Partner with managers to provide HR counsel on performance management, coaching, discipline, and employment law. Conduct workplace investigations, handle unemployment hearings and corrective actions, administer leaves and suspensions, and manage high-volume recruiting, offer negotiation, and new hire onboarding. Support manager development and respond to employee/manager concerns.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:
Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.Preferred Qualifications
Schedule: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Salary: $80,000 / year
New Hire Sign On Bonus: $4000; $1333 upon completion of 30 days, $1333 upon completion of 6 months, $1334 upon completion of 12 months
Vinfen's HR Department is seeking an experienced Human Resources professional to join its busy and friendly team. The HR Manager will partner with operational managers providing counsel and advise on Company policy and best practices in the areas of performance management, coaching, progressive discipline, and employment law. Areas of responsibility include workplace investigations, unemployment hearings, drafting corrective actions, responding to employee and manager concerns and requests, and assisting in the development of new managers. Assistance in managing proper administration of leaves and suspensions is also a part of this position. Additionally, this role will be responsible for sourcing, screening, negotiating job offers and making those arrangements needed for new employees to begin their employment.
Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!
My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.
Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:
- A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
- First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
- Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!)
- Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
- Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
- Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):
- 15 days of Vacation per year
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 10 Sick Days per year
- 3 Personal Days per year
- Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
- $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
- Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!
Founded in 1977, for over 40 years Vinfen has been a leading nonprofit human services organization that "transforms lives" by building the capacity of individuals, families, organizations and communities to learn, thrive and achieve their goals. To learn more about Vinfen, and/or to apply to this or other Vinfen positions, please visit our website at www.vinfen.org/careers.
My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.
Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
- At least 3 to 5 years experience in a HR generalist role required.
- Experience conducting workplace investigations, taking part in unemployment hearings, and responding to legal requests required.
- Demonstrated ability to coach managers, interpret policy, field employee questions and requests, and to add value to the personnel morale and workplace health of area served.
- Experience in high volume recruiting and high volume employee relations setting required.
- Experience in a geographically distributed service industry such as human services, healthcare, hospitality, retail, etc. strongly preferred.
- Strong multitasking abilities
- Professional demeanor and ability to balance competing priorities
- Must be able to pass a CORI, driving record, reference, educational and professional licensure check as well as a multi-state background check.
- Local candidates only- no relocation assistance available
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