Human Resources Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Human Resources Assistant for a contract/temporary opportunity in Palmdale, CA, supporting a public sector organization with a comprehensive human resources, risk management, safety, and employee support function. This role is ideal for an HR professional who enjoys detail-oriented administrative work, employee interaction, recruitment coordination, benefits support, and maintaining accurate HR records.

The Human Resources Assistant will work under HR leadership in a professional, service-focused environment where accuracy, confidentiality, teamwork, and public service are highly valued. This opportunity offers exposure to a broad range of HR functions, including recruitment, onboarding, employee records, benefits, training, performance evaluations, risk management, and compliance. Candidates looking to strengthen their HR experience in a stable, structured, and community-focused setting will find this role especially rewarding.

Key Responsibilities

- Maintain personnel files, employee records, HR documents, and HRIS data to ensure accurate and up-to-date employee information.
- Process personnel actions such as new hires, promotions, transfers, terminations, salary adjustments, and leaves of absence in coordination with payroll.
- Support recruitment and selection activities, including job postings, applicant tracking, applicant communications, interview scheduling, testing coordination, and eligibility list preparation.
- Assist with onboarding, offer letters, background checks, pre-employment requirements, new hire orientation, and employee data entry.
- Provide administrative support for benefits, training programs, performance evaluations, workers’ compensation, safety, billing, reports, and special HR projects.
- Respond to employee, retiree, public, and external agency inquiries while applying HR policies, procedures, regulations, and confidentiality standards.

Compensation and Benefits

- Pay range: $35.00 to $40.00 per hour, with assignment notes indicating pay may be up to $50.00 per hour.
- Job type: Contract/Temporary.
- Contract length: Approximately 3 to 4 months, with potential to extend.
- Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 4/10 schedule.
- Hours: Approximately 24 to 32 hours per week.
- Work hours: Approximately 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with hours subject to vary.
- Location: Palmdale, CA.
- Benefits were not specified.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.

Company Description

This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.