Human Resources Generalist

REM Community Services, a part of the Sevita family, provides community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You’ll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived. 

OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve. Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company’s mission.

SUMMARY

Supports the HR function within a state, service line, or business unit. Handles employee relations issues, recruits and sources talent, facilitates training programs, manages local workers compensation issues, and collaborates with HR leadership to implement policies and initiatives. Administers other assignments and human resources management issues as appropriate.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:

• Collaborates with the hiring manager to review job descriptions, confirm skills required for job openings and determine anticipated salary range for offers. Develops and executes plan for sourcing candidates, schedules interviews and collects feedback on candidates. Conducts references and background checks, screens and conducts interviews and extends approved offers to candidates.
• Monitors and analyzes turnover to develop, recommend, and implement approved activities to improve employee retention. Develops sourcing strategies and promotes awareness of the organization through various activities such as job fairs, educational/college recruitment days, and career days.
• Facilitates new employee orientation and on-boarding activities. Provides input to improve and further develop new employee orientation and other training and development programs.
• Assists in assessing training needs. Counsels leaders and employees about on-the-job and formal training opportunities to develop new skills and prepare for advancement.
• Develops, coordinates, and conducts new leader training to ensure leaders understand and can effectively carry out their new leadership responsibilities. Develops and conducts training for employees and leaders regarding human resources issues.
• Coaches managers on employee relations issues. Responds to employee concerns and conducts investigations. Elevates issues to HR Managers and/or Directors and Legal as appropriate.

• Collaborates with safety staff and supports implementation of safety initiatives.

• Ensures maintenance of confidential documents and files related to employees.
• Works with Compensation to conduct job analysis for positions within the business unit to determine appropriate salary level according to compensation guidelines and policy. Regularly monitors market compensation data.
• Prepares, maintains, and analyzes a variety of metrics, reports, and statistics.
• Performs other related duties and activities as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None required.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Three years’ experience in human resources.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

• PHR preferred.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• N/A

Other Requirements:

• Travel as needed

Physical Requirements:

• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met .

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.


We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.

 

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.