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Human Resources Retention/Relations Administrator

Position Number: B1215PD
Starting Wage/Salary: Maximum of $82,400 plus exceptional benefits
Close Date: 09/28/2025

Primary Purpose:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• You will build trust and strong relationships across the College community.
• You will design and deliver programs that boost employee engagement and retention.
• You will coordinate recognition efforts to celebrate employee contributions.
• You will support evaluations and coach supervisors in developing their teams.
• You will create a full wellness program that keeps employees healthy and thriving.
• You will listen to employee feedback through stay and exit interviews-and act on it.
• You will serve as a resource for resolving workplace concerns with fairness and care.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of and familiarity with Human Resource functions and professional practices, specifically employee retention, wellness, and relations.
• Ability to effectively present to small and large groups.
• Ability to interpret Federal/State employment and labor laws and apply them to COCCs HR functions.
• Ability to document and maintain administrative procedures for employee relations, retention, and wellness processes.
• Ability to initiate and effectively manage multiple projects, apply critical thinking skills, and prioritize workload to meet varying deadlines.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with minimal supervision within a high performing team environment, across College departments, and with external partners.
• Ability to communicate in a diverse workplace using clear and effective verbal and written skills, via various mediums/modalities, using the English language with or without the use of an interpreter.
• Ability to understand, interpret, and apply multiple collective bargaining agreements in a higher education environment.
• Ability to provide exceptional service to the COCC community with empathy, equity, and accountability.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and accuracy of information, documents, and employee data while ensuring correct procedures are followed.
• Proficiency in technology, including MS Software applications (Outlook, Word, Excel) and database programs; ability to learn new software applications on an ongoing basis to improve workflow and efficiency.
• Skills in researching, analyzing, and applying HR processes, programs, and systems to provide recommendations for improvement.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Communications, or related field.

• Minimum three years of experience with any combination of the following:
  • Employee Wellness
  • Employee Relations
  • Retention Programs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in higher education, a public agency, or a large organization.
• HRIS Software Applications, survey software, learning management systems, and content management software.
• Experience with conflict resolution, workplace mediation, coaching.

• None required but HR certification (SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR) is supported; ongoing HR professional development required.

To apply, visit https://jobs.cocc.edu/postings/11651

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