Human Resources Coordinator
Pittsburgh, PA
Full Time
Mid Level
Human Resources Coordinator
Exempt Salary range: $45-50K + benefits
Position Overview
The Human Resource Coordinator plays a vital role in supporting the mission of Community Human Services, a nonprofit dedicated to serving individuals experiencing homelessness. This position is responsible for ensuring the smooth and effective functioning of HR operations, contributing to a healthy, inclusive, trauma informed, and mission-driven workplace culture. The HR Coordinator will provide support across key human resource functions, including personnel records management, onboarding new staff, training, employee relations, performance management, etc.Reporting to the HR Director, the Human Resource Coordinator works closely with leadership and staff to help foster an environment rooted in dignity, equity, and compassion. This role requires a high level of discretion, empathy, attention to detail, and a strong commitment to supporting staff who work on the front lines with those experiencing housing and food insecurity.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain employee records and ensure all documentation is accurate and up to dat
- Assist with benefits administration, including open enrollment, changes, and inquiries
- Process background checks and new hire paperwork
- Obtain and maintain train the trainer certifications to implement training across the organization, i.e. CPR, trauma-informed care, harm reduction, crisis prevention, etc.
- Facilitate New Hire Orientation
- Provide administrative support to the Director of HR including filing, data entry, and preparing reports
- Ensure compliance with all HR policies and procedures
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive employee information
- Enrich employment experience for staff
- Maintain established relationships with benefits and service providers
- Assist with recruitment
Organizational Expectations
- Seek out up-to-date inormation about CHS’ programs and services, as well as relevant local, regional and national health statistics that will inform and support our Mission
- Improve job knowledge by remaining aware o new regulations and best practices; participating in educational opportunities; reading proessional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in proessional organizations
- Embrace and exempliy organizational standards and guiding principles or processes, protocols, and utilization
- Commit to CHS’ promise to sustain and extend diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Contribute to eorts which build and reinorce CHS’ distinctive, eective, and ethical practices
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Through a combination of experience and education, the HR Coordinator will have:- General HR knowledge
- Familiarity with Trauma-Informed Care and Harm Reduction
- Interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills across multiple disciplines and platforms, including verbal, written and public speaking
- Conflict resolution, facilitation, and mediation skills used with small and large groups to maintain and improve employee relations
A bachelor’s degree in human resources, Social Work, Psychology or similar program of study is preferred OR 3 years of relevant work experience in the human resources field.
Current PA criminal history and Federal criminal history clearances are required prior to start date.
Position Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative o those that must be met by an employee to successully perorm the essential unctions o this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perorm the essential unctions.- Prolonged periods o sitting at a desk and working on a computer (up to 8 hours per day).
- Frequent use o hands and fingers or typing, writing, filing, and operating ofice equipment (keyboard, mouse, phone, copier, etc.).
- Occasional standing, walking, bending, and reaching during filing, meeting preparation, and ofice organization tasks.
- Lifting and carrying ofice materials, documents, or supplies (typically up to 15–25 pounds).
- Visual and auditory acuity required or reading, viewing screens, and communicating eectively via phone and in person.
- Occasional travel between ofice locations, meeting sites, or events (i applicable).
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a ast-paced and high- pressure environment.
*This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. It is not an employment contract. Our company reserves the right to modify job duties or job descriptions at any time.
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