What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR Generalist position at Sigma Equipment?
Objective
The HR Generalist will be responsible for supporting the HR department and carrying out various responsibilities including but not limited to the following functional areas: employee relations, recruiting, training, benefits administration, reports/documents drafting. Additionally, the HRG will have responsibility for ensuring positive employee engagement across all departments by modeling the behaviors essential to our performance-driven employee-partner culture.
Expectations of an ideal candidate
- Strong values with a clear inner core of purpose-driven leadership.
- Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, ethics, and cultural awareness
- Resourceful, problem-solving aptitude and solid knowledge of HR procedures and policies
- Highly credible, engaging with lots of enthusiasm to really bring our culture and values to life.
Duties and responsibilities
- Respond to human resources-related inquiries.
- Assist in ongoing learning needs analysis, design, development, assessment, implementation, communication, and evaluation of training programs to ensure alignment with business strategy.
- Collaboration with all groups across the organization
- Administer employee benefits and compensation programs; coordinate open enrollment, changes, and training for employee benefits programs.
- Create and distribute internal communications such as announcements, status changes, benefits, or company policies.
- Assist with resolving timekeeping and payroll issues
- Provide personnel policy and procedure guidance to employees and management.
- Administer new employee on-boarding and orientation.
- Monitor employee morale and company culture.
- Collaborate with the human resources team to develop effective recruitment strategies.
- Update job descriptions and postings as needed
- Assist in any necessary investigations and disciplinary actions.
- Maintain employee personnel records.
- Assist with performance management system
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of the human resources field
- Understanding of state and federal employment regulations
- Awareness of OSHA regulations and compliance
- Understanding of personnel and compliance records management
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication abilities
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to use and facilitate online communications, including chat rooms, videoconferencing and other technology based communication media.
- Highly organized and detail oriented.
- Must have excellent team and relationship management, interpersonal, change management, conflict resolution, collaboration, creative problem solving, influencing, negotiating, consulting and coaching skills.
- Must be results oriented and able to manage several projects simultaneously.
- Must have a proactive approach to problem solving and demonstrate the ability to be a strategic partner
Education and Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- 3-5 years human resources experience
- Experience with HRMS/HRIS systems
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office or Google Suite
- PHR or SPHR certification preferred
- Passion to work with team members and leaders within organization