About Helping Hand for Relief and Development

Our Vision: 

As a leader to empower lives, creating opportunities and strengthen the bond of humanity. HHRD is committed to serve humanity by integrating resources for people in need. We strive to provide immediate response in disasters, and effective Programs in places of suffering, for the pleasure of Allah.

Who Are We:

HHRD is a global humanitarian relief and development organization responding to human sufferings in emergency and disaster situations around the world. In addition to our emergency relief efforts in natural or man-made disasters, we also work on long term relief and development programs.

Core Values

• Mutual Respect: Recognize the innate worth of all people and the value of diversity
• Equity and Justice: Work to ensure equal opportunity for everyone, irrespective of race, gender, color, class, ethnicity, disability and location
• Care for All: Provide care for vulnerable groups; orphans, widows and elderly people
• Honesty and Transparency: Being accountable at all levels for the effectiveness of our actions and open in our judgments and communications with others
• Self Respect: To help the poor without the feeling of humiliation
• Solidarity with the Poor: Powerless and excluded will be the only bias in our commitment to the fight against poverty

Position Title: Temporary Human Resources Assistant
Location: Southfield, MI (On-site)
Type: Temporary (with strong potential for full-time hire)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Duration: Approximately 3 months (May–August 2025)

Are you passionate about supporting humanitarian work and making a real difference behind the scenes? Our faith-based, international humanitarian relief organization is seeking a Temporary Human Resources Assistant to join our team at our headquarters in Southfield, MI. In this role, you’ll provide vital support to our HR department —with the opportunity for the position to become full-time.

You’ll work closely with our HR Manager and Director of HR to support our 120+ staff located across the United States. We’re looking for someone detail-oriented, dependable, and mission-aligned who can jump in and help keep things running smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in coordinating the launch of a national summer intern program across our U.S. regions
• Help onboard new hires, including scheduling, document collection, and system setup
• Maintain employee files and ensure accurate record-keeping (both digital and physical)
• Respond to employee questions and HR-related inquiries
• Prepare employment verification letters and other documentation
• Assist with benefits enrollment, changes, and questions
• Track and update employee data in our HRIS
• Support compliance tasks (e.g., I-9s, background checks, trainings)
• Collaborate on recruitment efforts as needed (posting jobs, screening resumes, scheduling interviews)
• Provide general administrative support to the HR team

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of HR or administrative experience preferred
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Proficient with the Office365 and comfortable learning new systems
• Experience with HRIS platforms a plus (we use Rippling)
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with care
• Interest in nonprofit and/or humanitarian work a plus

Additional Information

• This is a full-time, temporary position based in our Southfield, MI office. Daily in-office presence is required.
• There is a strong likelihood this position will convert into a full-time permanent role, depending on performance and organizational needs.