HR Specialist / Generalist

Summary

Provides support in functional areas of a human resources department, which will include recruitment and employment, personnel records, employee and/or labor relations, benefits administration, organization development and training.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist with the recruitment and hiring process
• Personnel data maintenance
• Assist Employment Handbook maintenance
• Maintain education with respect to DOT requirements managing monthly DOT reporting • Assist with audits
• Assists payroll with tasks
• Become knowledgeable with benefits
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in HR or business-related field; plus a minimum 2-3 years’ experience in an HR role in an office environment: HR Administration, Payroll Management, Benefit Generalist; or combination of education and experience
• Experience with recruiting and hiring: pre-screening, background checking, interviewing
• General knowledge of benefit administration: healthcare, wellness programs, insurance
• Preferred experience in ADP Workforce Now/ payroll processing
• General knowledge FMLA, Worker’s Compensation, STD and other variables associated with employment leave
• Experience in office management with exposure to A/P and A/R would prove useful
• Preferred knowledge of Department of Transportation laws and/or experience working with and hiring DOT drivers
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and motivational skills
• Must be able to work with frequently changing priorities.

Demonstrated Requirements

• ·Acute attention to detail and accuracy with proven analytical, problem-solving, project and payroll management skills
• ·Defined adherence to compliancy and strict confidentiality
• ·Excellent business communication skills and acumen for both internal and external communications
• ·Self-starter needing little direction with a “can do”, mature attitude
• ·Able to impact and effect positive change with a flexible, open-minded, constructive approach

Language Skills

• ·Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• ·Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• ·Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

·Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.

·Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability

·Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

·Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of various
• Human Resource systems including ADP; and Microsoft Office Products including
• Word, Excel, MS Teams and Outlook.

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.

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