HR Generalist
Company: United Counseling Services
Location: Bennington
Posted on: April 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Position Title: HR Generalist
Job Location: Bennington, VT
Education Level High School
Salary Range: $40,435.20 - $45,489.60 Salary
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: Non-Credentialed Position
Description: Why Join UCS:For over 65 years, UCS has been providing
exceptional and thoughtful care to individuals and families in our
community through programs, services, and educational
opportunities. Our staff includes positions such as administration,
clinicians, nurses, teachers, case managers, psychiatrists, and
direct support providers who work within our 15 facilities to
support over 3,000 individuals annually. We are proud to be part of
Vermont Care Partners, a network of sixteen agencies that provide
mental health, substance use disorder, and developmental-disability
services and supports in every county in Vermont. We are looking
for team players to join us in making a difference in the lives of
others and building a stronger community. UCS Offers Generous
Benefits
Qualifications: DELIVERY OF HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES: The Human
Resources Generalist serves as subject matter expert to employees
in the delivery of UCS human resources supports and services.
Employs standard operating policies and procedures when delivering
HR services and responding to customer inquiries including those
from job applicants, employees, and leaders. Ensures equity,
compliance, and ethical HR business practices in the performance of
duties. Follows laws and regulations, identifying any potential
gaps in protocols. Identifies ways to improve operational
efficiencies. Executes job duties with minimal errors and re-routes
customer questions to a higher level when necessary.EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS: The Human Resources Generalist fosters a culture that
supports positive inter-departmental relationships. Serves as
first-line HR liaison with employees and management on the daily
administration of onboarding new hires, internal moves,
separations, interpretation of agency policies and procedures,
and/or re-directs to a subject matter expert. Provides direct
assistance to managers in the documentation of corrective action,
performance improvement plans, and/or interactions that build
stronger employee engagement. Provides excellence in customer
service by way of timely responsiveness, accuracy of information,
and resolution or re-direction of inquiry. Provides active
listening and empathetic response to customers regarding emergent
concerns while bridging them to the appropriate resource for
mediation or resolution. Applies experience and expertise to
research solutions and applies compliance knowledge to protect the
organization. Identifies and reports trends. Provides deliverables
with high attention to accuracy, timeliness, and broad thought.
Uses effective interviewing techniques to conduct Retention and/or
Exit interviews and record findings accordingly. May participate on
agency Committees that promote inter-agency relationship building
such as the Wellness, DEIB, or other Committees. Leads or
participates in employee engagement initiatives. Ensures the
provision of data and supplies that promote engagement including
anniversary/birthday lists, welcome kits, birthday card supplies,
etc. Facilitates the milestone anniversary card and gift process.
Prepares the Exit Interview Survey and Separation Packet for all
departing employees, fielding separation questions as they arise.
Takes the lead in organizing and facilitating Agency events and
celebrations that promote engagement including the annual staff
luncheon, staff and family picnic, staff appreciation week, and
year end party. Is proactive in recommending changes in protocols
or structures that support communication, problem solving, and
engagement. Identifies engagement trends and/or management training
gaps.ONBOARDING: The Human Resources Generalist works in
cooperation with the HR Recruiter, to organize, implement, and
facilitate New Staff Orientation. This includes upkeep and
accessibility of orientation materials, effective and timely
coordination with trainers, supervisors, and new hires, securing
room assignments, and IT support or equipment. Collaborate with the
HR Specialist to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of
onboarding and orientation materials. Ensure that Agency policies
and onboarding documents are up-to-date and accessible to employees
at all times. HR Generalist may facilitate presentations during
orientation. Ensures timely communication with hiring managers and
IT on new start timelines, to ensure positive employee experience
on day one. Provides back-up coverage to the HR Recruiter to
deliver Orientation training sessions and assists with the trouble
shooting of scheduling and/or IT conflicts on day of the event.
Ensures that all initial training requirements are satisfied and in
accordance with agency onboarding and orientation policy. Ensures a
welcoming greeting and environment to newly hired employees.
Fosters leaders' effectiveness in their delivery of the On-the-Job
Training information and subject areas. Participates in developing
recommendations, and/or solutions as assigned, in response to
employee trends and feedback during the 90-day Surveys/Interviews.
Initiates email contact with new hires, conducts background and
reference checks, as wellpre-onboarding in PaylocityRECRUITMENT:
The Human Resources Generalist, in cooperation with the HR
Recruiter, serves as back-up to post and/or modify recruitment
advertisements. Conducts post-offer background checks and reviews
background findings for potential need for variances and/or adverse
action carried out by the Director of HR.COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT
ADMINISTRATION: Handles finalized day-to-day employee action forms.
Ensures the protection of Personally Identifiable Information and
employee privacy in all modes of business communication and/or
record keeping, including PHI where applicable. PERSONNEL RECORDS:
The Human Resources Generalist ensures accurate and detailed
compliance with agency's Policy and Procedures, and the HR
Operations Manual, regarding upkeep and oversight of the Personnel
Record, inclusive of both paper and electronic HR
records.Activities include data entry, filing, scanning, gathering,
sorting, responding to authorized inquiries, and archiving
Personnel or other HR records in accordance with document retention
policy. This includes the oversight, retention and/or destruction
of separate and confidential folders for background check
documentation, EEO disclosures, and I-9 forms. Maintains the online
auditor background check folders per programmatic specifications
and agency guidelines. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT: The Human Resources
Generalist provides administrative clerical support to the HR
function, including but not limited to the ordering of supplies,
sorting and routing incoming and outgoing mail, creating finance
requisitions for invoices, and other HR support needs. Create and
pull reports using excel, Paylocity, and SurveyMonkey. Complete
regulatory reporting requirements.
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