HR Generalist/Employee Relations/Payroll

Human Resources Coordinator
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering seeks two highly organized, detail-oriented, and customer service-oriented Human Resources Coordinators to support HR operations across a complex and fast-paced academic environment.
These positions serve as key members of the Viterbi Human Resources team and provide broad operational support across the employee lifecycle. One position will primarily support Viterbi's campus-based academic and administrative units, while the second position will primarily support the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT).
Reporting to the applicable Human Resources Director, the Human Resources Coordinator is responsible for executing a high volume of HR transactions, supporting recruitment and onboarding activities, maintaining employee and position records, and providing responsive service to employees, managers, and university partners. Support day-to-day human resources operations across assigned departments, institutes, and business units.
Execute personnel, payroll, and position management transactions in Workday and related university systems.
Process hires, transfers, promotions, compensation changes, leaves of absence, and separations.
Support recruitment activities, including job postings, interview scheduling, candidate communications, and onboarding preparation.
Maintain accurate employee, position, and organizational records while ensuring compliance with university policies and procedures.
Serve as a primary point of contact for routine HR and payroll-related inquiries.
Monitor and track HR transactions to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and completion.
Support process improvement initiatives, special projects, and organizational priorities as assigned.
This position is expected to provide broad administrative and operational support to the Viterbi Human Resources function within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. While HR transactions, recruitment support, onboarding, and employee lifecycle administration represent the primary responsibilities of the role, the incumbent may also support special projects, process improvement initiatives, workforce programs, compliance activities, reporting, and other operational priorities as business needs require. The position is expected to demonstrate flexibility, independent execution, and a commitment to timely service delivery in support of the School's HR objectives and evolving organizational priorities.
Salary Range: The hourly rate range for these nonexempt (overtime-eligible) positions is $28.18 - $35.54. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope of responsibilities, work experience, education and training, skills, internal equity, and market conditions.
These positions are eligible for hybrid work arrangements; The Campus Human Resources Coordinator will primarily support Viterbi's campus-based operations. The ICT/ISI Human Resources Coordinator will primarily support the Information Sciences Institute and Institute for Creative Technologies and will be expected to maintain a regular onsite presence at both institutes. Additional onsite presence may be required to support meetings, employee relations matters, organizational initiatives, workforce events, and other operational priorities.
Application Instructions: Experience supporting high-volume administrative, HR, payroll, or transactional operations is strongly preferred.
Prior experience supporting HR, payroll, recruiting, onboarding, or other high-volume administrative operations.
Strong administrative processing, organizational, and documentation management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Experience using Workday or a similar HR information system.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Outlook, and Word; Experience working in higher education or another complex administrative environment.