HR Manager - Institutional (#013719) Lieber Correctional Inst., Ridgeville (DORCHESTER) Level 3

About the role

This position provides comprehensive human resources support at an institutional level, including position management, classification, employee relations, records management, and compliance functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and assists with institutional position management and classification activities, including accurate position descriptions, reclassification requests, organizational charts, and posting of vacant positions in accordance with agency policies.
• Supervises human resource assistant, providing leadership, guidance, and accountability.
• Provides HR support to employees on payroll, benefits, leave administration, and employment processes, ensuring accurate and timely completion of personnel forms.
• Assists in agency onboarding and new employee processing, ensuring all documentation is completed accurately and submitted on time.
• Manages employee records, including personnel, medical, and leave files, and conducts semiannual leave statement audits with signatures.
• Conducts file audits, including separation audits, in compliance with state and agency requirements.
• Supports performance management and employee relations by ensuring completion of EPMS evaluations, providing policy guidance, reviewing employee corrective actions (ECA), and informing employees of grievance procedures.
• Coordinates workplace safety and compliance functions, including workers' compensation reporting, ACA accreditation documentation, and health-related tracking (e.g., tuberculosis, hepatitis B).
• Performs general HR operations, special projects, and limited supervisory duties, including training sessions, inspections, employee programs, and serving as a certifying official for VA On the Job Training benefits.
• Must successfully complete four (4) weeks of SCDC Basic Training upon hire.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and relevant human resources experience.
• A master’s degree in human resources management may substitute for the required experience.
• Alternate qualifications:
  • Associate degree and three (3) years’ experience in human resources; or
  • High school diploma and five (5) years’ experience in human resources management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior institutional human resources experience.
• Experience working with the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS).