HR Assistant - Payroll and Leave
At a glance
Junior HR Business Partner & Generalist role at Leidos. Washington · part-time · $41,600–$75,200 base.
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What you'll do
- Process employee starts, departures, pay and position updates, service dates, and benefit paperwork
- Enter payroll and personnel changes, including benefit elections, union dues, leave-transfer balances, and savings deductions
- Review bargaining-unit reports and alert timekeepers to coding problems before pay calculations are finalized
- Resolve pay and non-pay issues across several federal pay systems, including cases involving settlements and back pay
- Monitor regional payroll folders and shared email queues for station changes, tax requests, and dues updates
What you bring
- A high school diploma or GED, plus two to three years of relevant work experience
- Prior federal agency work, with hands-on knowledge of federal payroll, leave categories, and leave audits
- Understanding of union agreements and the clerical practices used to complete this work
Who this fits
This junior, part-time role suits someone comfortable handling routine payroll and leave work under close guidance, while knowing when to escalate problems. You’ll need to meet established deadlines and coordinate with teammates and stakeholders. An associate degree is preferred.
From the employer
The NISC IV program at Leidos has an opening for a Human Resource Assistant with prior federal agency experience specifically payroll, different federal leave types, and union contracts. The selected resource will provide support to the FAA’s AHR organization specifically the Pay and Leave branch. The selected resource will perform basic, routine tasks and will utilize automated tools and software in the performance of duties/responsibilities. Work will be performed under close direction of a manager, team leader, or more experienced staff.
Specific duties for the position include:
- Process a broad range of personnel actions to include accessions; separations; position and pay changes; service/pay computation dates; and retirement, health insurance, life insurance, and other benefit forms
- Serve as liaison between FAA and the DOI Payroll Operations Division, utilizing a personnel and payroll actions data system to input and process a variety of actions including changes to employee benefits, work schedules, union dues initiation/revocation, Voluntary Leave Transfer Program (VLTP) balances, Thrift Savings Plan deductions, and other voluntary payroll deductions, VLB, Settlements, agreements that pertain to leave and T&A.
- Working the BUS reports on pay calculate (Wednesday) and the post calculate (Thursday). This task entails the review of the BUS reports for an employee’s enrollment into or out of the bargaining unit in a timely manner.
- Supports the Wednesday process to ensure notification of timekeepers to advise on coding issues and remedial actions to resolve pay errors or problems identified by DOI or employees prior to final pay calculations.
- Handles and resolves issues relative to a wide range of pay and non-pay actions covering several pay systems to include General Schedule, Federal Wage System, Core Compensation and Air Traffic Pay Plan.
- Advises HRSDs, LR, and regional counsels during development and implementation of third-party settlements and agreements ensuring actions are processes IAW agreements and assists with affecting back pays
- Monitoring and working the PLS folders -for each of the regions serviced by OKC on the shared drive.
- Monitoring and reviewing the Change of Station emails sent to the shared email address.
- Complete tax emails that are sent to the PLS general email address
- Review and complete BUS emails on the 9-AHR-PLS-Dues-Withholding email address.
- Work independently as well as with other team members to accurately complete all assignments in accordance with established deadlines
- Frequently refers problems and work issues to the manager and/or team leads when guidance is not available or applicable
- Foster a collaborative environment by effectively communicating and interacting with fellow team members and stakeholders
- Maintain an overall working knowledge and the ability to perform each function within his/her area
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- 2 - 3 years of relevant experience
- Understanding of union contracts
- Experience with federal payroll, types of federal leave, and leave audits
- Knowledge of clerical procedures used to perform the work.
- Federal agency experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate degree is highly desirable
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Original Posting:
October 7, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $41,600.00 - $75,200.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.