HR Generalist

HR Generalist

At Valley Medical and Wellness, you won't be limited to one narrow area of HR. You'll work across the full employee lifecycle, take ownership of meaningful projects, and see the direct impact of your contributions on employees, leaders, and the organization.

We are a growing, entrepreneurial healthcare organization where ideas are welcomed, improvements can be implemented quickly, and people who take initiative are trusted with real responsibility. This is a hands-on role for someone who isn't afraid to roll up their sleeves, execute the work, and take responsibility for getting it across the finish line.

You'll work closely with experienced senior leadership while gaining broad exposure to recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, benefits, leave administration, compliance, payroll, auditing, and process improvement.

For the right person who demonstrates strong performance, initiative, sound judgment, and alignment with our culture, this role also offers meaningful opportunities for continued professional growth and expanded responsibility.

If you are organized, resourceful, and motivated by turning priorities into completed work, not simply by identifying what needs to be done... we would love to meet you.

Position Summary

The HR Generalist performs professional-level, hands-on human resources work across the employee lifecycle. This role is responsible for accurate and timely execution of recruiting, onboarding, employee records, benefits, leave administration, compliance, reporting, audits, performance-process support, and payroll backup activities. The HR Generalist serves as a responsive resource to employees and leaders while maintaining confidentiality, sound judgment, and consistent follow-through.

This is an execution-focused individual contributor position. Success requires strong organization, attention to detail, comfort working across multiple HR and vendor systems, and the ability to identify gaps, complete quality checks, and move work to completion. Senior leadership remains closely involved in significant employee-relations matters, terminations, legal discussions, and final policy or business decisions.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Recruitment and Hiring
• Onboarding, Orientation, and Training Administration
• Employee Relations and Performance Support
• Benefits, Leave, and Payroll Administration
• Compliance, Auditing, Reporting, and Records
• Policy and HR Operations
• Health, Safety, and Workers' Compensation

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field; equivalent relevant education and progressively responsible HR experience may be considered.
• Experience: Three or more years of broad HR generalist, coordinator, or specialist experience with demonstrated ownership of administrative HR processes.
• HR knowledge: Working knowledge of employment law, employee relations, onboarding, benefits, leave administration, performance management, recordkeeping, and compliance.
• Technology: Proficiency with HRIS, payroll, Microsoft Office, and workflow-tracking tools; experience with BambooHR and ADP is strongly preferred.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain requirements clearly and interact effectively with employees, leaders, and vendors.
• Execution: Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing deadlines, maintain detailed trackers, follow through independently, and produce accurate work.
• Judgment: High integrity, professionalism, discretion, and ability to protect confidential and sensitive information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification: PHR, SHRM-CP, or comparable HR certification.
• Industry experience: Experience in healthcare, a regulated workplace, or a growing entrepreneurial organization.
• Process improvement: Experience creating efficient workflows, audit tools, dashboards, standard operating procedures, or HR process automation.
• Payroll and benefits: Hands-on payroll processing, benefits administration, leave management, and vendor-management experience.

Additional Position Details:

• Monday Friday (Hybrid) 2 days remote, 3 days in office
• Exempt Position
• Location: Burnsville
• Ability to travel to other VMW locations as needed.

Compensation: The anticipated salary range for this position is $50,000$70,000 annually. Actual compensation may fall slightly above or below this range based on qualifications, relevant experience, education, demonstrated competencies, internal equity, and organizational needs.

Pre-Employment Requirements: Employment with Valley Medical and Wellness is contingent upon successfully completing all required pre-employment screening, including a background check and drug screening, in accordance with company policy and applicable law.

Benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k
• Basic LTD Company Paid
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Health Club Membership Discount
• FSA/HSA Life Insurance
• ADP discounts
• Employee Assistance Program