Senior HR Generalist, Employee Relations and Recruitment

Bluestone Bank
Community. Security. 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. A competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
Comprehensive medical with deductible reimbursement, dental, and vision coverage.
Training and professional development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.
Work life balance with paid time off, paid volunteer hours, and 11 paid holidays.
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.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Assists supervisors and managers with employee relations. 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.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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.
Proficient in MS Office applications; ability to learn and master the Banks HRIS system and other required applications as needed.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills in an HR environment.