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Human Resources Specialist

Position Number: B1183PD
Starting Wage/Salary: $24.17-$25.15/hour plus exceptional benefits.
Close Date: 11/16/2025

Primary Purpose:

• Youll coordinate and check the status on recruitments for multiple positions from opening the posting to onboarding the new employee. While you wont own all steps (like doing the interviewing), you will be the hiring liaison, communicating regularly with hiring managers and candidates to ensure each step is completed from screening applicants, scheduling interviews, ensuring all recruitment related documents are filed, to onboarding.
• You will respond to questions from the HR email inbox and voicemail. Everyday we get 25+ questions about recruiting, hiring, employee inquiries, and HR processes/systems. Youll be part of the friendly, accurate, and confidential customer support that helps them figure it out by asking clarifying questions, providing detailed answers, and responding in a timely manner.
• You will work alongside a supportive, fun, and collaborative team that wants to help you succeed in your daily work and in solving issues quickly for people.
• You will use technology to verify, establish, and update systems for employees. Youll assist with setting up new employees, records maintenance/retention, tracking personnel evaluations, and more.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to provide and maintain high levels of customer service for internal and external customers.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times and exercise a high level of professionalism, tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision within a "team environment."
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills and be able to effectively and positively communicate with staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Ability to work independently engaging in critical thinking, problem solving and resolution, and skillfully organize and perform multiple tasks within expected timelines while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
• Ability to work with details to ensure accuracy of communications and data input.
• Ability to interface with College staff, students and the public effectively and diplomatically, both in-person, on the telephone and via email.
• Possess effective office technology, English composition, spelling and grammar skills.
• Ability to edit/maintain/add web pages using a content management system.
• Skills in organization, filing, and office protocols, including archiving (per State of Oregon) and federal employment requirements such as I-9 and W-4.
• Proficient keyboarding skills and the use of Microsoft software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Skill and familiarity with computers, multi-line phones and other standard office equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, using the English language with or without the use of an interpreter.
• Ability to work cooperatively with and contribute to a diverse workplace through ideas or experience.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Communications, Education, or related field.

• Two years comprehensive office experience, utilizing effective skills in organization, teamwork, interpersonal communication, and computer-based technology.
• One-year experience working on projects and/or tasks that require attention to detail and adherence to strict timelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a Human Resources office/department, using an HRIS Software programs, such as PeopleAdmin, PeopleSoft, NeoGov; Banner (Ellucian) or other HRIS database.
• Experience working in an academic or higher education environment.
• Experience in editing/maintaining/adding web pages using a content management system.

To apply, visit https://jobs.cocc.edu/postings/11727

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