HR Administrator/Payroll Specialist

ABOUT RESPIRE Respire Homecare Services provides comprehensive, compassionate, and personalized home care services for patients and their families by fostering an environment that balances both the needs of our employees and the needs of the company through open communication, teamwork, trust, and mutual respect. We embrace change and the opportunity it brings to establish and administer sound policies, rules and practices that treat employees with dignity and equality. Our focus is on delivering patient centered home care services while being committed to recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining our most valuable resource – our employees.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The HR Administrator is responsible for the execution and administration of core People Operations processes, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of payroll, onboarding, offboarding, and employee data management in a multi-state respiratory home care environment. This role serves as a key operational partner within the People team, supporting employees and leaders by maintaining high-quality HR systems, processes, and employee records. The HR Administrator plays a critical role in ensuring data integrity, supporting compliance, and delivering a seamless employee experience across the full employee lifecycle.

This is a hybrid position requiring 2–3 in-office days per week at our Elmhurst office.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Payroll HR Operations Administer and process multi-state payroll in partnership with Finance and external providers, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. Maintain employee records and ensure data accuracy across HR systems. Support audits and reporting related to payroll, employee data, and compliance.

Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, data accuracy, compliance, and employee experience across HR operations. Onboarding, Offboarding Employee Lifecycle Manage end-to-end onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring a seamless and compliant employee experience. Coordinate new hire setup, onboarding documentation, system access, equipment requests, and orientation processes.

Requirements

, including background checks, I-9 compliance, employment verification, and new hire documentation. Ensure timely and accurate processing of employee status changes, terminations, and related documentation. HRIS, Data Analytics Maintain and update HRIS, including employee data changes, system configurations, and workflows.

Ensure data integrity across systems and troubleshoot discrepancies. ).

Benefits

, and employee records. Maintain employee documentation and support audits as needed. Respond to employee inquiries and provide timely, accurate support across HR-related topics.