HUMAN RESOURCES SUPPORT HR GENERALIST 1 - 08042026-79530

Location: Chattanooga, TN – Department of Transportation, Hamilton County. Hybrid schedule: three days in-office, two days remote.

Pay

$4,057 – $5,078 monthly ($48,684 – $60,936 annually).

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process routine HR transactions: advertisements, appointments, transfers, promotions, leave requests, and employee-data updates; ensure accuracy and compliance with state record-keeping requirements and resolve discrepancies.
• Coordinate new-hire logistics, prepare orientation materials, gather documentation, and assist with onboarding to deliver a positive, efficient experience aligned with TDOT standards.
• Respond to standard employee inquiries on HR policies, pay schedules, and basic benefits; escalate complex or sensitive questions to senior staff.
• Maintain employee files, records, and logs in HR systems to meet retention standards; organize and update HR documents, onboarding checklists, and audit materials.
• Coordinate recruitment logistics: post vacancies on Tennessee and TDOT platforms, schedule interviews, organize applicant documentation, and maintain candidate-selection records.
• Review HR support workflows, tools, and work products to identify opportunities for consistency, accuracy, and compliance with TDOT policies.
• Support leave-program administration (FMLA, workers’ compensation) by maintaining records, tracking events, and ensuring proper routing and communication.
• Assist with employee-engagement programs: prepare communications, track participation, and coordinate logistics for activities, events, and campaigns to foster a respectful, inclusive workplace culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Qualifying full-time professional or paraprofessional HR experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis (maximum four years).

Skills

• Customer Focus
• Communicates Effectively
• Instills Trust
• Organizational Savvy
• Decision Quality
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Customer and Personal Service
• Law and Government
• Administration and Management
• Clerical Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning and Listening
• Time Management
• Service Orientation
• Coordination
• Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity
• Information Ordering
• Oral and Written Comprehension/Expression
• Proficiency with computers, phones, copiers, scanners, printers, fax machines, calculators, and other office equipment.