Graywolf HR Generalist in Humble. TX

About the role

Graywolf Corporate is hiring an HR Generalist to perform HR-related duties on a professional level and work collaboratively within the HR Department as well as with other department managers in support of the business. This position carries out responsibilities in employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, employee compensation, and employment law compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide personnel policy and procedure guidance to employees and management.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of federal and state employment law and compliance requirements.
• Administer Leave of Absence programs to ensure compliance with federal and state employment law.
• Participate in developing and revising department processes, procedures, and systems to continually improve efficiency.
• Support administration for tracking and processing employee changes.
• Administer employee onboarding, orientation, and offboarding.
• Respond to human resources-related inquiries.
• Create and distribute internal communications regarding status changes or company policies.
• Maintain human resource information system records.
• Serve as the point of contact for HR/SOX workflows.
• Perform routine audits of employee records and personnel transactions.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of the human resources field.
• Understanding of state and federal employment regulations.
• Knowledge of the hiring process.
• Understanding of personnel and compliance records management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of human resources experience.
• Experience with HRMS/HRIS systems.
• PHR or SPHR certification preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Skills

• Conflict Management: Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Ethics and Values: Adheres to an appropriate and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches.
• Integrity and Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people—up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can defuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Managerial Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.
• Decision Quality: Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.
• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future-oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Time Management: Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.

Software & Technology

• Frequent use and knowledge of MS Windows and MS Office.
• Experience with Kronos or comparable timekeeping system.
• Experience with Paycom or comparable HRIS/Payroll system.

Work Environment

• Position requires as many hours as needed to fulfill daily and weekly obligations, including evenings and weekends.
• May require out-of-state air/road travel; a clean driving record, valid driver’s license, and proof of acceptable insurance are required.
• Generally indoors in a climate-controlled office.
• Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.