Human Resources Manager - Timberville VA

Black Bear Talent is seeking a direct hire experienced HR Manager in Timberville, VA to lead human resources operations, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and a positive workplace culture. This role involves overseeing recruitment, employee relations, benefits administration, and policy implementation. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of employment laws, and the ability to develop and maintain HR strategies that support business goals.

Summary:

The Human Resources Manager will lead and direct the daily functions of the Human Resources department including, but not limited to recruitment, compensation, payroll, benefits (health, welfare, and leave), employee relations, and performance management. This position is also responsible for enforcing Company policies and practices.

Essential Duties:

• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in all areas of human resources; including, but not limited to compensation, talent management, and employment law.
• Performs routine tasks required to administer and execute human resources programs including, but not limited to, EEO; payroll; compensation, benefits, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; recognition; and training and development.
• Recruits, interviews, and facilitates the hiring of qualified job applicants for open positions. Collaborates with department managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings.
• Conducts/coordinates new employee onboarding process.
• Handles employment-related inquiries from applicants, employees, and supervisors, referring complex and/or sensitive matters to the Director of Human Resources.
• Promotes positive employee relations. Responds to matters within a timely manner. Assists supervisors with documentation. Attends and participates in employee disciplinary meetings as necessary.
• Conducts exit interviews.
• Oversees and maintains employee files including personnel, medical, benefit, and other confidential files.
• Reconciles employee benefit plans monthly.
• Completes Monthly Compliance Review Program (MCRP) processes and forms monthly and quarterly.
• Chairs, serves on, and/or participates in various Bank committees and networking groups as necessary.
• Oversees and maintains various electronic human resources management systems. Recommends and researches new solutions as necessary.
• Participates in professional development and networking conferences and events.
• Maintains regular, reliable attendance.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position supervises the Human Resources Administrator. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the company's policies and applicable laws to include recruitment and hiring, training, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Other Duties:

This job description is not designed to be an exhaustive list of duties. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of federal and state employment-related laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of and experience with human resource payroll and information systems, preferably Paylocity.
• Knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal controls, and payroll taxes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management skills with ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to act with integrity, equality, professionalism, and confidentiality.

Education and/or Experience (Required and Preferred):

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred; not required.
• A minimum of five years human resources experience at a corporate level.
• Prior supervisory experience.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

• Current driver’s license to travel to other bank branch locations and other bank-related travel.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification highly preferred.

Physical and Mental 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.

• The employee regularly sits and uses hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Position Type/Hours:

This is a full-time, exempt level position working Monday – Friday with other days and hours as necessary to accomplish duties.

Travel:

Travel is primarily within the Company’s market areas during the business day with occasional out-of-area and overnight travel required.

At Black Bear Talent we’re not just about filling a space. We partner with you to find the right fill for your needs. Our number one goal is to find you the career candidate and building the relationship with the employer as your trusted source for staffing and direct hires

Pay: $90 - $100 / year

Pay:

• Bonus pay

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching

Job Type: fulltime

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Other

Education: Bachelor's degree

Work location: On-site