Title: Human Resources Generalist Reports to: VP of Human Resources

Position Summary:

As a member of the HR team, the HR Generalist will have the opportunity to work in multiple areas of HR. Your specialty will be employee retention and ensuring that Herbruck’s is a best place to work. Providing a best-in-class HR experience, you will be responsible for HR related activities including but not limited to employee relations, employee engagement, leadership and talent development, training, company culture, recruitment, policy interpretation and administration, coaching and counseling members and management, and ensuring employment law compliance.

Major Position Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance to management and employees on human resources issues, employment law, and develop new programs and initiatives to meet company needs
• Program management. You’ll work on strategic HR projects like improving performance management, leadership development, and building career pathways.
• Manage employee relations issues and investigations and collaborate with managers and supervisors on solutions. Coach on performance and disciplinary issues, working closely with directors, managers, supervisors and employees. Identify and escalate trends or issues and develop solutions.
• Use annual and pulse surveys, conduct exit interviews and stay interviews and find the root cause of attrition
• Develop people and leaders. Facilitate, provide, and find appropriate supervisor and employee training. Build and maintain organizational capability in support of the company culture.
• Facilitate and improve performance management and performance check-ins
• Day to day HR fundamentals: maintenance of personnel files and records housed in the Human Resources Information System, ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to Human Resources matters; follow all company safety and biosecurity rules; maintain/protect confidential information.
• Other duties as assigned. We are a nimble team, and we’ll look to leverage your strengths and ideas.

Essential Skills and Experience:

The successful person in this role will have a high degree of flexibility, organization, detail-orientation and self-motivation. You’ll be a skilled communicator, with good interpersonal and problem-solving skills. You’ll know how to adjust your communications to be appropriate to difference audiences, simplifying messages as needed. Computer literacy including Microsoft Office applications will be needed; experience with HRIS' including ADP preferred. Knowledge of employment law including EEO, FMLA, ADA, unemployment, worker's comp, and investigation processes.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field or equivalent experience
• 5 years Human Resources Generalist experience
• Bilingual English and Spanish is preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Work will be in a variety of locations including office, chicken houses and processing facilities. Occasional lifting to 25 lbs.