Northlake Behavioral Healthcare System takes pride in successfully serving our community for over fifty years. As the leader in addiction and mental health care, we are at the forefront of treatments and therapies that provide meaningful results: helping patients lead the life they were meant to and deserve.

Nestled in a wooded retreat on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, we are just east of the causeway and 45 minutes from New Orleans.

At Northlake Behavioral Health Hospital, we want you to shine. We strongly believe in developing your skills and rewarding your hard work. We believe where you work is essential. And while you don’t need to be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, if you are creative, curious, inspired, and resourceful, you may have what it takes to help lead our team. While you won’t be leaping tall buildings in a single bound, during the course of a day, you can expect to:

Be responsible for performing HR-related duties on a professional level and working closely with the HR Manager to support the HR Department. This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: recruiting, onboarding, benefits enrollment and administration, policy implementation, and employment law compliance.

Responsibilities Summary:

• Recruiting and onboarding for all open positions

• Monitoring employee eligibility for benefits plans. Reviewing benefits with employees and processes enrollment, changes, and cancelations. Organizing and managing annual open enrollment communications and election process

• Administering various human resources plans and procedures for all personnel; assisting in the development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures; assisting with preparation and maintenance of the employee handbook and the policies and procedures manual

• Maintaining all employee and applicant documentation as dictated by governing agencies

• Assisting with employee relations counseling, outplacement counseling, and exit interviews

• Maintaining and processing all unemployment notices and potential charges in a timely and efficient manner. Attending unemployment hearings when necessary

• Maintaining employee personnel files

• Ensuring compliance and periodically auditing I-9 forms

• Reporting, maintaining, and monitors all FMLA and workers compensation case files; following-up on open cases 

• Maintaining human resource information system records and compiling reports from the database

• Maintaining strict confidentiality of all employee records and personnel information

• Maintaining compliance with state, federal, and local employment laws and regulations. As well as maintain compliance with Joint Commission requirements for the HR Department

• Performing other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum of three to five (3-5) years’ human resources experience
• Ability to maintain information as highly confidential; basic financial management and time management skills; must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• PHR or SHRM-CP preferred

Northlake Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for all employment; free from discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preferences, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.