Sr. Human Resource Generalist

Community. Security. Trust. This is the foundation on which Bluestone Bank is built. We've helped Southern New England prosper for over 150 years by providing responsible, relevant, and secure financial solutions. Whether our customers unique needs include finding a safe place to grow their savings, financing their next home, protecting their future, or building their business, we are here to help them reach their goals. Lets get there, together!

In addition to being a great place to bank, Bluestone Bank is a great place to work! Named by the Boston Business Journal as a Best Places to Work in 2025, you are joining a team that cares about your career success and will also receive:

• A competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
• Comprehensive medical with deductible reimbursement, dental, and vision coverage.
• An employer matching 401k plan.
• Training and professional development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.
• Work life balance with paid time off, paid volunteer hours, and 11 paid holidays.

The Sr. HR Generalist plays an integral role in talent management and recruiting for the Bank. This role will support the talent management needs of the organization, assisting supervisors with employee relations, leading the annual performance review process, and supporting other areas of Human Resources, as needed. In addition, as the first point of contact with potential and new employees within the organization, this individual is responsible for leading and creating a positive experience throughout the recruiting and onboarding process and supporting managers to do the same.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Assists supervisors and managers with employee relations. Investigates concerns, as needed, and works with managers to identify next steps.
• Participates in the annual review and compensation process. This includes review launch, compensation module launch, and status monitoring of both.
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of the positions and roles within the Bank in order to effectively work with managers to recruit, interview, select, and recommend quality candidates for employment.
• Works within HR and with department managers to coordinate all recruiting related processes Bank-wide, ensuring that positions are filled on a timely basis with highly qualified candidates that can grow within the Bank. This includes the posting of open positions, conducting phone screens and in-person interviews, scheduling interviews, advising managers, making job offers, and managing pre-employment background screening and reference checks.
• Schedules and conducts new hire orientations and coordinates the logistics for employee training sessions.
• Works with managers to develop a comprehensive onboarding plan for each new hire to support their success.
• Participates in the development of relationships with community partners including schools, colleges, training programs, and others to represent Bluestone in the community and encourage the development of a pipeline of potential employees.
• Performs administrative tasks such as new hire and termination processing, managing personnel files, recordkeeping, performance review tracking, and sending general correspondences.
• Prepares data for EEO1 reports, Workers Compensation audits, Bureau of Labor reports, compensation surveys or other regulatory reports/surveys or internal audits requiring employee data.
• Remains abreast of Federal, State and Local laws and regulations as they pertain to the position; complies with related laws, regulations and Bank policies and procedures.
• Performs additional duties as requested.

The pay range for this position is $85,000 to $105,000 per year and is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employees pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs and affordability.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear, reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local laws.

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resource Management, Business, or a related field.
• Professional HR certification strongly preferred.
• Five or more years of professional and progressively responsible experience in employee relations, working with employees and guiding managers.
• Five or more years of experience in recruiting and selecting candidates for positions.
• Full understanding and application of employment related laws.
• Trustworthy with attention to confidentiality.
• Proficient in MS Office applications; ability to learn and master the Banks HRIS system and other required applications as needed.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills in an HR environment.

Compensation details: 85000-105000 Yearly Salary

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