What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Generalist position at City of Cayce?
Role Description
The Human Resources Generalist plays a critical role in supporting the daily operations of the City of Cayce's Human Resources Department, focusing primarily on benefits, payroll administration, compliance, and employee support. This position is responsible for the accurate and timely administration of the City’s bi-weekly payroll cycle, the comprehensive management of all employee benefits, and the maintenance of confidential personnel records. The HR Generalist provides expertise and guidance to City employees and management on HR policies, coordinates recruitment and onboarding activities, and supports the Director of Human Resources in managing the City's safety and risk management programs.
Qualifications
- 4-year Degree in HR or related field preferred and 5 years human resource experience, in municipal/state government setting required.
- SHRM or IPMA-HR certification a plus.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects while working under limited supervision
- Requires gathering, organizing, analyzing, examining, or evaluating data or information and may prescribe action based on such data or information.
- Requires performing coordinating work involving guidelines and rules with constant problem solving.
- Requires reading journals, manuals, and professional publications
- Ability to speak informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, the general public, and people in other organizations; presenting training; composing original reports, training and other written materials, using proper language, punctuation, grammar, and style.
- Requires performing professional level work requiring the application of principles and practices of a wide range of administrative methods in the solution of organizational problems; coordination of entry level managerial work; requires a thorough understanding of operating policies and procedures and the ability to apply these to complex administrative problems; requires continuous, close attention to detail for accurate results with frequent exposure to unusual pressures.
- Must possess a valid South Carolina driver’s license.
- Requires the ability to synthesize or integrating analysis of data or information to discover facts or developing knowledge or interpretations; changing policies, procedures or methodologies based on new facts, knowledge, or interpretations
- Willingness to establish and maintain effective working relationship with staff and department heads