HR Generalist

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About Northern Essex Community College:
THE COLLEGE: NECC serves about 5,000 credit students each semester on two campuses located in the beautiful, historic Merrimack Valley region of northeast Massachusetts. Our suburban Haverhill campus sits on 106 acres near Kenoza Lake, and features a Technology Center and an award-winning Student One-Stop Center. Our urban campus in Lawrence occupies a number of buildings in the heart of downtown. Most recently, we have constructed a new 44,000 square foot health technologies facility, the Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Allied Health & Technology Center. Both campuses are a short drive to Boston and to the beaches and state parks along the coast.

The college has been building an organizational culture that values initiative and innovation, and seeks to identify and develop the strengths in students, faculty, staff, and programs in order to grow and improve. NECC is also committed to using evidence to guide planning and decision-making. These values are reflected in the use of Appreciative Inquiry for strategic planning and accreditation; in our investment in strengths-based, institution-wide professional development; and in our ten-year involvement as a Leader College in Achieving the Dream, a national network of community colleges dedicated to using data to close student achievement gaps.

We are also committed to the recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. With over 40% Hispanic students, NECC was the first federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in New England.

We seek leaders who are committed to the community college mission, actively engaged in promoting diversity, and prepared to use their unique strengths and innovation with the goal of student success.

**Job Description**:
POSITION: Full-Time HR Generalist: Staff Associate; Human Resources; Haverhill Campus; 37.5 hours per week, Non-Unit Professional Position

SUMMARY: The HR Generalist plays a key role in ensuring that Human Resources better serves employees and managers with more efficiency by helping it adapt technology to HR processes. The HR Generalist will support the daily operations including extremely sensitive situations and information which will require a high degree of confidentiality. The HR Generalist will report to the Vice President of Human Resources or designee.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Conducts appropriate training for employees, including but not limited to Request to Employ (RTE) contracts, postings, and Personnel Action Requests (PAR).
- Disseminate information to employees regarding the College's policies and procedures.
- Oversee and manage the Personnel Action Request (PAR) process.
- Assist with the processing, follow-up, and tracking of FMLA/PFML requests/claims as well as ADA requests.
- Coordinate PFML Top Off, FML tracking.
- Using various HR and State systems, research Retirement Buy Back requests (last 7 years).
- Calculation of employee creditable years of service for Retirement Board.
- Manage and organize files in HR Shared Drive.
- POC for coordination of termination for cause office clean out.
- Resignation Management
- Employment Verification
- Tuition Remission Forms management
- Evaluation management - NUP, AFSCME, MCCC
- New Hire paperwork
- Position Management
- Oversees and implements personnel changes in payroll & internal Information Systems.
- Administer the tenure process for faculty and staff in conjunction with Academic Affairs.
- Administer the academic rank process in conjunction with Academic Affairs.
- Guide internal communications process and effectively deliver strategies to resolve escalated HR operational issues/concerns between departments.
- Compose and review departmental correspondence as necessary.
- Serves as a backup to Recruiting & Benefits Coordinator as needed.
- Serves as a backup to our Payroll Assistant for processing contracts (i.e. RTE, DCE) and Personnel Action Requests (PAR) as needed.
- Serve as a Grievance Hearing Officer as necessary.
- Union Grievance/Arbitration/Mediation tracking, scheduling, reporting.
- Coordinate grievance, mediation, arbitration requests
- Maintain/Tack employee disciplinary records as appropriate.
- Assist with calculation and processing of Labor Contract related mass retro payment calculations.
- Ability to process Worker's Compensation claims and provide any necessary follow-up.
- Serve on college committees as assigned.
- Actively foster and maintain a climate that is supportive of students, faculty, and staff.
- In collaboration with the leadership, this position contributes to the strategic direction consistent with the College's mission, vision, and priorities.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with college stakeholders. Provide leadership in developing consistent employee relation standards and solutions for all employees.
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