Human Resource Coordinator

Fairweather is owned by Doyon, Limited, an Alaska Native regional corporation. We continue to be committed to meeting the industry's highest standards and ensuring the needs of every project are met safely and efficiently while being The Most Trusted Company in Alaska. Established in 1976, Fairweather LLC is an Alaska-based service support company. That approach is directly responsible for Fairweather’s growth over the past four decades. Responding to the growth of the emerging oil and gas industry, Fairweather expanded its operations to include several highly sought-after support services designed to support exploration and production activities. These services include advanced logistics and drilling support, regulatory and permitting management, remote medical services, meteorological and oceanographic forecasting, aviation and airstrip services, and workforce staffing. 

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Human Resources Coordinator to join our HR team and growing company. Reporting to the HR Manager, this position work to support a variety of people initiatives and keep records and data accurate and human resource operations running smoothly. Your positive outlook and behind-the-scenes efforts make the lives our employees easier. 

Every employee in our company is considered a customer, and we are dedicated to helping each individual succeed in their role. We work to offer everyone in the organization the opportunity to develop and enhance their skills, ensuring they enjoy their experience at Fairweather. Our amazing and collaborative culture is nurtured through various programs and events, and we actively model this culture within our own team. We take pride in making the jobs of our coworkers easier by performing our roles effectively.

Benefits 

You will enjoy the advantages of a small company atmosphere while benefiting from the resources of a large corporation. Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, and a supportive, friendly work environment. We offer competitive pay and benefits, including paid time off, federal health benefits, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.

Voluntary benefits include accidental insurance, hospital insurance, critical illness coverage, and short/long-term disability insurance.

Outline of Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist HR Manager in responding to inquiries, communicate and ensure understanding by employees and management of laws, regulations, organization policies, procedures, and programs.
• Serve as a point of contact for employees and managers regarding HR-related inquiries, such as policies, procedures, and benefits.
• Work with Human Resources Manager with employee relations issues:
  • Assist with maintaining personnel and case files.
  • Administer employee termination processing at the direction of the Human Resources Manager.
  • Serve as a point of contact for employees to express concerns.
• Assist with the recruitment process; develop recruitment campaigns, build candidate pipelines, and work with hiring managers to onboard selected candidate. 
• Support the benefits enrollment process and liaise with benefits providers to resolve employee queries.
• Administering FMLA and short-term and long-term disability, including preparing documentation according to applicable laws and processes.
• Ensuring employee information such as personal data, compensation, benefits, leave of absence information, performance reviews, and termination date and reason are correct in Human Resource Information System (HRIS).
• Establish and maintain complete personnel files, for active, inactive, and terminated employees in accordance with legal requirements and internal procedures.
• Generate HR reports and analyze data related to employee demographics, turnover, recruitment, and other HR metrics.
• Assist in developing internal work policies and procedures that comply with regulations, align with best practices, and ensure consistent quality human resources services and support company values and business goals.
• Assist in preparing HR-related presentations, reports, and documents for management and other stakeholders.
• Leads projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

Highschool diploma, or equivalent 

Undergraduate degree, preferred.

5 years progressive human resource operational experience

Human Resources certification preferred, such as PHR, SHRM-CP, SPHR, or SHRM SCP. 

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: It is Fairweather's business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT: Fairweather grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.