Human Resources Generalist

Responsibilities

• Respond to general HR inquiries about benefits, payroll, and employee relations; triage as appropriate to other staff or departments.
• Aid in benefits overview as needed and serve as backup, maintaining a working knowledge of essential benefits information.
• Prepare unemployment wage requests and submit New Hire Reports to the Department of Workforce Development.
• File and maintain confidential personnel and other HR records.
• Aids in projects and correspondence as requested.
• Manages credentials for vendors and zero-contract employees.
• Manages Employee Handbook.
• Recruitment and Onboarding:
• Oversees recruitment process for faculty, staff, and student positions within the University.
• Aids in developing recruitment strategy which includes posting jobs on varied web-sites, publications, and researching other recruitment opportunities, i.e. career fairs, community organizations.
• Serves as an advisor to search committee chairs and hiring managers through the interview process, up to the offer and close of the position.
• Meets with search chair and/or hiring manager to review resources and tools to conduct a successful search.
• Orchestrates depository for resumes through the development of a webpage.
• Aids in facilitating the interview process with the hiring contact including providing administrative support for phone and on-campus interviews.
• Cookes lodging, prepares interview-related expense and reimbursement forms (such as dining expenses with candidates which are incurred by search committee).
• Responds to candidates' inquiries regarding the search process.
• Aids in conducting references and process/oversee background screening/checks conducted through third-party.
• Supports recruitment, hiring processes and onboarding for staff, faculty, and student employees.
• Assists with planning of New Hire Orientation.
• Student Employment Program Administration:
• Maintains and oversees the student employee timekeeping and payroll administration system, processing set-up, and coordinating payroll processing.
• Oversees the approval of student employment open positions in HandShake.
• Conducts orientation for student employees.
• Provides training for new student employee supervisors.
• Maintains the Student Employment Handbook.
• Coordinates an Annual Student Employment Recognition event, proposing a budget and detailing the activities.
• Training & Process Support:
• Coordinates required training (harassment prevention, compliance, supervisor training).
• Aids in developing HR processes, forms, and documentation.
• Supports audits, reporting, and internal reviews.

Job Qualifications

• Necessary Education or Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree required, minimum of 3 years of successful HR Generalist or Coordinator experience required, Higher Education experience is a plus.
• Required Knowledge and Skills: Proficiency in Spanish preferred, Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to produce high-quality work in a fast-paced, customer-service focused environment, Maintains a consistently high level of professionalism and regard for the utmost of confidentiality, Excellent customer service skills required in a high-volume/high contact environment with the ability to maintain composure and facilitate resolution of difficult situations, Ability to collaborate with a broad range of departments/offices within Edgewood University as well as with students, faculty and staff, Work independently, prioritize tasks, and handle assignments efficiently, Excellent grammar and business writing skills, Specialized Technology Skills: SharePoint 365 experience, Experience with Jenzabar, Infomaker, Kronos (or similar timekeeping system), Any specialized training in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, organization development, employee relations, safety, training, and preventive labor relations, welcomed, Other Qualifications: Edgewood University, a Catholic university sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. Candidates must demonstrate multicultural competence - the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The selected candidate must actively support the mission of the University by working with faculty, staff and students to share in our core values - truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community. Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States without Employer Sponsorship.