HR Generalist

A. Position Definition & Summary:

Provides HR services to the employees of the facility and acts as the liaison to the Corporate office. Assists in ensuring HR policies are followed and performs functions essential to the effective management of the staff.

B. Position Expectations and Essential Functions:

• Manage the HR functions of a facility through the administration of the HR Policies and Procedure Manual.
• Oversees the administration of the organization’s performance appraisal and corrective action process.
• Supports facility internal and external customer service standards and corporation’s favorable public image.
• Supports the organization’s safety and security program. Detect, respond, and prevent abuse of youth.
• Participates in administrative meetings as designated.
• Compiles facility requests for statistics, salary data, reports and facilitation of general HR functions in a timely manner.
• Conduct routine field reviews of procedures, complaints, grievances, and other personnel matters.
• Coordinates the hiring process for external hiring.
• Coordinates job interviews for applicants and employees in job vacancy bids with respective department heads.
• Processes background screenings, pre-employment drug screening/TB screening for new hires.
• Verifies applicants references, education, and license requirement.
• Maintains Position Control Log (PCL) and processes personnel action forms (PAF).
• Prepares reports and routine correspondence in connection with personnel work. This includes staffing reports as required by the state contract.
• Advises staff on personnel policies and procedures including new-hire orientation.
• Serves as facility benefit coordinator.
• Works closely with corporate office regarding workers compensation, benefits administration, annual evaluation process and other related personnel matters.
• Maintains job descriptions and coordinates with the Facility Administrator and VP of HR if any changes are needed.
• Conducts routine desk audits and other reviews of existing positions and groups of positions to determine the scope and character of duties and responsibilities and existing organizational relationships.
• Advises facility management team on disciplinary issues and Standards of Conduct.
• Maintains confidentiality of all information to include spoken word, personnel records and files.
• Coordinates Workers’ Compensation activities, report first report of injury, maintain all files associated with the claim, and acts as liaison between the company, the employee, and the insurance carrier.
• Maintains OSHA records and OSHA log.
• Detect, respond and prevents abuse of youth.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

. Position Requirements:

Education:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in business, human resources or related field is preferred or the equivalent amount of work experience in human resources. Prior human resources experience in a health care setting is preferred.

Other Requirements:

• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in the state where the work site is located only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

D. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the fundamental principles of position classification and their application to specific situations.
• Knowledge of Social Security, Workers Compensation, Unemployment, FMLA, FLSA and COBRA regulations and procedures.
• Ability to administer health insurance program.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and payroll system to include HRIS database.
• Ability to organize assigned technical tasks and to develop effective work methods.
• Ability to comprehend and apply basic personnel law and regulations.
• Ability to talk with employees and public officials.
• Ability to prepare routine correspondence.
• Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate and informative statistical and other reports on personnel transactions and problems containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.

E. Equipment Utilized

While completing job duties, the following machines and tools may be utilized by the employee:

F. Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

• Talking: Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken word during activities in which they must convey details or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly.
• Hearing and Vision: Ability to perceive the nature of sounds with no less than 40 dB loss at Hz, 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication. Work requires a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable employees to complete clerical tasks and observe youth.
• Dexterity: Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, push, pull, lift, grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of an object such as size, shape, and temperature. Movements frequently and regularly required using wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Physical Strength: Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally. Position is mainly sedentary work (office work) but may on occasion include physical force execution. Employee must be able to physically perform escalation matrix as defined in Protective Action Response. This may include but is not limited to all countermoves and restraint techniques. Employee may be subject to temperature changes, but the employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.
• Language: Ability to write complex sentences, using proper punctuation, and ability to communicate in complex sentences using normal word order with present and past tenses.
• Processing and Reasoning: Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as in verbal and physical confrontations. Must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions and noise. Ability to assist youth with problem solving and maintaining self-control in volatile situations.

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions as they relate to travel. The noise level is usually moderate to loud as the primary work environment is a standard office setting within a facility. Work environment may involve exposure to noise, dust, fumes, dangerous machinery, chemicals, body fluids, falling objects, and aggressive verbal and physical behavior from students and weather and temperature extremes.

Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the company undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.