HR Specialist

What will I do:

The Human Resource Specialist performs duties at the professional level in the following functional areas: employee onboarding, external employee relations, and HR administration. This role requires a proactive problem solver with strong communication skills, a solid understanding of HR best practices, and the ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality. The Specialist must be sensitive to corporate needs, employee goodwill, and the business needs.

Day in the Life:

• Serve as a point of contact for employees regarding HR-related inquiries
• Assist with external employee relations practices necessary to establish positive employer-employee relationships and to promote a high level of employee engagement
• Present company information and applicable policies during the new hire orientation process
• Assist in maintaining and implementing new and existing programs in the survey software
• Assist with the development of human resources solutions by collecting and analyzing information, recommending courses of action
• Partner with employees and management to communicate various human resource policies, procedures, laws, standards, and other government regulations
• Ensure collection of required personnel file documents for all external and internal employees
• Maintain human resource information system records and compile reports from the database
• Continuous upkeep of unemployment claims and audits
• Process administrative employment-related activities within timeframe standards while ensuring policy and procedure compliance, proper documentation approvals, and accuracy of human resource system entries
• Maintain an open and candid working relationship with immediate supervisor/manager in discussing matters of importance
• Respond to emails from our employees during non-business hours as needed 

Who Am I:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Management, Marketing, or other business applicable field preferred
• 2 years of related job experience preferred
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates attention to detail
• Prompt and regular attendance

Other Requirements:

• Must be able to effectively manage multiple tasks at once in this deadline driven area. Good communication and organizational skills are a must as well as providing the highest level of customer service.
• Experience with administering and processing onboarding paperwork preferred.

My Team:

• This position will not have supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Requirements: 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. The employee is regularly required to sit and stand; occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive.  They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully.  LRS Healthcare recognizes that an individual with a disability may require an accommodation to enable him/her to successfully perform a job function.  Consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations.