HR Generalist

Job Title: Field HR Generalist

Job Code: BH1023

Purpose:

The Field HR Generalist requires considerable knowledge of principles and practices of personnel administration, effective oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills; effectively handling confidential information. Additional responsibilities include recruiting for HMSHOST branch/region; investigating and analyzing local market conditions to implement effective recruiting; ensuring consistent and satisfactory administration of HR policies to maintain compliance with state, federal and company guidelines; performing all other responsibilities as directed by the business or as assigned by management. The Field HR Generalist is a management position and typically reports to Field HR Manager.

Essential Functions:

• Communicates and deploys corporate HR initiatives locally
• Ensures that all federal, state, local laws, collective bargaining agreements and corporate HR-related compliance matters are proactively managed, including but not limited to, A.D.A., E.E.O., Affirmative Action Planning, FMLA, Customer Guarantee of Fair Treatment and FAA
• Coordinates and manages the administration and confidential investigation of all Workers’ Compensation / unemployment issues, Affirmative Action, EEO, Sexual Harassment, Guarantee of Fair Treatment, FAA and other employee relations issues
• Meets with management to understand current and future staffing levels needed to proactively recruit candidates to satisfy business needs; understands and acts upon specific operational data such as turnover rates, wage rates, staffing levels, diversity, and sales data
• Performs general administrative functions including but not limited to employee file maintenance, preparation of legal compliance logs, and PeopleSoft systems data entry and maintenance
• Performs all recruiting duties within the guidelines of company policy and government regulations such as EEOC compliance and Affirmative Action Plans
• Maintains company posting requirements and systems

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

• Requires 4 year college degree or equivalent work experience
• Requires minimum of 3-5 years of HR Recruiting or related HR Generalist experience; SHRM certification a plus
• Requires the ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and policy documents, as well as converse comfortably with associates
• Requires leadership skills and ability to be part of a team with little or no supervision
• Requires strong knowledge of HR technical subjects; proficiency with PeopleSoft HRMS
• Should be computer literate and have expertise in preparing documents, spreadsheets and presentations
• Requires the willingness to travel