Recruiting & HR Specialist

Recruiting Duties  - Develop and maintain long-term working relationships and communications with hiring managers and senior management to understand key business issues that may have a direct impact on current and future staffing needs and to establish requisition-specific staffing strategies in order to ensure that openings are filled according to hiring manager needs and expectations   - Ensure that a comprehensive interviewing and assessment process is created for all roles  - Facilitate debrief meetings with hiring managers in order to determine which candidates to pursue   - Source leads and screen candidates to develop a pool of talent for open positions  - Establish strong relationships with candidates to ensure they have a positive recruiting experience                                                                                                              - Provide recruitment updates when necessary                                                                - Remain informed of information, research, trends, comps, and best practices  - Recruit and interview potential applicants  - Updates job requirements when needed  - Contacts applicants' references and performs background checks required by the company for applicants  - Maintains relevant background and certification compliance for various Membership Programs  - Organizes and manages new employee orientation, on-boarding, and training programs  HR Duties  - Explains and provides information on employee benefits, programs, and education  - Advise on benefits needs  - Covers all legal compliance for human resource federal and state requirements  - Maintains employee records and paperwork  - Maintains robust employee development and review program  - Coordinates and manages employee and department development targets  - Process Company payroll with third party payroll provider  - Represents employer in the community and recruiting events  - Answers employee questions and addresses employee concerns with the company; including employee safety, welfare, wellness and health  - Manages committees on wellness, training, health, and safety, culture, and communications  - Manages employee compensation plans and drives semi-annual performance reviews  - Assists/conducts exit interviews and tracks trends. Tracks and maintains turnover reports and analysis  - Compiles ad-hoc reports as needed  - Creates and maintains employee recognition and reward program  - Develops monthly calendar and assists with developing a Company newsletter  - Assists Executive Team with administrative support  Qualifications  - 5+ years of recruiting and human resources experience. Experience with recruiting sales positions preferred  - Broad knowledge of sourcing strategies to produce a pipeline of outstanding talent and assessment/screening tools to identify potential candidates                                            - Experience with applicant tracking systems  - Superior verbal and written communication skills                                                                - Excellent planning and time-management skills necessary to achieve business goals and increase efficiencies                                                                                                    - Able to prioritize, organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously   - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision  - Possesses superb written and spoken communication skills  - Excellent interpersonal relationship building and employee coaching skills  - Excellent computer skills, knowledge of Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and/or HR portal applications such as HR360, Excel and demonstrated skills in database management and record-keeping  - Organized and efficient in daily tasks  - Specialized training in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, organization development, employee relations, safety, training, and preventive labor relations, preferred  - General knowledge of employment laws and best practices     Education  - Bachelor’s Degree Preferred (Human Resources, or related field)