Seasonal HR Associate

The Role

The HR Associate is the first point of contact for employees, applicants, guests, and visitors, ensuring a welcoming and professional experience. This role is well-suited for someone with strong computer skills and an interest in building a career in Human Resources. You ll support a variety of HR functions like recruiting, onboarding, data entry, and maintaining accurate employee records, while helping to foster a culture of respect, integrity, and service.

Location: Huron, CA;
Yuma, AZ

• Serve as a welcoming and professional first point of contact for employees, visitors, and callers - providing exceptional service in person, by phone, and via email
• Promptly answer, screen, and forward all incoming calls to appropriate team members
• Support general HR functions by responding to inquiries on policies, benefits, payroll, recruiting, employee relations, and more
• Assist new hires with onboarding paperwork and HR system registration
• Maintain accurate employee records and personnel files
• Assist with data entry, HRIS updates, and employment/unemployment verifications
• Complete initial entitlement leaves request paperwork
• Participate in department meetings and contribute to process improvement efforts
• Stay up to date on company policies, procedures, and HR best practices
• Ensure compliance with company policies while maintaining strict confidentiality of sensitive information
• Assist with incoming and outgoing mail, supply inventory, and administrative tasks
• Guide employees to appropriate HR resources and stay informed on current policies and procedures
• Demonstrate reliable attendance and flexibility, including availability for evening and weekend support as needed
• Perform additional duties as assigned

• Bi-lingual and bi-literate in English and Spanish
• Associate s degree and a minimum of two years of HR related work experience
• Superior written and verbal interpersonal skills to communicate with employees, in the field, to operations, outside agencies, team members, supervisors, management, and external stakeholders
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where either limited standardization exists or a recommendation needs to be made to produce the desired outcome
• Familiarity with Excel functions and formulas

• Promotes a positive Company image, understands and supports overall Department and Company priorities
• Must be a team player with a can-do attitude and be goal-driven
• Must work well with minimal supervision, take initiative, be a self-starter, have a sense of urgency, and be process-driven
• Must be able to work independently and in a team environment, have excellent communication, and organizational skills, and great attention to detail
• Must have the ability to multitask and work with constant interruptions

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