Reporting to the Director of Talent Management and Development, this position primarily focuses on new hire onboarding. This position is a primary resource for our onboarding members and assisting new employees (students, administrative staff, faculty, union) for a successful start at Wellesley College.
Primary Position Responsibilities
Ownership and Upkeep of the New Hire Tracking File: This task involves maintaining and updating the onboarding tasks in the New Hire Tracking file, which is essential as it influences other HR processes.
Weekly Call with the Employment Team: Schedule these weekly calls with the Employment team and lead the discussion on any blockers or issues during the meeting to ensure timely resolution.
Ordering and Tracking Onboarding Documents: iMonitor the completion of these forms and background checks, ensuring all required documents are completed and filed promptly.
Coordinate and Conduct In-Person I-9 Appointments: Reach out to new hires and ensure proper coordination and smooth in-person sessions. This includes booking conference room space to conduct these appointments.
Monitor Inventory and Distribute New Hire Gifts: Monitory inventory on a regular basis and notify supervisor when there is a need to to re-order supplies or propose new gifts.
Coordinate Welcome/Benefit Orientation: Send out communication/invitation to new hires. Deliver the ‘welcome’ portion of the presentation.
Oversee I-9 Compliance: Alert supervisor of any issues or non-compliant concerns. Stay up-to-date on any changes to I-9 regulation.
Serve as Backup for HR Office Assistant: Provide support in cases when the HR Office Assistant is out of the office (for example, triage walk-ins to HR office)
Support Ad-Hoc Projects: Being part of a team means we all help each other during peak times. This role will also help out, as needed, on ad hoc projects.
Basic Qualifications
Associates degree or equivalent experience.
1-2+ years’ administrative experience preferably in Human Resources.
Skills and Abilities
Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Experience with Google Suite and Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
Knowledge of employee database systems (such as CSI, Workday).
Excellent attention to detail with the ability to proactively escalate items as needed.
Capacity to handle confidential data with discretion and sensitivity.
Curiosity mindset and ability to learn quickly
All employees hired are strongly encouraged to be up to date with all vaccination and boosters against COVID?19.
Flexwork Arrangement
This position is primarily a four day in office / one day remote with the understanding that during peak times there may be a need for full weeks onsite.
Wellesley is known for the excellence of its education, the beauty of its setting, its gifted faculty, and the uniqueness of its campus culture. But most of all, Wellesley is known for the thousands of accomplished, thoughtful women it has sent out into the world for over 100 years women who are committed to making a difference. Every year, some 2,400 of the world's top undergraduate women are challenged to exceed their own highest personal and intellectual expectations. The mastery Wellesley graduates demonstrate across the professional and vocational spectrum, and the influence they wield, whether in their own communities or on the world stage is testament to a singularly empowering undergraduate experience. Wellesley's lively academic community places a high value on rigorous, probing inquiry, and creative, cross-discipline thinking. Its collaborative approach to scholarship encourages students to question, debate, and refine their points of view, not only with each other, but with our world-class faculty, often by working directly with them on groundbreaking projects. A Wellesley education fosters the highest standard of readiness for the real world in its graduates, in terms... of ability to think, act, and contribute meaningfully and effectively in their chosen areas of interest.