Human Resources Office Staff, PT

Job Title: Human Resource Office Staff

Location: Ft. Worth, TX (On-site)

Job Type: Hourly, Non-Exempt (part-time)

Department: Human Resources

Reports To: Assoc. VP for Human Resources

Date: 2/5/2025 Last Revision

Standard of Christian Commitment

The candidate must be a professing Christ follower who possesses a strong commitment to the mission and core values of Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College, possess a clear understanding of Southern Baptist heritage and culture, and agrees to serve in accordance with and not contrary to the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message.

Southwestern Seminary, an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, is a confessional institution. While the Seminary serves the larger evangelical Christian community, employees must embrace the values and standards the Seminary represents as it fulfills its mission of shaping Christian leaders within our denominational context.

Since duties of this position require the employee to represent the Seminary to prospective and current students, candidates must abide by the Seminary bylaws, the Employee Handbook, and the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message as a condition of employment.

Job Description

Job Summary

The Human Resources Office Staff supports the department in various administrative tasks as assigned in traditional HR functional areas. Functions include hiring, onboarding, timekeeping, benefits, offboarding, payroll prep and serves as a backup for these tasks while also playing a key role in processing employee changes.

Key Responsibilities

• Intakes guests and information to the Office of Human Resources to coordinate services/resources of the department, acting as a gatekeeper to other HR team members.

• Provides clerical and administrative support to the HR department and dept. head. May be assigned to assist in a specialized area such as timekeeping, benefits, payroll, or hiring.

• Answers frequently asked questions from applicants and employees relative to standard policies, benefits, hiring processes, etc.; refers more complex questions to appropriate senior-level HR staff or management.

• Coordination of personnel files, packets, HR forms, documents and required trainings.

• May conduct or support the hiring and onboarding process, completing all pre-hire tasks, including I-9 processing, audits and E-verify.

• May be responsible for or participate in pre-employment screening, including background check and MVR policy compliance.

• Participates in setting individual deve