Human Resources Generalist

**Department: Human Resources**

**Reports to: Chief Financial Officer**

**Vice President Administrative Services**

**Location**:This is an onsite position at the corporate office in Itasca, IL.**

**Salary Range: $75,000 annually**

**Position Description**

We seek an experienced and skilled HR Generalist to join our team at the corporate headquarters in Itasca, IL. The Human Resources Generalist oversees all areas related to federal and state regulatory compliance, employee recruitment, retention and development, policy and procedure implementation and interpretation, training, risk management, safety, and employee relations.

**Duties/Responsibilities**
- Ensure federal, state, and local regulatory compliance, including wage and hour regulations, FMLA, HIPPA, FLSA, I-9 tracking, etc.; recommend best practices and review policies and practices to maintain compliance.
- Administers or oversees the administration of human resource programs, including compensation, benefits, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety; and training and development.
- Analyze training needs to design employee development and health and safety programs.
- Research, develop, and maintain DE&I training and development resources and online training solutions; lead efforts to build a robust DE&I online library.
- Collaborate with all levels of management to ensure that diversity, equity, and inclusion are reflected in the hiring and retention of employees and employment opportunities.
- Meet productivity performance expectations (e.g., time to hire, absentee rate, employee turnover, salary competitiveness, and other KPIs).
- Researches and analyzes organizational trends, including reviewing reports and metrics from the organization's human resource information system (HRIS).
- Collaborates with senior leadership to understand the organization's goals and strategy to align missions, visions, and values to support RFP.
- Manage benefits administration, including adding, changing, and deleting employee information (health, dental, vision, ancillary, ADP), reviewing invoices for accuracy, and managing third-party COBRA providers.
- Manage the insurance renewal process and open enrollment process.
- Manage the ACA process to ensure accurate benefit status classifications and proper ACA reporting, including 1095 C form processing.
- Manage 401k administration to ensure year-end compliance.
- Maintain personnel-related documentation, including staffing, training, grievances, performance evaluations, and employee leaves of absence.
- Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations. Oversee worker's compensation claims process from initial claim through claim closure.
- Monitor the WOTC process as part of the onboarding experience.
- Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.
- Manage unemployment claims process.
- Maintain a recruitment platform in HRIS
- Manage PTO programs for union, hourly, and corporate personnel.

**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
- Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organization’s HRIS and talent management systems.

**Education and Experience**

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, human resources, or a relevant field.

SHRM-CP or PHR Certification preferred

3-5 years’ experience in a similar role.

**Physical Requirements**

While performing the job responsibilities, the employee is required to talk and hear. Employees must often sit and use their hands and fingers to handle or feel.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The vision abilities required to perform this job include close vision.

These physical demands represent the requirements for an employee to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.