HR Leave Specialist

Location: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. The position may be considered for a hybrid schedule after successful completion of the initial training and onboarding phase, approximately six months.

Salary: up to $44,000 annually, approximately $3,666.67 monthly.

Company

hirify.global is a Hispanic-Serving and Minority-Serving Institution with approximately 11,000 students and more than 3,400 full-time and part-time employees.

What you will do

• Administer and coordinate FMLA, parental, PTO, disability, military, state-mandated, and other university leave programs.
• Review eligibility and documentation, communicate leave rights and timelines, and support employees and administrators throughout leave cases.
• Maintain and audit confidential leave records in Workday and other tracking systems, including reports and compliance documentation.
• Manage workers’ compensation claims from injury reporting through resolution and coordinate with employees, supervisors, medical providers, and risk management.
• Support return-to-work processes, employee separations, final pay and leave accrual actions, and benefits-related offboarding.
• Verify prior state service with public institutions and agencies and determine its effect on leave accruals and service-based benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least one year of experience in human resources, benefits administration, leave administration, customer service, administrative support, or a related field.
• Basic knowledge of federal and state leave laws and programs, including FMLA, ADA, disability leave, and workers’ compensation.
• Strong communication, customer service, organization, confidentiality, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, sensitive documentation, and relationships across the organization.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and business systems.

Nice to have

• Experience administering leave, benefits, disability-related leave, workers’ compensation claims, or return-to-work programs.
• Experience with Workday or another HCM system.
• Experience in higher education, the public sector, or customer-focused environments.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or progress toward a relevant certification.
• Knowledge of Texas workers’ compensation processes and leave coordination practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• Retirement options through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas or Optional Retirement Plan, plus voluntary deferred compensation plans.
• Monthly vacation and sick leave accruals, birthday leave, and 12–15 paid holidays annually.
• Tuition support, book scholarships, and public loan forgiveness opportunities, subject to applicable rules.
• Wellness, counseling, work-life, financial, and legal assistance resources.
• Employment is contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation; all positions are security-sensitive.