Human Resources Assistant

Details:  4 Positions

Posted: July 28, 2025
Level: Management / Confidential (Professional 2) 
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Closing Date: The committee will begin review of applications immediately. Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.

Location:

CT State Community College 

• College Office/Manchester/Capital Campuses (New Britain, Manchester and Hartford CT)
• Housatonic/Danbury Campuses (Bridgeport/Danbury, CT)
• Three Rivers Campus (Norwich CT)
• Tunxis Campus (Farmington CT)

**These positions are not remote**
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CT State Community College Mission:

Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.

CT State Community College Vision:

Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut’s citizens and communities.

CT State Community College Equity Statement:

Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date: 

September 2025

Position Summary:

Reporting to a Human Resources Manager, the Human Resources Assistant is a customer-centric role primarily responsible for supporting the Office of Human Resources and its overall day-to-day responsibilities, duties & and special projects/events. Serves as the first point of contact, receives all inquiries and requests for information, and maintains a welcoming environment for staff, faculty, students, prospective employees, and visitors. Supports higher level HR positions and functions by processing documents, triaging customer contacts (front desk, phone, and e-mail), and providing HR administrative support for projects and initiatives. May provide direct administrative support to Human Resources Generalists or Human Resources Managers, including support with vendors and contracts, budget processes, office supplies, and events.

Distinguishing Characteristics: Position of the class perform skilled and para-professional services in a broad range of campus-based human resources areas which can include employment, benefits administration, affirmative action, fair employment practices, personnel records management, training administration, payroll management and general administrative assistance. These positions are distinguished from clerical support positions by virtue of involvement in personnel practices such as employment or benefits administration where decisions and actions can have a material effect on present and potential staff members.

Example of Job Duties:

Under the direction of the Human Resources Manager the Human Resources Assistant is responsible for supporting the Office of Human Resources and its overall day-to-day responsibilities, duties & and special projects/events through effective performance in these essential duties:

• Provide day-to-day administrative support for the Office of Human Resources.
• Greet all visitors to the Office of Human Resources. Receive all incoming phone calls, and e-mails, as well as in- person inquiries.
• Route and escalate issues to appropriate HR team members.
• Perform initial on boarding for new and returning staff and faculty including coordination of nomination forms and contracts. Conduct orientation for new staff members in such areas as completion of required forms, explaining CSCU policies, benefits, payroll information and timecard process.
• Provide general administrative services such as producing reports on employment and benefits, assisting in the publication of human resources announcements, responding to public inquiries about employment with the community college, assisting in arranging for in-service staff training and additional duties as needed.
• Facilitate completion of Form I-9 E