Job Details

Salary: $4,281.23 - $4,829.33 Monthly
Location : Houston, TX
Job Type: Regular Full-time
Job Number: 15844
Department: Community Supervision and Corrections Department
Opening Date: 11/05/2025
Closing Date: 12/5/2025 11:59 PM Central
Max Number of Applicants: 150

Position Description
The Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) is one of the largest probation departments in the United States, supervising more than 70,000 individuals and employing over 600 staff members across 6 locations. We provide a wide range of services including community supervision, outpatient counseling, cognitive-behavioral programming, and residential treatment, designed to strengthen our clients' abilities and support their long-term success. With a focus on utilizing evidence-based practices, we aim to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism for all clients under supervision. Responsible for assisting the Payroll Director in completing all goals and objectives in payroll and benefits processing.
Duties and Responsibilities:

Payroll:

• Payroll processing, employment verifications, processes workers comp claims, HR records requests and maintenance.
• Maintain departmental payroll, as directed, in conjunction with the Harris County Auditor's Office schedules.
• Maintain payroll and timekeeping records for all employees including corrections, comp-time requests and secondary timesheets.
• Receive payroll documentation, including corrections, from departmental managers for input into the payroll system.
• Research payroll problems and correct when necessary.
• Maintain filing of payroll and backup documentation as needed.
• Serves as secondary contact with Harris County Auditor's Office regarding payroll matters and regulations.
• Assists in resolving HR issues among staff, primarily related to payroll and benefits, but may include other matters.

Benefits:

• Maintain Enrollment forms, Change Forms, and all pertinent forms required by Employee retirement System and the Auditors Office.
• Follow up to assure receipt of all Benefit Enrollment forms for new employees in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the input of benefit information into ERS and STARS system in a timely manner.
• Review all Change forms to see if within scope of ERS-CJAD established criteria and include proper documentation.
• Review all daily change files and variance reports and make necessary changes to payroll.
• Acts as HCCSCD liaison to ERS relating to any problem concerning benefits or change forms.
• Attend Benefit Meetings as required.
• Exercises discretion concerning privileged and confidential information as related to the position and the Department.
• Ensures the completion of payroll and benefits processes for the entire department; assists in processing and troubleshoots issues as necessary.

Nonessential Functions:

• Participate in executive meetings as required.
• Contributes to a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a cooperative and amicable manner with supervisors, coworkers, subordinates and the public.

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer



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Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• One (1) year of experience with Human Resources payroll processing/administration.
• One (1) year of experience with Human Resources benefits processing/administration.
• Two (2) years of Human Resources experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proficient with MS Office suite including Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences

• CPP, PHR, or SHRM-CP certification.
• One (1) or more years of experience with Harris County STARS Payroll and Processing.
• One or more years of experience with PeopleSoft Payroll.
• City/County/State (public sector) human resources experience.

General Information
THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT POSITION. EMPLOYMENT AT WILL POLICY APPLIES

Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:

• Regular Full-time
• Monday - Friday | 40 Hours Weekly

Salary:

• $4,281.23 (=$24 .70 Hourly) - $4,829.33 (=$27.86 Hourly)
• Commensurate with experience
• Based on 26 pay periods.

Location:

• 49 San Jacinto St., Houston, Texas

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting.
• Occasional travel to various regions within the greater Houston area as needed.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear.

Employment is contingent upon passing a background check and drug screen.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

HARRIS COUNTY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Harris County offers a highly competitive benefits program, featuring a comprehensive group health plan and defined benefit retirement plan.
The following benefits are offered only to Harris County employees in regular (full-time) positions:
Health & Wellness Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Wellness Plan
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Ten (10) days of vacation leave per year (accrual rate increases after 5 years of service)
• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays
• One (1) floating holiday per year
• Paid Parental Leave*
• Sick Leave

Retirement Savings Benefit

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are available to Harris County employees in full-time and select part-time positions:

• Professional learning & development opportunities
• Retirement pension (TCDRS defined benefit plan)
• Flexible work schedule*
• METRO RideSponsor Program*

* Participation may vary by County department. The employee benefits plans of Harris County are extended to all eligible participants across various departments with the exception of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, for which the cited Health & Wellness Benefits are administered through the State of Texas.
In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, group health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Harris County Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.
For plan details, visit the Harris County Benefits & Wellness website:
01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position? Qualifying information must be documented in the Education section of your application.

• High School or GED diploma
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree or higher
• None of the above

02

Do you have one (1) year of experience in Human Resources payroll processing/administration?(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)

• Yes
• No

03

Do you have one (1) year of experience in Human Resources benefits processing/administration?(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)

• Yes
• No

04

Do you have two (2) years of Human Resources experience?(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history)

• Yes
• No

05

Which of the following certifications have you obtained?Select all that apply.Please be sure to document all related details in the Certificates and Licenses section of your application.

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR)
• Society for Human Resource Management-Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
• N/A; None of the above

06

Do you have one (1) or more years of experience with Harris County STARS Payroll and Processing?

• Yes
• No

07

Do you have one (1) or more years of experience with PeopleSoft payroll?

• Yes
• No

08

Do you have City/County/State (public sector) human resources experience?

• Yes
• No

09

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions:Advanced:A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.Intermediate:A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.Basic:A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it.Entry Level:A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Basic
• Entry Level
• Not proficient

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