Senior Administrator, HR Operations; S3

Senior Administrator, HR Operations (S3)

Job Category
: HR Operations

Requisition Number
: SENIO
008103

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• Posted :
  March 12, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

Showing 1 location

• US-CT Home Office — Hybrid-Fairfield, CT, 501 Kings Hwy E, #400, Fairfield, Town of, CT 06825, USA
• US-DC Home Office — Hybrid-Washington, DC, 899 N Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA
• Lexington, KY — Hybrid-Lexington, KY, 800 Corporate Dr., Lexington, KY 40503, USA

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Senior Administrator, Human Resources Operations is a key member of the team dedicated to service and support of our Save the Children US employees. In this role, you will help the HR team facilitate critical functions to ensure we are able to attract, retain, coach, reward, and develop staff who deliver our mission for children at home and abroad. This role will provide critical services with every function of Human Resources, requiring a high focus on detail and service, a commitment to our agency values of Accountability, Ambition, Creativity, Collaboration, and Integrity, and a willingness to work across the HR team and the organization to deliver outstanding services and support for our employees.

Location

Hybrid – Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

* not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

HRIS Administration (60%)

• Analyze HRIS systems to identify opportunities for improvement and better alignment with ever-changing Save the Children United States (SCUS) and SCI policies and procedures.
• Develop effective relationships and business processes across departments including Payroll, HRBPs & Divisions and at times serve as the liaison.
• Provide primary support for processing batch employee record updates.
• Ensure data entry processes & procedures are documented and in-line with Save the Children policies.
• Develop best practices, share resources, and participate in ongoing trainings in coordination with P&C.
• Liaise with Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience teams to ensure that all new hires are entered and reflected correctly in the HRIS system, providing updates to Business & Technology Solutions and Building Operations teams as necessary, collaborating with the Payroll team to ensure employee details are accurately reflected in employee paychecks.
• Maintain physical and electronic personnel files and records: upload and file documents as appropriate to HRIS system and secured data files. Initiate employment actions within HRIS system and facilitate conclusion of employment process including letters to terminated staff as instructed by HR Business Partner team.
• Track and maintain Human Resources compliance information, such as ensuring current federal, state, and local job posters are posted appropriately throughout office locations, provide support to internal and external audit requests

HR Help Desk (20%)

• Support internal and external HR assistance requests, providing triage (and escalation as necessary) for all internal and external assistance requests, including monitoring and providing first line support to HR Help Desk, email and phone queries for information such as employment verifications, unemployment claims, information, etc.

Data Reporting and Analysis (10%)

• Support internal reporting and analysis requests of employee data to generate accurate, timely insights that inform workforce decisions while upholding data privacy and governance standards.

Other Support (10%)

• Review and update HR content on the employee intranet (Sharepoint)
• Assist with other ad hoc projects as appropriate and assigned

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 2 years of relevant…