HR Shared Services Specialist

1 Inventa Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910


Kids Are Our Everything.

Department

10043 HRIS

Pay Range

$57,969.60 - $96,616.00Shift: Day

Under limited supervision, the HR Shared Services Specialist is the primary point of contact for customers seeking assistance with PeopleSoft HR module related transactional issues. Utilizes knowledge of the standards of operations and of the tools necessary to monitor HR transaction quality and reports results. Serves as the Subject Matter Expert for HR transaction inquiries. May recommend system functionality enhancements or team productivity improvements. Provides guidance to other HRIS Call Center staff to ensure that a consistent and positive customer experience is being projected and that inquiries are being resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
5 years related experience (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Strong attention to details and dedication to identify areas of strength and opportunity
Self-motivated, with time management and organizational skills
Displays a positive “can do” attitude when troubleshooting or problem solving
Utilizes judgment, diplomacy, and collaboration skills to interact positively and communicate appropriately with team members, management, stakeholders and customers
Ability to independently research and respond to technical questions and issues
Ability to combine technical knowledge with an understanding of expectations to offer creative solutions to complex problems in a practical, timely and efficient manner
Ability to independently, quickly, and efficiently identify and solve process or technical problems consistent with departmental policies and practices and with the goal of satisfying the customer

Functional Accountabilities
Technical

• Maintains a broad base of technical skills to diagnose and resolve HR Shared Services transactional issues while displaying excellent interpersonal skills.

• Reviews requests to ensure all required information is available to enter into the HR System of Record (SOR) in accordance with established policies and business processes of Children’s National Hospital and its affiliates.

• Monitors HR Shared Services inbox queue to ensure service level agreements are maintained.

• Conducts and reports audit results by measuring HRIS’s accuracy.

• Collaborates with Payroll and HR Shared Services to resolve data integrity issues where necessary.

• Works with Cerner to resolves situations identified by the HR Shared Services Call Center personnel.

• Member of a cross functional Performance Management HR Coordinator team that researches, resolves, assists employees and managers with the Performance Management Process Cycles to include reporting metrics.

Process Improvement

• Generates and validates canned and ad-hoc reports to help improve operational outcomes.

• Creates dashboards to organize, analyze and interpret data from the call center database (CISCO) that provide pertinent information to and answers questions from management.

• Assists HR Call Center Supervisor with establishing and improving defined business processes to meet production and performance goals.

• Collaborates with Senior Consultants to research, collect and process information for projects.

• Develops a thorough understanding of the HR SOR and makes recommendations to management to enhance functionality.

• Creates suggestions for additional or changes to existing knowledge and process documents.

• Attends meetings where reporting and systems processes expertise is needed and represents the department in both internal and external settings.

Lead and Guide

• Acts as a resource for HRIS Representatives to resolve complex customer issues.

• Trains and mentors less experienced staff on processes and procedures.

• Create a positive work environment that encourages others' ideas and opinions.

Benefits That Support You:

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, prescription, infertility, and transgender health services.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation accrual from day one, sick leave, holidays, and a personal day.
• Financial wellness support, including a 401(k) plan and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability coverage, with optional supplemental plans.
• Additional perks, including tuition assistance, fitness resources, employee assistance, commuter benefits, and more.

Why Join Us:

• Nationally Recognized Excellence – Consistently ranked among the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
• Leading Pediatric Care – One of the largest and most comprehensive children’s hospitals in the country, offering nationally ranked specialties and cutting-edge treatments.
• Innovation & Research – A premier academic medical center with a strong commitment to pediatric research, education, and advancing the future of child health.
• Mission-Driven Culture – Dedicated to providing family-centered care while fostering a collaborative, supportive environment for clinical teams.

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.