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Human Resources Manager

The Iris Network
Portland, ME Full Time
POSTED ON 12/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/18/2026
This job was posted by https://joblink.maine.gov : For more information,

please see: https://joblink.maine.gov/jobs/1277045

  • Pay:**\$65,000.00 - \$70,000.00 per year

Job Description

  • Shift**: Monday-Friday 8 AM-4 PM
  • Pay**: \$65,000-70,000

**Hybrid**

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Human Resources Manager

to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a vital role in

managing various HR functions, supporting strategic initiatives, and

fostering a positive workplace environment. This position offers an

excellent opportunity to contribute to organizational success through

effective human capital management, employee relations, and talent

development. The HR Manager will utilize a broad skill set including

employment law, benefits administration, HR systems familiarity, and

project management to ensure seamless HR operations and compliance.

Needs the ability to effectively relate and communicate with staff and

the general public.

**Job Duties**

Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and provide guidance in

the selection of applicants / employees.

Conduct background checks and driving record checks on employees and

volunteers.

Prepare appointment letters; conduct orientation, and do new-hire

paperwork with new employees; conduct exit interviews.

Administer Compensation, Benefits, And Performance Management Systems,

including the personnel performance evaluation process and development

of instruments for performance management.

Perform duties with President and CEO that include dealing with

understaffing, facilitating and resolving disputes &/or interpersonal

issues, administering disciplinary procedures, participating in

performance and behavioral improvements processes as requested, and

participate in discharging employees.

Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between

personnel.

Counsel staff and management on a variety of personnel related matters

including: sensitive issues, job reclassifications, terminations,

personality conflicts, potential charges of discrimination, and policy

interpretation.

Provide current and prospective employees with information about agency

policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for

promotion, and employee benefits.

Advise managers on organizational policy matters such as equal

employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed

changes.

Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and

solve problems.

Work with Supervisors in developing and/or updating job descriptions, as

needed.

In collaboration with the President and CEO, periodically monitor

personnel policies, procedures, and practices to ensure legal

compliance.

Administer agency leave policies, including FMLA, ADA, etc. leaves, to

ensure leaves are being adhered to by all staff in compliance with

agency policies using the same standard across the agency; periodically

monitor for abuse of leave policies.

Investigate grievance and harassment complaints, and performance issues,

as appropriate.

Maintain a succession plan for all departments.

Manage the workers compensation process, including: filing initial

reports in a timely manner; work in conjunction with MEMIC to comply

with all WCB regulations and requirements as well as to provide

appropriate care to employee; manage the process, in conjunction with

the health care provider, of having employee return to work as

expeditiously and supportively as possible.

Manage the unemployment claims process, including, providing all

employment information to unemployment insurance company, and provide

information to the President and CEO &/or supervisors in any appeals

process.

Assist the President and CEO in developing salary ranges, determining

starting salaries, establishing guidelines for promotional increases;

conduct periodic sa lary surveys to determine general competitiveness,

making recommendations based on survey findings; participate in salary

surveys as requested.

In collaboration with Finance Department, administer the employee

benefits program which comprises: health, dental, and life insurance

plans.

Assess the value, importance, or quality of things or people from an

organizational staffing perspective.

Develop record management procedures that maintain, update, and retrieve

data in an accurate and expeditious manner; maintain confidential

personnel records.

Develop organizational strategies by identifying and researching human

resources issues; contribute information, analysis, and recommendations

to organization strategic thinking and direction; establish human

resources objectives in line with organizational objectives.

Identify training needs of individual staff members and recommend

training seminars / workshops, as appropriate; identify training needs

of the agency, recommend

Salary : $65,000 - $70,000

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