Are you ready to broaden your HR career? This hybrid People Operations Coordinator offers a hands-on opportunity to broaden your People Operations foundation, take on meaningful responsibility, and make a real difference in employees’ day-to-day experience. You’ll gain exposure across the employee lifecycle—from onboarding, benefits, and leave support to employee communications, surveys, recognition, and HR systems—while partnering closely with experienced People leaders. If you are organized, curious, service-minded, and eager to expand your HR career, this is a meaningful opportunity to develop practical skills and build confidence in a healthcare technology organization.
Position Responsibilities
Employee support and People systems: Answer routine questions about policies, processes, benefits, and HR systems; route escalations appropriately; support the ATS, benefits platforms, and other People tools; document common processes; and meet service standards for accuracy and responsiveness.
HRIS and employee transactions: Assist in processing employee and contingent labor transactions in Oracle HCM, including hires, changes, transfers, and terminations. Maintain accurate People system records; support data checks, reports, audits, and corrections; and follow confidentiality and retention requirements.
Payroll and PTO administration: Coordinate accurate payroll inputs, review changes, and resolve routine discrepancies with Payroll and employees. Answer PTO balance questions, set up new-hire accrual rules, and contact system support regarding balance issues.
Benefits administration: Assist in benefits administration, qualifying life events, and annual benefits enrollment. Answer routine questions, route complex issues, send monthly vendor reports, and submit downloaded invoices to Finance.
Onboarding and offboarding coordination: Coordinate orientation schedules, materials, forms, access requests, and completion tracking. Prepare and retain hire and separation documents, complete records and checklists, escalate missing or unusual items, and partner with the People Business Partner on onboarding.
Leave and accommodation support: Provide leave and accommodation forms and process information; track deadlines and records; coordinate with employees, managers, vendors, and the People Business Partner; enter paid leave in payroll; and promptly escalate sensitive or urgent matters.
Immigration and compliance support: Coordinate immigration case documents and status tracking with employees, immigration counsel, and the VP of People. Provide requested reports and records to the third-party AAP/EEO administrator. Do not make sponsorship or legal determinations.
People programs and operational support: Create and manage employee surveys; support engagement surveys, communications, and People projects; maintain calendars, directory and organization-chart updates, procedures, request tracking, and deadlines; and flag data errors or process improvements.
Exit interviews and recognition programs: Schedule in-person or remote exit interviews and survey follow-up, summarize themes, and share findings with the People Business Partner and VP of People to determine whether further data gathering is warranted. Coordinate recognition program transactions, surveys, award or reward procurement, and impact tracking.
Additional administrative and office-related tasks as assigned.
Position Requirements
1–2 years of experience in HR administration, with hands-on responsibility for maintaining employee records and supporting payroll, benefits, leave administration, and employment documentation.
Professional experience with some of the following is preferred:
- Employee processes and records
- Payroll and PTO support
- Benefits administration support
- Employee leave and accommodations
- Engagement surveys
- Immigration support
- Employee recognition
- Company policy questions
- HR system support
Strong attention to detail, accuracy, dependability, and follow-through, with sound handling of confidential information.
Clear written and verbal communication and a service-oriented approach to employee questions.
Comfortable learning HR systems and using Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Outlook, Word, and Teams. Oracle HCM, ATS, or benefits-platform experience is a plus.
Ability to organize recurring deadlines, track multiple requests, follow established procedures, and seek guidance when needed.
Professional and service-oriented, with the ability to build trust, communicate effectively, and support employees as internal customers.
Education/Certification Requirements:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred, not required
- PHR/SHRM-CP coursework or certification is a plus.
Additional Requirements:
- Must be available to collaborate onsite at MHK’s Tampa office at least three days per week.
- The prospective hire must successfully complete a background check and drug screening as a condition of employment.
At MHK we help health plans and pharmacy benefit managers deliver optimal care management across every member’s health journey. We do this through state-of-the-art technology that provides critical insights from member enrollment and maintenance through every stage of care and compliance. We believe that long-term partnerships are built on trust. Our team members are expected to build trusted advisory relationships - with MHK clients and one another - through responsive, transparent communication, while honoring commitments, and tying that trust to outcomes.
Benefits Snapshot:
Medical, vision, and dental plans for full time employees
401(k) offered with a generous match
Benefits begin on first day of the month following employment
Exercise/Health Club reimbursement opportunity
Monthly dependent care reimbursement opportunity
Short Term and Long-Term disability
Basic Term Life and AD&D Insurance
Generous Paid Time Off and Holiday Schedule
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - VETERANS/DISABLED.
Skills Required
- 1-2 years of experience in HR administration
- Hands-on experience maintaining employee records
- Experience supporting payroll, benefits, leave administration, and employment documentation
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, dependability, and follow-through
- Ability to handle confidential information appropriately
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Service-oriented approach to employee questions
- Ability to learn HR systems and use Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, Word, and Teams
- Ability to organize recurring deadlines, track multiple requests, follow procedures, and seek guidance when needed
- Professional ability to build trust and communicate effectively with employees
- Availability to collaborate onsite at the Tampa office at least three days per week
- Successful completion of a background check and drug screening
- Associate or bachelor's degree
- Experience with employee processes and records
- Payroll and PTO support experience
- Benefits administration support experience
- Employee leave and accommodation experience
- Engagement survey experience
- Immigration support experience
- Employee recognition experience
- HR system support experience
- Oracle HCM, ATS, or benefits-platform experience
- PHR or SHRM-CP coursework or certification
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
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