Job Summary:
This position will prepare and process payroll and benefits, assist employees and graduate students with their payroll and benefit questions, process new hires and onboarding, coordinate recruitment process, prepare appointment letters and maintain the HR and payroll files for employees and students. This position supports the Institute for Molecular Virology, the Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, the Biophysics graduate program and the Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate program. This position will also serve as the event coordinator for both centers and the office manager. This includes providing administrative support to the admin team with supply ordering, requesting maintenance and shredding requests.

Responsibilities:
Performs routine human resources activities and provides general administrative support in more than one functional area such as recruitment, classification, payroll and benefits for a work unit. Serves as a resource contact disseminating information on rules, regulations, procedures, and statutes.
10% Interprets, applies, and disseminates routine recruitment and staffing policies, procedures, and options to leadership and employees; recommends best strategies according to established objectives and goals
40% Assists with recruitment, personnel resource allocation, new employee orientations, and maintenance of employee records according to established policies and procedures
10% Prepares and organizes routine administrative communications, resources, and reports and maintains office equipment and supplies, under close supervision
20% Receives and responds to inquiries in-person, via email, and through various communication mediums and relays information to appropriate entities
15% Process biweekly payroll and maintain payroll and benefits files
5% Serve as event coordinator
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Education:
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree

Qualifications:
Must possess strong attention to detail, be organized and possess the ability to problem solve and take initiative. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills and be able to interact positively with other co-workers, staff and faculty and be able to learn the duties of the position in a reasonable amount of time. Must have at least one year of office experience and experience in professional communications. Previous payroll experience is desirable.