HR Generalist

HR Generalist: 

The HR Generalist plays a key role in delivering high-quality talent acquisition, onboarding, and HR systems support across Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland. This position partners closely with hiring managers, candidates, and Human Resources leadership to ensure a positive and efficient hiring and onboarding experience while maintaining accurate HR data and supporting employee lifecycle processes. This role is heavily focused on full-cycle recruitment and pre-employment and onboarding coordination.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance starting your first day
• 401k plan including employer match
• Competitive Time Off Benefits
• Salary range: $56,849.15 - $60,000.00 annually 

Responsibilities:

 General:

• Under direction, ensure that the activities of this position and relevant programs are consistent with the mission, vision and values of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland.
• Performs routine tasks required to support the full employee life cycle

Talent Management:

• Partner with hiring managers to support full-cycle recruiting efforts, from requisition development through offer coordination
• Serves as the primary point of contact for candidates throughout the recruitment and pre-employment process, ensuring timely, professional communication
• Post and manage open positions within the applicant tracking system (ATS) and on external job boards
• Maintain accurate and compliant applicant and candidate records within the ATS
• Coordinate and support recruitment initiatives, including job fairs, campus recruiting opportunities, and community outreach events
• Manage Catholic Charities’ Careers page, employment-related aspects of the webpage and social media channels
• Support employee growth and career mobility by facilitating internal transfers and promotions. Work in partnership with the Learning and Development Manager to identify training and development needs that enable successful transitions and sustained performance in new roles.

Onboarding & Pre-Employment Processing

• Coordinate all pre-employment activities including background checks, fingerprinting, education verification, and reference checks in accordance with organizational and program requirements
• Schedule and complete onboarding appointments and ensure all pre-employment documentation is accurate and complete
• Process candidate and employee information as needed using Human Resources Information System, the applicant tracking system and various software
• Serve as liaison to candidate during pre-employment process ensuring timely and efficient communication

HRIS Support:

• Support HRIS reporting and data analysis to monitor departmental KPI’s
• Run standard and ad hoc HRIS reports to support recruiting, onboarding, and workforce tracking
• Support system workflows related to recruiting, onboarding, and employee changes
• Maintain understanding of HRIS functionality and how it supports the employee life cycle

General HR Operations Support:

• Provide day-to-day HR support to employees and supervisors, responding to routine inquiries and escalating issues as appropriate
• Assist with maintaining personnel records and ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with applicable laws and internal policies
• Support HR audits, documentation requests, and compliance related reporting as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Working Conditions and Physical Demands:

• Normal office environment;
• Travel throughout service area required;
• Frequent walking, sitting, talking, standing, listening/hearing in working with perspective and current employees and supervisors and managers;
• Reading, writing, grasping and finger dexterity needed to manage correspondence, faxing, copying, answering phones, forms/documents, computer, keyboard and personnel files required on a frequent basis;
• Tasks require visual perception and discernment;
• High degree of concentration for analyzing, interpreting and organizing data;
• Organizing and coordinating schedules;
• Communicating with the public;
• Frequent use of computer and telephone/cell phone;
• Occasionally necessary to bend for filing and storing and to reach for files and shelves;
• Able to occasionally lift/carry up to 20 lbs. unassisted.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources with two to three years of related HR Generalist experience
• SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP or PHR certification preferred; commitment to professional development required.
• Demonstrated experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS) to manage job postings, applicants, and candidate data
• Strong preference for experience with UKG Ready, including hands-on experience with recruitment, onboarding, employee data management, and reporting functionality
• Well organized with the ability to multitask the multiple responsibilities of the function
• Ability to convey a positive and professional image and provide outstanding customer service
• Proficient in the use of computers including Microsoft 365
• Must be patient and persistent with a high energy level and a propensity for flexibility
• Must have excellent organizational skills, strong detail orientation and the ability to work independently with consistent follow-through capability
• Must have excellent oral and written communication and professional presentation skills
• Must have the ability to effectively prioritize and implement a variety of concurrent and varying activities and initiatives
• Must be able to effectively and productively work with people of very diverse economic, cultural and professional backgrounds
• Proven experience working collaboratively in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to perform multifaceted tasks with minimal supervision
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule that may include rare evenings
• Must have a valid Ohio Driver’s License and reliable means of transportation for local travel
• Final applicant is required to be fingerprinted to complete background check

Learn More about Catholic Charities and our Programs by visiting:

• Overview | Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland (ccdocle.org)
• Service Areas | Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland (ccdocle.org)
• Families of Promise | Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland (ccdocle.org)

Catholic Charities is an equal opportunity employer.

Salary : $56,849 - $60,000