Human Resources Administrative Assistant

Human Resources Administrative Assistant

Individuals in this position provide administrative and operational support to the HR Department, with a primary focus on recruiting. Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Assist with full-cycle recruiting, including career fairs, posting jobs, screening resumes, scheduling interviews, and coordinating candidate communications.
• Partner with department managers and supervisors to support staffing needs and ensure timely hiring processes.
• Serve as a point of contact for general HR inquiries.
• Coordinate and facilitate new hire paperwork, orientation, and ensure a smooth onboarding experience.
• Support HR initiatives including open enrollment, training coordination, and employee events.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee files and HR records.
• Ensure all work is free of spelling, grammatical, and content errors, maintaining consistency of content and branding.
• Prioritize conflicting needs; handle matters expeditiously, proactively, following through on projects to successful completion, often under deadline pressure and with input from multiple participants.
• Assist safety team maintaining employee safety records, training documentation, procedures, company safety requirements, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory responsibilities: None

Qualifications:

• Strong work ethic with excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience supporting or coordinating workplace safety initiatives, maintaining safety training records, or assisting with compliance requirements preferred.
• Maintains a high level of professionalism and discretion when handling confidential or proprietary information.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Collaborative team player with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Demonstrates initiative, reliability, and dependability.

Education and/or experience:

• Associate's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, with experience in HR activities (preferably in a manufacturing environment); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2--4 years of experience in human resources or recruiting.
• Working knowledge of HR processes, employment laws, and best practices.

Language skills:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write clear and professional reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical skills:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Computer skills:

• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Intermediate knowledge of database software related to Benefits and Human Resource Information.

Lewco, Inc. offers:

• Competitive compensation
• Health care coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays and vacation