Human Resources Generalist

HR Generalist

HR Generalist Job Summary:

The HR generalist role involves a wide range of human resources duties, including managing recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, supporting performance management and employee development. This position requires a "hands-on" approach to handle daily HR functions, support employees and management, and contribute to HR strategy and initiatives.

HR Generalist Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or directly related year for year experience
• 3 years of human resources experience with exposure to generalist responsibilities.

HR Generalist Preferred Skills:

• Experience supporting recruitment efforts, including posting jobs, screening candidates, scheduling interviews, and coordinating offers
• Hands-on experience managing relationships with temporary staffing agencies
• Experience coordinating onboarding activities and facilitating new hire orientations to ensure a smooth and welcoming transition for new hires
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and maintain a strong, approachable floor presence to build relationships across all levels of the organization.

HR Generalist Key Responsibilities:

• Administer the functions of the employment lifecycle such as sourcing, staffing, employment administration, onboarding, associate relations, leave administration, benefits administration, and training.
• Manage the recruitment process to ensure compliance and the availability of talent to meet client group needs. This may include managing vendor/agency staffing relationships to supply a contingent workforce as needed.
• Deliver orientation and educate new hires on company policy and procedures.
• Advise and counsel management and associates on various state and federal regulations, company policies and procedures and HR practices, as they relate to associate issues, performance management, promotion and compensation practices
• Provide support to client group on associate relations matters, to include investigations, leveraging strategies toward resolution and providing recommendations for counseling/ employment status.
• Escalate complex associate relations matters to senior HR leadership as needed to ensure consistency with company practice and policy and mitigate legal risk for the organization.
• Develop strategies for achieving diversity including development of annual Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) for client group.
• Administer/Support HR as liaison with the third-party administrator for all Short-Term Disability claims.
• Maintain associate records for client groups, both paper and electronic (PeopleSoft & Kronos) files; enter status changes in HRIS systems; generate reports as needed.
• Collaborate with senior HR and management in facilitating activities that drive job satisfaction, engagement and morale