HRIS Specialist

Benefits Information

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

• Paid Time Off	• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Matching	• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance	• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account	• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount	• Reduced Tuition Rates
• Disability Insurance	• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)	• Pet Insurance
• Dental Insurance	• Paid Training
• Flexible Spending Account

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary:
The HRIS Specialist provides introductory systems and technology support for applications affecting the Human Resources department and includes data entry, data quality assurance, document maintenance, workflow monitoring, project support, simple analytics/reporting, issue resolution & escalation, and general application support in a fast-paced environment As an entry level HRIS position, this role should understand basic Human Resource procedures and practices, have a strong quality mindset, and be able to prioritize and multi-task while possessing an inquisitive nature, some technical adeptness, display self-starter traits and provide a high customer service acumen.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• The HRIS Specialist monitors the HRIS team Inbox and either resolves requests or escalates to the appropriate HRIS resource. May follow-up with resource or requester to ensure resolution of the requests and also ensure closure of ticket/email request. Tickets may be managed through GEO’s ticketing system, email and/or UKG’s case management solution (via HR Service Delivery) as instructed by HRIS senior staff.
• Reviews submitted workflows for data accuracy, using provided checklists and guidelines to determine if data errors exist. May communicate with initiator of request or send back (reject) if data standards are not accurate. Timeliness of the data review is important as these
  transactions often impact payroll or business operations.
• The HRIS Specialist generates pre-developed data audit reports, reviews for accuracy and addresses deficiencies either directly or working with field HR staff or other HRIS team members.
• Gathers HR documents that will be used for creating Google-like self-service query tool in UKG’s HR Service Delivery module. These documents will be tagged (categorized), saved digitally, monitored for changes needed and adjusted following established procedures.
• The HRIS Specialist monitors the usage of the self-service query tool to determine if discrepancies exist between current documents and answers employees may be seeking. Brings this to the attention of senior HRIS staff to seek remedies such as additional documents.
• Participates in the gathering, itemizing, tagging, and sorting of physical employee documents to be used in conversion to electronic document management solution in UKG.
• May be engaged in the transference of the employee documents from physical form to digitization following established practices set up by senior HRIS staff. Understands the overall usage of the UKG application across the functionality and modules as directed by HRIS senior staff using UKG’s Community training (UltiUniversity) to remain current on capabilities. It may be necessary to provide some level of support to many UKG modules, where the support will be communicated by HRIS senior staff, so remaining up to date on UKG functionality is important.
• May work with HRIS senior staff to execute and document application test plans and results.
• May assist in the documentation of UKG following proscribed methodologies as directed by HRIS senior staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One (1) year of related work experience in Human Resources or in a data quality capacity preferred.
• Good working knowledge and familiarity with computer-based technology.
• One (1) year experience working with an HR Information System preferred.
• Very good organizational communication (both written and verbal), and interpersonal skills are required.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality at all times, due to the handling of sensitive and confidential information.
• Must have proven history of ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Windows, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and other computer programs and software normally used by Human Resources.

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