HR Generalist

HR Generalist

The HR Generalist performs professional and administrative human resources functions in support of City operations, including recruitment and selection, onboarding, employee benefits administration, workers' compensation claims administration, and HR programs and initiatives. Provides guidance and support to employees and supervisors while ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and City policies. Requires a highly organized, professional individual with exceptional customer service skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to maintain positive working relationships throughout the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in recruitment, including applicant screening, interviews, background checks, pre-employment checks, and job offer creation.
• Support departments in coordinating accurate and timely job postings, position changes, and other related matters.
• Assist with new employee orientation and onboarding processing.
• Understand and interpret the City's Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual and applicable federal, state, and local statutes related to employment, and explain policy to City employees at all levels, as well as job applicants.
• Assist in managing the HRIS system.
• Maintain records/files for the Human Resources department in accordance with records management as well as accreditation purposes.
• Assists with annual open enrollment for all insurance benefits provided to eligible employees and retirees.
• Create and maintain relevant files by gathering documents, scanning, filing, and creating personnel documents, and following up with employees to obtain missing documents.
• Reconcile benefit invoices to general ledger.
• Assists with administering employee leave programs, ensuring accurate tracking, documentation, and compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
• Assist employees with separation process.
• Assist with Workers' Compensation claims.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of human resource functions to include, but not limited to, recruitment, benefits administration, compensation and classification, employee relations and employment development.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to employment and contracts with the ability to establish, explain, interpret and implement these laws as related to various City Human Resource policies and procedures.
• Working knowledge of governmental organizations and the essential characteristics, educational and training requirements of a variety of positions in public service.
• Skill in compiling data and in preparing comprehensive and coherent reports, correspondence, graphs, charts, presentations, and spreadsheets.
• Skill in conducting and analyzing research, critical thinking, and problem solving.
• Skill in the operation of modern office equipment, computers, and software, including Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner, multi-task, organize workload, meet deadlines, follow-up and take tasks to completion.
• Ability to maintain focus and flexibility with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with the public and employees at all levels.
• Ability to communicate information tactfully and impartially, both in person and in writing.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and keep accurate records.
• Ability to keep information confidential and show good judgement in dealing with employees, department heads, elected officials and the public.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent. Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Public Administration, or related field, preferred.
• Municipal and/or Human Resources experience is preferred.
• Must be able to pass a background check, drug and alcohol screening and physical abilities test.
• Must attend continuing education classes to equal a minimum of 20 hours in HR or Benefits related courses annually.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

• Tasks are regularly performed in an office setting without frequent exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
• This is light work requiring the exertion of 0 – 20 pounds of force occasionally and 0 – 10 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, and reposition objects.
• Ability to move about in an office setting, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to remain stationary at a keyboard for extended periods of time and constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and printer.
• Tasks require the manipulation of objects and demonstration of small, precise movements, the ability to detect and distinguish various features of one's surroundings, and the ability to effectively communicate and exchange information with others.