HR Generalist (Temporary)

About Sun Country Airlines

We’re not your average airline. We’re agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we're making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we're a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you'll be part of a growing airline, and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a great and growing company, as an HR Generalist, you’ll enjoy these benefits and more :

• Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision


• PPO and high-deductible health plans


• Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)


• Dependent Care


• Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends


• 401(k) match


• Paid Time Off


• Paid holidays


• Life and AD&D Insurance


• Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family


• Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support

HR Generalist Overview:

Sun Country Airlines is seeking an HR Generalist to provide practical, responsive support across Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partner operations. This Minneapolis-based role is designed as a temporary Sun Country employee position through the System Operations Control Center (SOC) transition. Approximately 50% of the role will support Talent Acquisition onboarding activities, and approximately 50% will support HR Business Partner administrative activities, responding to routine leader questions, maintaining accurate records, and coordinating HR processes. The HR Generalist serves as a first point of contact for employees and leaders, resolves routine matters, and appropriately escalates complex or sensitive issues to the applicable TA or HRBP team.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

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

• Answer employee and manager inquires related to HR process and policy interpretation, employee benefits. Ability to issue spot in order to triage broader or more complex inquiries to proper HR and/or operational functional partner

Talent Acquisition Team Duties

• Coordinate pre-employment candidate screening process and facilitate new-hire onboarding process for single requisition and mass hiring classes.


• Coordinate complex, ever-changing scheduling while maintaining strong, efficient communication between candidates, Talent Acquisition Partners, and all other stakeholders.


• Anticipate possible issues before they arise and effectively problem solve in advance. This includes independently making quick, educated decisions, and seeking coaching/support where needed.


• Act as a guide for candidates from the recruiting-to-onboarding process to create a smooth transition.


• Support the creation and implementation of innovative recruiting solutions as a key contributing member of the Talent Acquisition Team.


• Maintain confidentiality and data integrity within systems to ensure accurate data tracking and reporting. Ensure all talent acquisition workflows comply with all relevant laws, polices, and practices. 


• Assist with talent acquisition activities and projects, as needed.

HR Business Partner Team Duties 

• Serve as a primary point of contact for employees, leaders, and HR Business Partners by responding to inquiries and providing guidance on HR programs, policies, procedures, and initiatives, while appropriately escalating complex matters.


• Provide administrative and operational support to the HR Business Partner team, including opening and managing requisitions, preparing HR documentation, maintaining employee records, tracking action items, and assisting leaders with routine HR-related requests.


• Partner closely with the Total Rewards team to coordinate and execute compensation reviews, job changes, organizational updates, and related HR transactions.


• Collaborate with employees, leaders, and third-party leave administrators to support the administration of leave of absence programs, ensuring a positive employee experience and compliance with applicable policies and regulations.


• Support employee relations matters by assisting with workplace investigations, gathering documentation, conducting fact-finding activities, and maintaining confidential records.


• Manage and continuously evaluate the onboarding and offboarding experience, coordinating activities across stakeholders, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing enhancements that strengthen employee experience and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Management, or related field or demonstrable equivalent experience


• Minimum of 3 years’ HR professional experience


• Demonstrated working knowledge of Human Resources disciplines including, but not limited to compensation and benefits administration, performance management, system administration.


• Working knowledge of HR compliance requirements, relevant employment laws, local regulatory requirements


• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook); knowledge and experience utilizing HRIS


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Ability to work with staff at all levels within the organization


• Ability to manage and balance a high volume of transactional and open-ended HR inquiries/issues 


• Ability to take initiative with little or no supervision


• Works successfully in a team environment and embraces and cultivates an inclusive culture


• Highly adaptable, responds resourcefully when challenges arise


• Sound judgment, tact, integrity and professional


• Solid organization, decision making and time management skills


• Highly motivated, ability to prioritize and complete projects within deadline

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional in Human Resources / Senior Professional in Human Resources or equivalent certificate 


• Experience working in UKG


• Experience with process improvement activities


• Analytic skills


• Ability to work and problem solve independently

Compensation:

$60,000 to $70,000 per year. This is the base compensation hiring range for this role.

Classification:  

Full-Time, Exempt

Work Location:

Minneapolis, MN (onsite)

Supervisory Responsibility:

None

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones photocopiers, filing cabinets.

Physical Demands:

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties:

The above statements are intended to provide a summary of key responsibilities and the anticipated work environment of an accountant. They are not intended to be an all-inclusive listing of job duties. Position expectations may change as the needs, or the requirements of the organization evolve.

AAP/EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Sun Country Airlines respects and values every employee’s contribution to our business. We believe that an important part of our strength comes from our people and their array of perspectives.