HUMAN RESOURCE SPECIALIST

$52,000 - $52,000/Yr

PharMerica - Corsicana, TX

Full-time

Corsicana, TX

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The HR Specialist at ResCare Community Living is responsible for supporting various human resources functions including training, recruitment, hiring, onboarding, HR compliance, and retention. This role focuses on maintaining compliance with state, federal, and company requirements while partnering with service sites to develop and implement effective recruitment and retention strategies. The HR Specialist will provide administrative support and ensure that operations meet hiring goals through effective recruitment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Providing administrative support in the areas of employee recruitment, hiring, retention, and evaluation
• Processing, verifying, and maintaining documentation relating to personnel activities such as staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, and classifications
• Processing and reviewing employment applications in the ATS to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants
• Examining employee files to answer inquiries and provide information for personnel actions
• Requesting information from law enforcement officials, previous employers, and other references to determine applicants' employment acceptability
• Responding to employee, manager, and HR team requests and escalating issues as appropriate
• Providing support for employee onboarding as well as employee exit meetings
• Conducting orientation and training for administrative staff as needed
• Training HR Coordinators and Supervisors on progressive corrective action process and ensuring fair and consistent implementation of corrective actions
• Assisting with data management and file maintenance including day-to-day data entry and employee data maintenance in the HRIS
• Creation and processing of Personnel Action Forms (PAF) for assigned service site
• Providing onboarding administrative support and arranging for in-house and external training activities
• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations
• Training HR team members
• Providing objective feedback and solution-focused recommendations in resolving conflict and employee relation matters
• Maintaining thorough knowledge of company policies, state and federal employment-related rules and interpreting policy for stakeholders
• Maintaining positive employee relations with staff and management
• Informing operations of worker's compensation claims process and assisting as needed with claim processing
• Conducting workplace investigations as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required
• One year experience in an administrative position
• Excellent Customer Service Skills
• Knowledge or previous experience working in an office setting with computers, phones, and other related tasks
• Knowledge in the areas of labor standards, data entry, worker's compensation reporting, OSHA reporting, and Affirmative Action data integrity
• General knowledge of federal, state, and local labor laws and regulatory compliance
• Must communicate professionally and positively with employees, customers, and all levels of management
• Experience using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Capacity to solve problems independently and as a member of a team
• Strong organizational and time-management skills and the ability to easily maintain several projects and priorities concurrently