Human Resources Generalist - On Site Requirement in Hoyleton, IL

About the role

The Human Resources Generalist supports the full employee lifecycle across agency locations and programs. This role partners with employees, supervisors, and agency leadership to provide HR support, manage employee relations, and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR support across assigned agency locations, serving as the primary resource for routine employee questions, HR processes, policies, and procedures.
• Support employee relations activities through intake, documentation, coaching, corrective action coordination, investigations, and collaboration with HR leadership.
• Coordinate workers’ compensation, unemployment documentation, compliance tracking, and other employment-related processes.
• Maintain HRIS, ATS, employee records, and recruiting documentation while ensuring data integrity and record retention.
• Manage recruitment activities for assigned positions, including job postings, applicant screening, interview coordination, candidate communication, reference checks, and pre-employment requirements.
• Partner with hiring managers to identify staffing needs, coordinate interviews, support hiring decisions, and facilitate internal transfers and offers.
• Coordinate onboarding activities, New Employee Orientation, and employee status changes to support a positive onboarding experience.
• Support annual HR initiatives including performance evaluations, employee acknowledgements, benefits open enrollment, and workforce reporting.
• Participate in employee engagement initiatives, recognition programs, recruitment outreach, job fairs, and agency events.
• Travel between agency locations and represent Human Resources in support of agency operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of residential campus operations, agency locations, Human Resources initiatives, and organizational objectives.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of HR practices, including onboarding, employee relations support, recruitment, and compliance processes.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple requisitions, maintain accurate documentation, and follow through on tasks.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities simultaneously, and exercise sound judgment when handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills with the ability to build effective working relationships with candidates, employees, managers, and community partners.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with HR leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Experience utilizing HRIS systems and Microsoft Office applications, including reporting and data tracking functions (Paylocity or similar HRIS preferred).
• Experience in nonprofit, residential, behavioral health, child welfare, healthcare, or social service environments preferred.
• SHRM-CP/SPHR or PHR/SPHR preferred.

Care & TCI Hoyleton

CARE (Children and Residential Experience) and TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention) are internal requirements for all staff and must be completed upon hire. Ongoing application of these principles is expected and essential to successful job performance.

Working Conditions

This position operates in a professional office environment at multiple agency locations, with travel between campuses and other locations for hiring events, outreach, or organizational needs. This role may require occasional lifting (up to 30 pounds), walking or standing for events, and exposure to varying environments based on recruitment needs.