HR Technician
Newport News Redevelopment & Housing Authority HR Technician HR Technician
Performs responsible technical and paraprofessional work in a variety of personnel program areas including recruitment and selection, classification and compensation, employee relations, personnel records maintenance, workers compensation and benefits and salary administration. Work is performed under general supervision of the Human Resources Manager.
TYPICAL TASKS:
• Reviews and verifies employee information processed by automated human resources information systems (HRIS); ensuring data integrity with the processing and reporting of human resources data. • Assists with the coordination and administration of leave of absence and long term disability programs; Administers Authority’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): sending initial correspondence to employee and coordination with Payroll; monitors employees return to work status reports. • Coordinates COBRA continuation benefits coverage through counseling, records management and premium payment processing for previous employees. • Responsible for balancing and reconciling monthly billing statements for all employee medical insurance premiums: audits various benefit billings for accuracy; researches and reconciles errors; and processes bills for payment. • Assists in conducting surveys of compensation, benefits, personnel policies and practices; responds to requests for such information from other agencies. • Maintains confidentiality of records and information regarding Authority employees including personnel files, medical files, workers’ compensation files, etc. • Responds to questions and provides factual information and interprets policies and procedures to Authority staff, representatives of other agencies and the public. • Collects and summarizes information, prepares written reports and recommendations and provides various technical support in personnel areas.