What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resource Clerk position at Lee County Clerk of Court?
Overview
The Clerk's Human Resource (HR) Department develops and administers programs that are designed to support the Clerk’s mission, vision and core values. This includes creating, managing, and cultivating a positive employer-employee relationship.
HR contributes to the Clerk's strategic plan by -
- Providing Team Members with a fair and trusting work environment with equal opportunity for learning and professional development
- Providing exceptional customer service to our Team Members from hire to retire
- Implementing improvements to achieve big goals
- Building strong and trusting relationships throughout the organization and community
- Being a strategic business partner to key stakeholders and Team Members
Why work for us? The Clerk's office offers a competitive benefits package including:
- Superior health care plans with low premiums
- Competitive retirement and pension plans - Florida Retirement System and 457 deferred compensation options
- Generous paid time off, paid holidays, birthday leave, and volunteer time
- Our Wellness Program gives employees incentives, tools, social support, and strategies to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle
- We are a qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Our office values a work-life balance. Enjoy your nights and weekends with friends and family!
At the Clerk's Office you can:
- Work with a purpose
- Give back to the community
- Be part of a team
- Pursue career advancement opportunities
- Reach your professional and personal goals
Position Function and Duties
The Human Resource Clerk assists the HR department with clerical and administrative tasks, supporting over 300 team members.
Position Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Primary contact for main phone line, voicemail, and visitor reception.
- Perform the New Hire Intake Process by completing the I-9, e-Verify, payroll paperwork, and obtaining an employee badge.
- Issue or replace employee identification badges, maintain associated documents and spreadsheets.
- Assist in the monitoring of HR mailboxes to ensure timely response to team members and job candidate requests when needed.
- Support the Learning and Development Manager in various ways, including scheduling, inviting participants, setting up workshops, inputting data, and other tasks that contribute to L&D initiatives.
- Support the HR Business Partner (HRBP) in various ways, including scheduling, inputting data, and other tasks that contribute to HRBP initiatives.
- Represent HR by serving on various committees such as the Safety Committee, Events Committee and Wellness Committee.
- Maintain all electronic files in accordance with HR and Records Management policies and procedures this includes document indexing and email retention.
- Support the HR Records Management efforts – verifying duplicate files prior to deletion, processing files that have met the retention requirements, assisting HR Analyst in updating the records inventory.
- Serve as department Travel Coordinator for the HR department, responsible for all travel arrangements, following the Clerk Travel Management Procedures.
- Organize HR team meetings: scheduling, agenda, take notes, and complete meeting minutes.
Qualifications
Education, Experience & Certification(s):
- Two years of clerical or customer service experience required
- Intermediate level skills with MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel required
- HR Experience and/or Certification (SHRM-CP, HRCI-PHR, etc.) preferred
- Attendance and reliability is a must
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Effective interpersonal skills, strong work ethic and professional demeanor
- Effective communication, both orally and in writing
- Ability to use tact in sensitive situations, maintain the confidentiality of restricted files, and maintain a courteous attitude at all times
- Accurate data entry skills
- Ability to meet deadlines, goals and objectives
- Work is performed under moderate supervision; requires initiative and good judgment
Supplemental Information
This position is scheduled to work Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Physical Requirements:
- Office: Majority of the time is spent in the office sitting at the computer, remainder of the time is spent walking, talking, setting up rooms for workshops
- This position requires a significant amount of communication with others – written, e-mail, and verbal
- This position requires bending and reaching
- This position requires going to other departments and/or offices on different floors and/or buildings throughout the day
- This position may require occasional travel to other sites to attend meetings, seminars or classes
- Ability to lift up to 20 pounds