuring that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, receives an excellent education
• Leadership: Coaches, mentors, and challenges others to excel despite obstacles and challenging situations.
• Focus on Data-Driven Results: Relentlessly pursues the improvement of central office performance and school leadership, instruction, and operations, and is driven by a desire to produce quantifiable student achievement gains.
• Innovative Problem-Solving: Approaches work with a sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving; takes initiative to explore issues and find potential innovative solutions.
• Adaptability: Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of a dynamic transformation effort; comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations.
• Teamwork: Increases the effectiveness of surrounding teams through collaboration, constant learning, and supporting others; sensitive to diversity in all its forms; respects and is committed to learning from others.
• Communication and Customer Service Skills: Communicates clearly and compellingly with diverse stakeholders in both oral and written forms; anticipates and responds to customer needs in a high-quality and courteous manner.

FUNDING SOURCE:

If this position is funded using Title dollars, federal regulations do not allow a promise of employment beyond the current year of allocated funds. If this position is funded using state program dollars, the district is not obligated to fund the position beyond the current year’s allocation. This position, at any time, maybe dissolved based on funding availability and data collected from a comprehensive needs assessment.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Temporary Hourly Employee ($15 - $30 per hour) - Salary based on education and experience pursuant to the Benton Harbor Area School Board policies and collective bargaining agreement, if applicable

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individual currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts.

Benton Harbor Area Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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