Human Resources Generalist

Department: Human Resources

Location: West Chicago, IL (This is an on-site position)

Minimum Salary: $61,082

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Shift: 1st Shift

Scheduled Work Hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday, with some evening and/or weekend work as required

The Jel Sert Company marks a major milestone this year, 100 years of success, innovation, and industry leadership. The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud to have been awarded the Great Place to Work certification and recognized as a Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and a Best Workplace in Manufacturing and Production. We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

The Human Resources Generalist is responsible for supporting the full employee lifecycle, including full-cycle recruiting, onboarding, employee communications, and HR operations. This role partners closely with leadership and employees to deliver a seamless HR experience while ensuring compliance with employment and labor laws and company policies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Talent Acquisition

• Assist in developing and implementing effective recruitment plans to meet the organization’s hiring needs.
• Manage full-cycle recruiting for assigned roles, including posting positions, sourcing candidates, coordinating interviews, and supporting hiring managers through selection decisions.
• Create and update job descriptions, including but not limited to: researching relevant position descriptions online, meeting with supervisors and/or employees to clarify job duties, including physical demands, and ensuring the job description meets SQF requirements.
• Analyze recruitment metrics by tracking and analyzing recruitment data to identify areas for improvement and optimize the hiring process by maintaining the FY recruiting report weekly.
• Stay informed on industry trends to guide and enhance recruitment strategies.

Sourcing, Screening, and Selection

• Build a candidate pipeline by creating and maintaining a database of qualified candidates for future opportunities.
• Sourcing candidates by identifying and attracting potential candidates through various channels, such as job boards, social media, networking events, and employee referrals.
• Screening resumes and applications to identify candidates who meet the minimum requirements.
• Conduct phone screens and in-person interviews to assess candidates’ skills, experience, and cultural fit.
• Evaluate candidates using various assessment methods to evaluate their suitability for the role.
• Make recommendations to hiring managers on which candidates to move forward with.
• Engage potential candidates by building relationships and maintaining communication throughout the recruitment process to ensure goals are achieved.

Employer Branding & Relationship Building

• Promoting the company’s employer brand and values by representing Jel Sert positively to attract top talent.
• Building and maintaining relationships with hiring managers by fostering strong communication and collaboration throughout the recruitment process.
• Champion the employer brand and organizational values, collaborating with the communications team to ensure corporate messaging is current, compelling, and effectively conveys our story to prospective candidates.
• Receive and provide timely feedback to candidates and hiring managers, ensuring transparency and a positive candidate experience.
• Host hiring events with agencies and/or potential candidates to increase awareness of our opportunities.

Onboarding and Beyond

• Extend offers to selected candidates within the established budget and in line with the hiring manager's recommendations.
• Ensure a smooth, efficient onboarding process by following established procedures.
• Maintain relationships with candidates by staying in touch between the offer and start date, and with candidates who were not selected for the role, keeping them engaged for potential future opportunities.
• Ensuring legal compliance by adhering to all relevant employment laws and regulations throughout the recruiting process.
• Work with the team to enhance a compelling employee value proposition in efforts to retain employees at Jel Sert.
• Promote transparent communication at all levels to build mutual respect and trust across the organization\

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor and review the recruiting budget to ensure all expenditures remain within established financial parameters.
• Complete required government reporting, such as EE0-1, Vets 4212, and monthly DOL Job Openings and Labor Turnover reports.
• Assist with annual Social & Ethical Compliance audits as necessary.
• Commit to ongoing professional development and stay current with industry best practices, innovations, and changes within the federal, state, and local employment and labor laws.
• Complete administrative responsibilities and special projects as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, the individual must maintain confidentiality and satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

EDUCATION and/or WORK EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2+ years of Human Resources experience within the Talent Acquisition space required.
• Previous experience with an HRIS, ATS, and other recruiting resources required
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Organizational Leadership, and Business Management, or related field, OR certified as a PHR/SPHR professional required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES

• Established as credible and trustworthy.
• Ability to maintain the utmost confidentiality.
• Demonstrated passion for Human Resources and a genuine interest in working with people.
• Aptitude to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Desire to grow and take on new challenges and opportunities within Human Resources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; verbal/written and presentation skills.
• Detail-oriented, organized, sets priorities, and works effectively with the ability to multitask.
• Thoroughly think things through with an analytical mindset.
• Exercise independent judgment and be a self-starter.
• Positive can-do attitude, creative mind, and the ability to work well in a team environment.
• Personable yet extremely professional in demeanor and approachable.
• Experience with Microsoft Office programs, including Visio, is required.

SALARY & BENEFITS

Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. The minimum compensation for the Human Resources Generalist is $61,082 annually. Compensation is determined by a candidate’s experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. Actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed here.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Office environment with exposure to the manufacturing plant and/or distribution centers at times.

This position has the potential to work a hybrid model of two days a week, upon successful completion of training and management approval.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.

• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm, as in handling.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Medium work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, extensive reading, and visual inspection.

FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY RESPONSIBILITIES

Follow applicable procedures and work instructions.

Back up to the HR Assistant

IMPACT ON JEL SERT SUCCESS

This role has a strong influence on retaining our company culture through shaping the talent pool and reinforcing the organization's core values during the hiring and onboarding process, while working to retain top talent.