HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST

Become part of Restaurant Associates, the industry’s leading provider of dining and event catering for some of the nation's most prestigious museums, performing arts centers, and corporations. This position supports numerous Human Resource functions to meet strategic, tactical, and administrative HR objectives in a multi-unit operation, including full-service restaurants, luxurious lounges, and gourmet food retail spaces within a world-renowned NYC cultural institution.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all Company HR-related policies are applied consistently.
• Objectively coaches associates and management through complex and difficult issues; provides guidance on appropriate disciplinary action.
• Assists with on-site investigations.
• Oversees MyOpportunity for hourly recruitment and onboarding.
• Maintains and coordinates associate recognition programs.
• Ensures compliance with all federal and state laws.
• Regularly runs and/or reviews HR activity reports.
• Supports internal customer survey and associate engagement survey interpretation/feedback process.
• Attends department manager meetings to increase HR visibility, conducts classroom training, and implements HR initiatives.
• Reviews requests for pay increases or other status changes to ensure internal equity and consistency; processes status change forms.
• Prepares, coordinates, and presents HR-related topics and training.
• Acts as the diversity champion by leading assigned tasks and corporate diversity activities, including diversity recruiting, retention, and promotion goals.
• Assists in the creation of Personal Development Plans for associates.
• Participates in the Annual Performance Appraisal process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field required.
• PHR or SPHR designation strongly preferred.
• Three plus years of human resources generalist experience required; management experience a plus.
• HR experience at a large, multi-unit organization required.
• Union experience required.
• Previous experience as part of a centralized HR environment, preferably in a corporate setting.
• Intermediate Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills; advanced skills preferred.
• Content-knowledge regarding employment law, policies, procedures, and programs.
• Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
• Experience responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Strong presentation skills required.
• Training certification a plus (i.e., Zenger-Miller, Stephen Covey, etc.).
• Hospitality mentality is a must; experience in food and guest service obsessed environments.

Pay

$80,000 - $90,000 / year

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance / AD&D
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Personal Leave