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Title: Human Resources Associate
Reports to: Director of Human Resources
Staff reporting to this position: None
Position Classification: Exempt/Full-time
Job Group: 2 (This is not a bargaining unit position. Commensurate with experience, the annual salary range for this position is $59,000 – $64,000
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is actively committed to promoting and maintaining the importance of diversity to its work. We encourage everyone across the spectrums of race, ethnicity, nationality, ability, age, gender identity and expression, educational background, sexual orientation, and religion to apply.
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a nonprofit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. Equitable Growth engages with academics and policymakers to better understand economic inequality in the United States and its impact on economic growth. Important elements of Equitable Growth’s mission include in-house, academic-quality research, and grantmaking to academic economists and other social scientists to support new research on inequality, mobility, growth, and related issues. Building a stronger bridge between academics and the policy community and elevating researchers and their work with the news media are both key to our work, with the goal of making new research relevant, accessible, and informative to the policymaking process.
Summary:
The Human Resources Associate performs duties at the professional level to deliver seamless end-to-end execution of human resources operations throughout the employee life cycle so that Equitable Growth sustains a healthy partnership with all employees to achieve its mission and goals.
Responsibilities:
Administrative Support
Serve as the first point of contact for internal and external inquiries for benefits, payroll, HRIS, Equitable Growth’s policies, and other talent matters, as a direct impactor of organizational confidence in HR. Provide communication updates to involved parties until inquiries are satisfactorily investigated and closed.
Engage tactically with the Director of Human Resources and HR Business Partner in the administration of human resources programs including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, and leave; performance and talent management; employee culture and productivity, and training and development. Provide administrative support through reports, metrics, and evaluations as directed.
Create and present Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, manage the I-9 process, maintain confidential HR files
Recruitment and Onboarding
Support Recruiters by posting jobs, scheduling interviews for candidates, and coordinating logistics relating to the hiring process.
Ensure data quality and integrity through transaction processing and regular audits.
Create and execute onboarding plans and automated processes for new hire education on HR policies, internal procedures, and regulations. Automate offboarding and exit interview processes.
Facilitate new hire welcomes to the organization, and conduct 90 day new hire surveys.
HRIS & Systems Management
Maintain accurate digital personnel records related to employee lifecycle events such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, promotions, pay through the HRIS for compliance, analytics, and other organizational needs.
Prepare all HR invoices for accurate and expeditious payment via SalesForce and BillPay.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Minimum 4 years of consistent and recent experience in a human resources coordinator or specialist role.
Must be highly proficient and up to date with full Microsoft Suite. Candidates will be required to demonstrate their skill level.
Undergraduate degree in human resources or related field. Extensive experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Must have a proactive, team-oriented, flexible attitude, as well as ability to work independently.
Strong work ethic with demonstrated ability to consistently meet deadlines, with keen attention to detail.
Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask, creating in streamlining processes for efficiency.
Solid knowledge of federal and local employment and labor laws, benefits, employee relations, payroll, and HRIS efficiencies and best practices.
Familiarity with labor and employee relations processes.
Discretion, confidentiality, and the ability to understand sensitivity of human resources matters in a start-up culture are essential.
Experience with MS Office, HRIS, Slack, and Salesforce or other customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
