Personnel Assistant - HR Generalist

Location: Binghamton, NY Category: Management/ Executive Job Type: Full-time Posted On: Wed Sep 23 2026 Job Description:

Budget Title: Personnel Assistant (MP-6, Management/Confidential)*

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

This position is a full time, management confidential professional human resources generalist position and will serve as a team member within one of our employment or payroll areas, as well as assisting customers with employment and payroll services the Human Resources reception area.

Duties include:

• Greeting, assisting and providing excellent customer service to current and prospective employees of Binghamton University

• Intake of onboarding paperwork and documentation

• Working with confidential personnel data

• Assist the Associate Director of Human Resources with a variety of employment/payroll processing duties

• Processing and data entry of appointment data into various systems

• Learning multiple, distinct facets of employment within the New York state system

• Delivering presentations on a variety of Human Resources topics

• Troubleshoot employment and payroll issues and concerns and apply state and federal employment

• Querying and running human resources data reports

• Position management which includes applying employment expenses to accounts

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Effective organizational and communication skills

• Ability to successfully manage multiple and competing priorities

• Customer service skills

• Ability to work in a deadline-driven and high activity area

• Ability to work successfully in a team environment

• Willingness to learn new things and thrive in an environment of change

• Ability to learn, understand, and apply complex rules and laws to challenging situations within the Human Resources field

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (or higher)

• At least one (1) year of experience in Human Resources, a related field, and/or a higher education setting

• Through past experience candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• Presentation skills in teaching or training sessions

• System experience in computer applications

• Proficiency in standard computer applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Position management which includes applying employment expenses to accounts

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements. Additionally, please note that Binghamton University is not an E-Verify employer.

Additional Information:

• Management/Confidential appointments serve at the pleasure of the President and are not represented by a union.

Offers of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials

Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus.

Payroll information can be found on our website https://www.binghamton.edu/offices/human-resources/payroll/

Cover letters may be addressed "To the Search Committee."

Postings active on the website, accept applications until closure.

For information on the Dual Career Program, please visit:

https://www.binghamton.edu/offices/human-resources/prospective/dual-career/index.html

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

The State University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Binghamton University to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.

As required by Title IX and its implementing regulations Binghamton University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the educational programs and activities which it operates. This requirement extends to employment and admission. Inquiries about sex discrimination may be directed to the University Title IX Coordinator or directly to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Contact information for the Title IX Coordinator and OCR, as well as the University's complete Non-Discrimination Notice may be found here (https://www.binghamton.edu/offices/oea/policies-and-procedures/title-ix.html) .

Binghamton University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact the ADA Coordinator by completing the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfL3zD9n76Ma5icv9N-xdvrVyU3kuaMxgW1-L2Syi-uwPGw2Q/viewform) .