Human Resources and Payroll Specialist

Overview:

The Human Resources & Payroll Specialist plays a key role in supporting HR functions, including payroll, benefits administration, recruitment, onboarding, compliance, and employee support. This position ensures HR processes run smoothly, employees are supported, and organizational policies are followed.

Key Responsibilities

• Payroll & Time Management: Handles payroll processing, time tracking, PTO updates, and payroll-related compliance and reporting.


• Benefits Administration: Manages employee benefits and 401K programs by overseeing enrollments, overseeing wellness incentive program, maintaining records, coordinating with providers, and supporting claims resolution.


• Recruitment & Hiring: Manages recruitment and hiring processes by reviewing applications, conducting interviews, coordinating offers and onboarding, administering background checks, and supporting recruitment strategies.


• Intern Program: Support intern program recruitment, scheduling, and coordination with educational partners.


• HR Compliance: Maintains HR systems and employee records, and assists with HR projects, staff meetings, and internal communications.


• Employee Performance and Support: Leads employee discipline across all locations and responds to HR-related employee and management inquiries.

Successful Matthew 25 Employees Will:

• Ensure that those we work alongside and serve feel honored and
  


• Understand that teamwork and community partnerships allow us to maximize our resources to best meet the needs of those we work alongside and serve.


• Be humble and devoted to meeting the needs of those we work alongside and serve above our own.


• Be committed to providing top quality, person focused services to those we work alongside and serve


• Inspire and support a vision of success within those we work alongside and serve through education and encouragement.


• Place a high priority on learning and are committed to change and improvement in order to always best meet the needs of those we work alongside and serve.


• Support and comply with the policies, strategic plans and goals of the organization.


• Contribute to a positive workplace culture by acting and communicating in a manner so as to get along with clients, co-workers and managers


• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Communication Skills Must be able to communicate in both written and verbal form

Language Skills Ability to read and interpret documents. Ability to write routine documentation and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills Intermediate computer skills are essential in use of an electronic medical record.

Other Skills and Abilities Must be detail oriented, have ability to multi-task and possess great interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any worker to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the worker is regularly required to talk and hear. The worker is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The worker is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred.


• 3+ years of experience in HR generalist, payroll, or benefits roles preferred.


• Experience working in a nonprofit organization or a strong desire to work in service driven environment. 


• 100% Commitment to Matthew 25's mission, vision and values


• Flexibility, as our services are available to a large geographic area in the state of Kentucky, which may require some travel


• Valid Driver’s License with at least three (3) years driving experience and less than two (2) moving violations in the past three (3) years.


• Must be able to pass a drug screen and background test.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work vary, but are typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

This position is considered a hybrid position when duties are performed within the scope of this job description. If performing duties outside of the essential duties of this job description, the employee may request an alternative accommodation from their director to best meet the needs of the employee for the terms of the irregular duties. (Example: Employee is participating in a virtual conference and is requesting to WFH to attend and accommodate employee needs during the time of the conference).

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional clinic environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.