Human Resources Payroll Coordinator

People Architects is hiring a Temporary HR & Payroll Coordinator to support one of our clients during a busy period of increased HR and payroll activity. This is a hands-on role for someone who is highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable supporting payroll, timecards, onboarding, leave administration, and HR operations in ADP Workforce Now . The right person will be able to step in, stay calm in a busy environment, and help keep important HR processes accurate, timely, and moving forward. There is potential to go full time.

What You’ll Do

• Support biweekly payroll processing in ADP Workforce Now
• Review and resolve timecard issues for hourly, salaried, seasonal, union, and non-union employees
• Help ensure accurate payroll coding for leaves, benefit deductions, employee changes, and status updates
• Support leave administration, including FMLA, ADA, short-term disability, workers’ compensation, parental leave, and unpaid leave
• Track leave documentation and follow up on required paperwork
• Process new hires, onboarding workflows, offer letters, background checks, badge requests, IT requests, and orientation details
• Support onboarding for incoming hires
• Process terminations and offboarding updates in ADP
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR system data
• Provide general HR administrative support as needed

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of experience in HR operations, payroll, or HR administration
• Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now , especially payroll and onboarding
• Experience reviewing timecards and supporting payroll accuracy
• Working knowledge of leave administration and employee documentation
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills and discretion with confidential information
• Experience with union and non-union employee populations, or within nonprofit, museum, education, or mission-driven organizations, is a plus.

Why This Role

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys the operational side of HR. You get to work with the details, the systems, the follow-up, and the behind-the-scenes work that keeps employees and managers supported!

If you are accurate, responsive, and comfortable working in a busy HR environment, we would love to connect.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. People Architects and our clients are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Applicants for employment with any of People Architect’s clients will never be asked to provide money (even if reimbursable) as part of the job application or hiring process.

*no external agencies/3rd parties.