Coordinator , Human Resources

Commitment to Mission

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

• One LSC
• Student Focused
• Own It
• Foster Belonging
• Cultivate Community
• Choose Learning

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education. LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College. Lone Star College-Montgomery, the premiere student-centered educational institution in Montgomery County, serves The Woodlands and Conroe communities.

LSC-Montgomery provides a relaxing and conducive learning atmosphere while offering leisure learning opportunities, individual classes, and unique programs such as radiologic technology, physical therapy, and biotechnology.

Location address is 3200 College Park Drive, Conroe, TX 77384.

The Coordinator I, Human Resources will coordinate and provide human resources services for employees and hiring managers of complex, centralized, system-wide locations. Provide advice/counsel on routine human resources issues and communicate process decisions & best practices. The Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the day-to-day operations in the College Human Resources Department.

• Coordinate training/development for employees and maintain campus HR training programs.
• Identify and frame human resources concerns, solve problems, and create action plans in collaboration with appropriate resources; serve as back‑up to HR Director when needed for matters authorized to handle.
• Serve as a partner for hiring managers and employees by providing information and training on human resources policies and practices; research problems and recommend solutions.
• Act as the primary HR contact for benefits questions and processes. Provide onboarding and benefits orientation sessions to new employees, assist with annual benefit open enrollment, benefit changes and basic retirement planning.
• Interpret policies and procedures and assist employees with issues involving routine problems. Provide advice and counsel on first‑line employee relations issues; escrow complex issues to appropriate resources. Assist employees with human resources policies and practices. If needed, escrow to HRD.
• Act as liaison between employees and Benefits, Payroll, Compensation departments, and State Agencies (ERS/TRS).
• Coordinate with Recruiting, Hiring Managers, and Search Committees throughout the recruitment process to ensure fair hiring practices are being followed; represent HR at campus and college events as needed.
• Prepare, process, and maintain employment records throughout the employee life‑cycle using the human resources management system.
• Coordinate performance evaluation process, benefits open enrollment process, contract renewal and distribution process, and regalia ordering process by ensuring timely communication and instruction to hiring managers and employees.
• Responsible for other reasonable, related duties as assigned.

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent college‑level communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to read and interpret policy and procedure manuals.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain effective working relationships.
• Detail‑oriented.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple projects and adhere to timelines.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships of trust with hiring managers and employees.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment and take responsibility for own actions.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidential information and withhold judgment.

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