Location: Columbia,MD, USA
This position reports to the Director and will provide support to the HR Officer. The position is responsible for administrative support and human resource services to maintain a uniform system of general administrative agency operations for all of its constituents, including internal and external customers.Administrative Duties:
* Types manuscripts, correspondence, statements, tables and forms from corrected copy, rough draft or oral instruction.
* Opens, sorts, reads and distributes incoming correspondence; proofreads outgoing correspondence and reviews records for completeness and accuracy.
* Develops special forms and summaries using a variety of records in order to secure complete and accurate information; may take dictation using shorthand during Executive meetings.
* Acts as an intermediary for the supervisor maintaining frequent contacts with agency staff and customers; receives telephone calls and visitors; arranges for appointments and interviews; provides information to callers in regard to laws, rules, regulations and operational procedures governing the agency.
* Relieves the supervisor of operational details by assembling, compiling and summarizing data into a concise form and preparing reports.
* Maintains important and confidential records, schedules, expense accounts and office supplies.
* Serves as occasional backup to facility maintenance request.
* Serves as backup to responding to Howard County emails.
* Assigned as the security monitor for the LGA department.
* Create business cards per request for All Staff, within Avery login site.
HR Support Duties:
* Creates and maintains personnel files, position recruitment files, procedural manuals, pamphlets, and other informational repositories.
* Maintains confidentiality of the personnel management systems and information privy to Human Resources department.
* Submission and removal of appropriate access requests to Data Security Division and through the Sailpoint application.
* Serve as the primary timekeeper for the agency.
* Serves as a backup panelist for agency interviews; serves as an interview panel member for interviews as needed.
* Serves as a backup for conducting reference checks
* Assists with creating and maintaining personnel, recruitment, and medical files; Ensures compliance with State and DHS
* Update Human Resource board with vacancies, testing announcements, policy, and procedure changes.
Other Duties:
* Perform other duties and functions as assigned
High School Diploma or GED and four (4) years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
PREFERRED EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Associate degree preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work environment is generally clean, quiet and climate controlled. Work requires everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of offices, meeting or training rooms, and use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoiding trips and falls. Work is essentially sedentary, with occasional walking; standing; bending; or carrying light items or other restricted physical activities. May require driving from one agency facility to another for meetings and other purposes.
LANGUAGE SKILLS, MATHEMATICAL SKILLS, AND REASONING ABILITY:
* Ability to use a personal computer and keyboard.
* Interprets administrative decisions and policies to staff and transmits instructions with the authority of the Director.
* This position must effectively communicate by telephone, in writing and/or in person with supervisors and other personnel in other local departments to meet the Agency's objectives.
* Competency in various software such as Canva program, Google slides, Google forms, Newmark portal, Avery, Doodle Poll, Kronos, Paycom, Workday HRIS systems, and Microsoft office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).