A mid-sized prominent Bergen County law firm in the Hackensack, NJ area is seeking a full-time experienced HR Generalist to join our team to help support our employees and drive our HR initiatives. The HR Generalist will play a key role in providing comprehensive HR support, managing day-to-day HR activities, and helping to cultivate a positive work environment. This role involves administering policies, assisting with employee relations, managing the onboarding process, and supporting various HR projects. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and has a passion for fostering a positive company culture.
Responsibilities
Recruiting & Retaining Top Talent
- Create and maintain employment ads
- Source candidates using online platforms and community relationships
- Review applications, conduct initial interviews
- Collaborate with managers to ensure the best fit
- Run background and reference checks
Onboarding
- Organize, schedule, and facilitate onboarding of all new employees
- Create personnel files and update all platforms with regard to new hires, and audit files ensuring all required employee documentation is collected and maintained
Benefits
- Facilitates benefit programs' enrollments
- Coordinate and conduct annual open enrollment for all benefit packages
- Processes FMLA and tracks wage continuation for paid medical leaves, including FMLA
- Processes Workers' Compensation, STD, and LTD claims as needed
Employee Relations
- Conduct 30-day and 60-day check-in for all new hires
- Assist in internal employee dispute resolution
- Investigate, document, and respond to employee relations issues
- Provide coaching and counseling to remediate conflicts
- Plan and facilitate employee events, recognition, etc.
- Conduct, review, and track all exit interviews
- Point of contact for staff in various HR-related topics such as leaves or PTO
- Monitor employee morale and company culture
Compliance
- Creates, maintains, and audits files for compliance with all relevant regulations
- Processes and maintains I-9 files according to regulation
- Assures confidentiality of staff members' records and information
Administrative
- Compiles metrics on staff turnover, workers' compensation trends, related benefits information, etc.
- Assist in developing employee training materials
- Assist in planning employee events and celebrations
- Process bi-weekly payroll
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience as a Human Resources Generalist is required
- Excellent computer skills, especially MS Office suite
- Candidate must have a strong understanding of human resources concepts, practices, and procedures, as well as a sound knowledge of all federal and state employment and benefits laws
- Must have a high standard of integrity/confidentiality, be able to adapt to changes, alter their approach or method to best fit the situation, effectively present information, and respond to questions from staff
- Detail-oriented with the initiative to work with minimum or no supervision while demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality, even when dealing with difficult staff situations
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- SHRM certification is a plus