Commonwealth of Kentucky

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6/30/2025 (8:00 PM EDT)

25-03645

Human Resources Specialist -Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

Pay Grade 10

Salary

$36,266.43 - $48,270.75 Annually

Employment Type

Judicial Branch | Administrative Office of the Courts | 37.5 HR/WK

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Hiring Agency

Judicial | Court of Justice

Location

1001 Vandalay Dr

Frankfort, KY 40601 USA

Description

The Kentucky Judicial Branch offers exciting career opportunities with the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in Frankfort and the state courts that operate in all 120 Kentucky counties.

The AOC Department of Human Resources has an immediate opening for a Human Resources Specialist on its HR Processing & Payroll Team. The workstation for this position is in Frankfort.

As an HR Specialist, you will play a vital role in supporting our employees and ensuring the smooth operation of essential HR functions. You will be responsible for providing comprehensive HR support to both employees and management. This includes facilitating successful on-boarding and off-boarding processes, ensuring that employees' pay, and benefits are accurate and delivered on time, and maintaining compliance with master data and records.

We offer various benefits of state government employment, including generous vacation and sick leave, health insurance, and a retirement plan. Our work environment values diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to fair and equal treatment regardless of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. We also promote a healthy work-life balance.

Characteristics of the Job: This Human Resources Specialist provides professional-level support to employees, supervisors, and appointing authorities as related to assigned human resources functions. These functions include, but are not limited to, personnel processing and the facilitation of payroll and employee benefits.

Duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Responsible for understanding and applying personnel policies, pay practices, and relevant regulations related to assigned functions.
• Reviews, prepares, and, or submits personnel, payroll, and benefits actions.
• guidance pertaining to appropriate personnel actions and facilitates transfers to external agencies.
• Maintains confidential personnel, payroll, and medical records for the agency.
• Provides technical support to all levels of management as related to assigned human resources functions, including but not limited to personnel processing, payroll, and employee benefits.
• Serves as liaison and provides processing support as related to employee benefits.
• Contacts benefit providers to obtain information about services, assist employees in expediting claim services, provide guidance on completing forms, etc.
• Adheres to communicated deadlines, payroll calendar, and timelines outlined in the personnel policies.
• Attends workshops, seminars, and other training sessions as assigned.
• Conducts research as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: NONE

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Associate Degree + 2 Years job-related experience OR High School Diploma + 4 Years job-related experience

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Working Conditions

Work is typically performed in an office setting, in-person, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Minimal in-state travel may be required.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Tasha Lewis at TashaLewis@kycourts.net or 502-573-2350.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D