HR Generalist

About the role

The Human Resource Generalist will support the Human Resources Operations, Employee Experience, and Culture and Talent Management initiatives. They will lead talent management, employee experience, and employee onboarding, ensuring CSWE compliance with employment laws and human resources policies.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Reviews and modifies policies to maintain compliance with employment laws and regulations.
• Supports the administration of human resource activities including compensation analysis, benefit administration, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety and training, and development.
• Contributes to the employee performance evaluation process; ensures all managers and staff complete performance evaluations annually and maintains records.
• Advises supervisory staff on best practices, supporting organizational norms and culture.
• Maintains all personnel, confidential, I-9, workers compensation, and 403(b) files to ensure complete and accurate employee records; periodically audits human resources files and records to ensure that all required documents are collected and filed appropriately.
• Maintains and updates the Employee Handbook.
• Conducts presentations and training.
• Collaborates with the VP of Administration & Operations to understand the organization’s goals and strategy related to staffing, recruiting, and retention needs.
• Utilizes best practices for talent management including talent acquisition, onboarding, performance evaluations, and professional development.
• Identifies staffing and recruiting needs; develops and executes best practices for hiring and talent.
• Fine-tunes onboarding and offboarding processes for a seamless and positive employee journey.
• Manages new-hire onboarding process; coordinates the pre-hire process, including preparing offer letters and new-hire packets, processing background checks and reference screenings; prepares new-hire checklist and coordinates first-day details with candidate, IT, hiring manager, and VP of Administration & Operations.
• Safeguards confidentiality and maintains the integrity of employee data.
• Manages job postings, guides candidates through the hiring process, attends job fairs and recruiting events to recruit when needed.
• Champions compliance with employment laws and recommends best practices.
• Creates and maintains an environment of equal employment opportunity, diversity, and competitive advantage in support of the company's diversity and inclusion strategic plan.

Qualifications

• Three to five years (3-5 years) of experience working in Human Resources.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, organizational behavior, human resources, labor relations, or related field required.
• Prior experience handling sensitive information with confidentiality.
• HR certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP) preferred.
• Passionate about working in an organization that values and promotes antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
• Proficiency with HRIS, talent management, and ATS systems is required; experience using Paychex is preferred.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.