Human Resources Generalist

ITS has partnered with a highly respected charter school in Rochester to recruit a self-starting Human Resources Generalist.

Position Summary:

The Principal and Operations Manager are seeking a HR professional with a minimum of 3 years’ experience with employee relations and retention, benefit administration, compliance, and recruitment and onboarding. The HR Generalist will be a key HR organizational business partner for the school and the Principal and Operations Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Managing employee relations, including proactively bringing issues and concerns that may affect faculty to leadership and collaborating to identify solutions.
• Leading investigations, including faculty complaints and conflicts, and bringing them to a resolution.
• Maintaining both physical and digital employee files, including benefits, attendance records, continuing education, certifications, and licenses.
• Leading recruitment of candidates that are more reflective of the school’s student population by working closely with the Operations Manager for future recruitment.
• Assisting in reviewing all applicants, developing hiring timelines, screening viable candidates, creating interview questions, facilitating interview teams and selection process, participating in interviews, and managing the applicant tracking system.
• Conducting onboard meetings working closely with the Principal on new employee orientation, mentoring and supporting new instructional staff.
• Conducting exit interviews with outgoing faculty and staff to identify improvements with employee retention.
• Working directly with benefit vendors in coordinating annual benefit enrollment.
• Managing benefit administration with vendors coordinating activities for STD, LTD, COBRA, FMLA, NYS Unemployment.
• Rolling out benefit information to all faculty and staff.
• Planning, coordinating, and facilitating Employee Benefit Fair.
• Ensuring compliance with all State and Federal laws and regulations regarding hiring practices.
• Creating surveys and reports analyzing data and making recommendations on human resource methods, policies, and procedures.
• Working directly with the leadership team with maintaining and updating employee handbook.
• Providing market information and other benchmarks data to leadership regarding benefits and compensation.
• Attending HR Committee meetings monthly.

Requirements:

• A minimum of an AAS in Business Administration, HR, or related field, BS and Masters are preferred.
• 4+ years of HR experience, preferably in employee relations and recruitment.
• Proficient knowledge of a broad range of HR strategies and practices, including benefits, compensation, performance management, safety, recruitment, employee relations; ability to apply HR strategies and practices in compliance with employment regulations.
• Familiarity with culturally responsive practices.