Junior HR Partner

Junior HR Partner The Junior Human Resources Partner plays a key role in supporting and enhancing the People Experience at Barnard College. This role ensures that recruitment, placement, onboarding, payroll processing, job postings, compliance, and training foster an inclusive, collaborative, and cohesive workplace for employees throughout the College.
The Junior HR Partner will provide guidance on HR best practices while working closely with hiring managers to implement and communicate initiatives. This role also partners with colleagues across the Human Resources department to support various HR functions, including but not limited to recruitment, onboarding, engagement initiatives, benefits administration, compliance and labor/employee relations.

• Provide support and assistance to staff recruitment efforts, including but not limited to, scheduling candidates, screening, opening and monitoring cases in E-verify, new hire compliance tasks, onboarding, and extending offers, ensuring a seamless experience for candidates and hiring managers.
• Distribute employment paperwork and/or launch onboarding tasks in Workday.
• Explain employment eligibility requirements to applicants, verify documentation, enter E-Verify cases for new hires, confirm receipt of completed onboarding paperwork, and maintain and follow onboarding checklists.

• Serve as the initial point of contact for the Student Employment Program, including reviewing requests, responding to inquiries, and escalating issues as needed.
• Conduct full-cycle recruitment efforts for student employment, including but not limited to, screening, interviewing, and extending offers, ensuring a seamless experience for candidates and hiring managers.
• Coordinate and assist managers, department contacts and student employees in the hiring through Workday.
• Approve and review job postings in Workday, ensuring accuracy and assisting supervisors with navigation and usage for student employment.
• Assist departments with direct hires of students and provide Workday assistance through job aides and other self-guided tools for departments to onboarding employees.
• Oversee and supervise student employment student assistant(s) and instruct them in payroll functions and related tasks.
• Input student employee data into the Workday system and input/update information as necessary.
• Monitor Federal Work-Study (FWS) awards in conjunction with Financial Aid and advise students when funds are low.
• Collaborate on student payroll on a biweekly basis, ensuring alignment between Financial Aid and Payroll Office records, balancing funds, and resolving wage discrepancies to prevent audit liabilities.
• Reconcile end-of-year reporting and assist Financial Aid with compiling figures for the annual FISAP report.

• Working with strategic partners throughout the college, provide assistance with implementing, executing and tracking compliance training requirements for new hires.
• Support student employees in identifying clear training programs that align with internal career pathways and professional development goals.
• Participate in support and administrative tasks, assignments and maintenance of the learning management system (LMS) for student workers.
• Work with the Associate Director, People Experience to design, script, and execute training classes, instructional videos, and learning materials for a diverse student employee audience using a variety of techniques tailored to departmental and organizational needs.
• Work with the Associate Director, People Experience to develop customized learning solutions, including workshops, mentorship programs, leadership training, and professional development opportunities.
• Ensure training initiatives align with institutional priorities, compliance requirements, and best practices in employee development.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance inclusion and belonging initiatives, ensuring an inclusive and supportive workplace.
• Participate in supporting other HR functional areas such as staff onboarding, benefits orientation, health & wellness fairs, and other HR events as well as confidential matters and investigations as needed.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, as well as college policies.
• Collaborate with HRIS and other HR teams to leverage technology for better service delivery.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Strong organizational and quantitative skills.
• Experience in G-Suite programs (Sheets, Docs, Slides, etc.) and comparable MS Programs ( Word, Excel and database skills).
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask, work under pressure, meet deadlines, maintain confidentiality at all times, and composure in stressful situations.
• Work in collaborative, confidential environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills

• Bachelor’s degree or two years of college with equivalent related experience.
• Minimum of two years of experience in an office setting demonstrating proficiency in organizational abilities, business acumen and compliance matters.

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• HR certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR).
• Experience working in higher education or nonprofit organizations.
• Familiarity with HRIS systems (Workday preferred), applicant tracking systems, and/or learning management systems (LMS).

Barnard College Full time