HR Manager

Essential Functions

• Plan and coordinate an organization’s workforce to best use employees’ talents.
• Link Cardinal CT – Dixon management with its employees.
• Plan and oversee employee benefit programs.
• Serve as a consultant with other managers advising them on human resources issues, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment.
• Coordinate and supervise the work of specialists and support staff.
• Oversee an organization’s recruitment, interview, selection, and hiring processes.
• Handle staffing issues, such as mediating disputes and directing disciplinary procedures.
• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
• Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
• Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
• Handle workers comp claims .
• Liaise between departments or other groups to improve function or communication.
• Advise others on legal or regulatory compliance matters.
• Recommend organizational process or policy changes.
• Administer compensation or benefits programs.
• Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• 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 organizations HRIS and talent management systems.