The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is the State Education Agency for the District of Columbia charged with raising the quality of education for all DC residents. There are five teams within OSSE Human Resources (HR); Recruitment, Employee Relations, Payroll, Employee Experience, and Compliance. The compliance team is seeking a dynamic and motivated Human Resource Assistant to join their team and help support OSSE’s mission and vision.   

The Human Resources Assistant (Compliance Assistant) assists the compliance dept. with compliance-related matters for the agency and the D.C. Department of Human Resources. The Compliance Assistant work involves providing guidance to staff on local and federal regulations. Providing recommendation/guidance regarding compliance related matters including, but not limited to onsite services for random drug screening and scheduled background checks. The Compliance Assistant helps OSSE achieve 100% compliance with all mandated staff requirements through the development of sustainable compliance systems, trainings, and metrics.   

Specific functions include: 

• Serves as the point of contact for post-accident/incident responses. 
• Assists with overseeing pre-employment requirements are completed as required by OSSE and D.C. Department of Human Resources.   
• Analyzing and evaluating administrative procedures, functions, controls, and systems for OSSE. 
• Assisting with the development of various forms, statistical reports, and narrative reports requested by agency management and DCHR. 
• Maintaining and updating various compliance databases including, but not limited to employee credential, licensures, pre-employment checks, background checks & drug screens thus ensuring 100% compliance. 
• Reviewing and updating random drug screenings, return to duty and personnel screenings for the agency.  
• Facilitating agency compliance orientation for new agency employees as it relates to the policies and procedures outlined for the agency.  
• Responding, in writing or verbally, to written and oral requests for information from constituents, peers, employees, and other District and Federal agencies.  
• Attending meetings and participating, as needed, by making presentations and providing background information. 
• Identifying, analyzing, and evaluating problems to improve organizational structure, which includes developing and presenting recommendations and options to avoid or resolve problems.  
• Supporting the standardization of operating procedures. 
• Travel to various agency locations for employee testing. 
• Maintain a current Certified Professional Collector (CPC) certification. 

Key qualifications for the role include: 

• Knowledge of general administrative principles, practices, and techniques.  
• Ability to adapt quickly and easily to changing regulations, procedures, and policies. 
• Ability to perform tasks which require meticulous attention details with minimal instruction. Ability to establish and maintain effective personal working relationships. 
• Experience with database management is preferred, but not required. 

Our ideal candidate will also have: 

• Experience working in a high volume (1000+ employees), fast paced environment with attention to detail is highly desired.   

Interested applicants should register for the OSSE Hiring Fair.