Human Resources Business Partner- Hybrid

Role Summary

The Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for a wide range of functions to support the Human Resources Department. The HR Generalist will provide proactive HR support to employees, leaders as well as HR team members related to HR initiatives/functions including: employee relations, recruiting, onboarding, performance management, compliance, employee communication, rewards and recognition, compensation management and retention. The HR Business Partner acts as liaison between employees and management to answer questions or concerns regarding company policies, practices and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to employees and leadership (coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary action).
• Responds to employee relations issues such as employee complaints, harassment allegations, and civil rights complaints. Handles issues timely, documents in a compliant fashion and works towards resolution involving and communicating with HR team members as required.
• Partners with HR team members on employee relations discussions, exit interviews, and performance recognition.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Supports employee engagement initiatives and recognition.
• Maintains employee records
• Partners with leadership to manage, track and support follow up discussions on employee disciplinary write ups.
• Aids in monitoring the annual performance review cycle, communicate and train teams to ensure processes are done in a timely manner (i.e. objective setting, performance reviews, salary review, individual development plans and career-pathing).
• May assist the Leave Administrator with administration of leaves of absence, inclusive of personal, medical, FMLA and military in accordance to company policy and employment laws.
• Conducts reoccurring meetings with leadership and employees to improve working relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
• Assists HR team with coaching on employee related issues such as performance, professional development, terminations.
• Partner with employees and leadership to communicate various Human Resources policies, procedures, laws, standards and government regulations.
• Maintains compliance with federal and state regulations concerning employment.
• Creates reports, tracks and analyzes pertinent employment data, making recommendations for program revisions.
• Assists employees with requests and questions. Acts as employee champion to pro-actively promote a productive working environment and culture.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required: 5+ years of Business and/or Human Resources background
• Required: Comfortable taking a hands-on approach and able to thrive in a growth-oriented environment with multiple projects; proactive problem solving and strong attention to detail
• Required: Ability to understand business goals and recommend new approaches, policies and procedures to improve objectives, productivity and HR development
• Required: Comfortable solving problems, mediating and coaching at a management level; interface at all levels of the organization
• Required: Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• Required: Strong interpersonal skills; able to be patient, helpful, and front-line for employee issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Desirable
• SHRM-CP Desirable
• Previous experience with Workday

Physical Demands

• Must possess ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.
• Must possess ability to perform repetitive motion.
• Crouching and bending may be required when retrieving files. Ability to lift, bend, twist, carry, pushing & pulling.
• Ability in hearing acuity, visual acuity, and color discrimination.
• Ability in manual dexterity.
• Excellent hand – eye coordination
• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.
• Majority of work is performed in a desk/cubicle environment.

Other

• Willingness to work overtime when needed is required.
• Travel Required: Occasionally