HR Specialist

Job Details

Description

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Recruits qualified candidates through recruiting sources, such as ATS (Applicant Tracking System), social media, and job fairs. Engage external resources such as local chambers, college job boards, to source candidates.
• Facilitate interviews of candidates along with the hiring manager for any open position. Assists hiring managers with making their hiring decisions. Presents candidate to HR Manager or HR Director for hiring approval.
• Assists with day-to-day administration of recruiting and onboarding, including pre-employment screening, onboarding process, maintaining job boards, and welcome communication. Coordination of new hire photos and issuing of employee badges/parking placards.
• Assists with new employee orientation, presenting assigned portions of HR topics.
• Responsible for administering employee surveys - 90 Day Touchbase and Exit.
• Assists with employee relations through coordination of employee events, i.e., annual service awards banquet, retiree luncheon, HR events, and any other special employee events. Responsible for employee anniversary recognition and gifts such as flowers for anniversaries or sympathy, and baby gifts.
• Crosstrain for payroll processing, payroll audit and new hire file audit.
• Helps to maintain employee files, rosters, tracking sheets, etc., for accurate record keeping and retention.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  
  

Performance Measurements

Coordinate with the Human Resource Manager to ensure employee relations issues are resolved promptly and appropriately.

Accurately process new employee paperwork and follow through to ensure onboarding is complete.

Provide excellent service and communication with employees, helping them access any resources and information needed.

Professional and timely communication with other HR team members.

Maintain organized and legible documentation that could easily be understood and taken on by other team members as needed.

Use appropriate amount of discretion and confidentiality related to any documents or information disclosed.

Experience

Knowledge and Skills:

One year to three years of similar or related experience.

Education

• A two-year college degree, or (2) completion of a specialized certification or licensing, or (3) completion of specialized training courses conducted by vendors, or (4) job-specific skills acquired through an apprenticeship program.
  
  

Interpersonal Skills

Work involves much personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization for the purpose of first-level conflict resolution, building relationships, and soliciting cooperation. Discussions involve a higher degree of confidentiality and discretion, requiring diplomacy and tact in communication.

Other Skills

Excellent communication is a must. Excel and PowerPoint knowledge preferred.

Physical Requirements

Light lifting required.