Employee Engagement Specialist

General Description:

The Employee Engagement Specialist is a staff level project manager for various engagement activities that align with our people-first Culture and Values to include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts. The Specialist will ensure that we have a culture brand alignment and is responsible for promoting a positive organizational culture to increase employee engagement. The Specialist will be integral in driving participation with the Employee Engagement Committee along with various organizational committees.

Essential Functions:

• Uses creative and innovative thinking to introduce new programs, initiatives and/or revise existing ones to deliver an enhanced employee experience.
• Demonstrates attentive listening and is adept at finding out what employees want and need in the workplace.
• Demonstrates the ability to engage hundreds of diverse employees in activities to connect them to the mission, culture initiatives, and each other within a dispersed organization.
• Will work closely with Marketing to coordinate internal events, i.e., awards, employee recognition and rewards, holiday events, etc.
• Ability to develop content and communications that engage across multiple platforms, i.e., mobile, video, digital newsletters, etc.
• Stays informed and aware of organizational operations and initiatives and identifies areas where additional internal associate engagement communication is needed and develops a plan to meet those needs.
• Support and collaboratively help to build engagement teams within the cross functional areas of Human Resources and internal business partners alike.
• Ability to articulate and champion the key business drivers and ROI of employee engagement.
• Establish and maintain measurement standards to provide meaningful information that will guide continual improvement ranging from employee surveys to rewards programs to further increase employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
• Responsible for providing excellent customer service by greeting, assisting, and responding to questions and/or concerns in a positive, professional, and friendly manner.

Education and Training Requirements

• Minimum 2-4 years related experience and/or training required. Bachelor’s degree and general HR experience preferred.
• Any combination of education/experience which provided the skills necessary to successfully perform the functions of this position.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to professionally interact with employees at all levels of the organization with diplomacy.
• Strong computer skills including data entry, Microsoft Office, graphic design, social media and HRIS systems.
• Knowledge of serving internal and external customer base.
• Strong analytical skills including creating and assessing the results of employee surveys.
• Ability to work autonomously and to deal with ambiguity is critical.
• Good time management, organizational and follow up skills to manage timelines and deliverables.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement.
• Ability to maintain and manage confidentiality.
• Ability to think critically and problem solve.
• Ability to make sound judgments on job-related matters, works with minimal supervision.
• Attention to detail.

Note: Job description available upon request.

**All required documents must be presented at time of hire.**

EXTERNAL APPLICANT: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

GRMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer