Status: Full-time, Exempt Staff, Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30
Summary
The Human Resources Generalist is responsible for the high-level management of a wide range of critical HR functions. Working closely with the Director of Human Resources, this role supports the day-to-day operations, planning, organization, and control of efficient HR processes that maximize benefits for faculty, administrators, and support staff.
Key responsibilities include interacting with employees at all levels, including faculty, staff, administrators, and board members, in a fast-paced environment. The HR Generalist must maintain flexibility, proactivity, and resourcefulness to handle challenging situations and daily system demands. Providing a high level of professionalism and confidentiality is crucial, as is delivering expert-level client service and clear written/verbal communication. Additionally, the successful candidate will demonstrate strong decision-making and attention to detail, as well as the ability to problem-solve, prioritize tasks, and create/maintain a professional work environment.
The successful candidate will report directly to the Director of Human Resources and must have the ability to thrive in a dynamic, sometimes pressured setting while remaining efficient and composed.
Responsibilities
Oversee full-cycle recruitment, including managing position requisitions, scheduling interviews, conducting phone screenings, and guiding end-users through the Attract & Hire Talent Management System
Assist the Director of HR with conducting thorough and objective interviews to evaluate candidate qualifications, skills, and fit for open positions
Collaborate with the HR Specialist to streamline employee onboarding and offboarding procedures
Serve as the primary point of contact for worker's compensation reporting and file maintenance, working closely with the Director of HR
Assist the Director of HR with unemployment claims, employment verifications, and related state system entries
Partner with the Payroll Manager to provide guidance and support to employees on time-keeping questions
Oversee the collection, analysis, and timely submission of the organization's annual EEO-1 report to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Coordinate special events for employee recognition, such as Milestone Awards, Wellness Fairs, and End-of-Year Luncheons
Serve on the Safety Committee and ensure compliance with relevant employment laws/regulations
Expertly manage the calendar and arrange meetings for key Board Committees: Finance & Budget, Audit & Risk, Campus Planning, Finance & Investments, Legal, and Property
Support the Senior Staff in preparing Board Reports, including signatures, distribution, and record-keeping
Assist the Business Office in communicating accurately and effectively with Trustees, senior staff, faculty, and other stakeholders
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
Proven success working in an HR department, with SHRM-CP or PHR certification preferred
Minimum 3-5 years of experience providing executive-level administrative support
Be intimately familiar with boarding school life, its culture, and its mission
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion
Familiarity with best practices for interviewing and evaluating candidates
Excellent telephone etiquette and professional communication skills
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and error prevention
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a customer service orientation
Familiarity with payroll and benefits administration best practices
Expertise in MS Office, particularly Excel and Word, and database management
Attitude and Demeanor
Publicly support the mission and vision of The Hill School in a positive and professional manner.
Work as a dynamic team member in a professional collaborative environment.
Energetic and organized enough to thrive in an extremely fast-paced environment while collaborating with a growing team to produce great work.
Ability to wear many hats, learn new things every day, and have the ability to switch from a variety of roles with ease and excitement.
Communicate effectively with warmth, sensitivity, humor, and understanding as they deal with administrative colleagues, teachers, students, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and program associates.
Possess a "service attitude" - willingness to be flexible to meet the needs of the department and school.
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Since its founding in 1851 and for 168 years, The Hill School has provided a traditional liberal arts education to its students. Although The Hill’s curriculum continues to evolve, we have never strayed very far from a proven, rigorous blend of humanities, classics and modern languages, social sciences, mathematics, science, and the arts. For our students, we have prioritized broad knowledge in our steadfast belief that this comprehensive foundation best prepares students for “college, careers, and life.” The Hill School also has begun implementing an ambitious STEM curriculum, which includes one of the most extensive secondary school engineering programs in the nation. We have bolstered our fine arts programs with courses in digital media, video production, design technology, rapid prototyping and fabrication, and design thinking. And, we are offering pre-professional, co-curricular programs in business and entrepreneurship. Over the coming years, we will continue to affirm what we already do very well while honing curricular and co-curricular programs such as leadership training, service learning, experiential education, and interdisciplinary studies. We will find improve...d ways to teach all Hill students 21st century skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and leading, agility and adaptability, initiative and entrepreneurship, effective oral and written communication, accessing and analyzing data, and curiosity and imagination. We are working with our Faculty and Staff to become both the most traditional and the most innovative boarding school in the country, simultaneously. The Hill was founded as The Family Boarding School and when you visit campus, you might note that we are still a bit traditional, despite our emphasis on innovation! We follow a dress code, our students regularly sit down with faculty members for family-style meals, we gather twice a week at Chapel for thoughtful reflection; many of our students study Latin and Greek; and we pride ourselves on a student-written Honor Code and demanding code of conduct. We enjoy historic and blossoming traditions such as 130-year-old athletics rivalries, revered a cappella vocal groups, school-wide service projects, community team-building events, small group meetings with caring faculty advisers, and a very special jump in the Dell pond after graduation! Over the next three to five years, the Hill School is set to achieve several accomplishments sure to leave their mark on the School’s history. The School’s Advancement Office is a 25 person-strong organization driven to achieve the goals set forth in the current “Strength of All” capital campaign which is entering its fourth year of the five- to seven-year campaign. The capital campaign will fund many efforts, including a significant increase in our financial aid and faculty compensation endowment. In 2018-2019, we expanded the seating capacity of our historic dining hall and completely renovated our food service and preparation areas used by our food service contractor, Sodexo. In 2019-2020, the School will construct the Quadrivium Center (a STEM facility) where our science, engineering, computer science and mathematics classes will be housed. The School has developed property adjacent to our main campus by recently erecting beautiful new homes for our faculty in our East Faculty Village. This Faculty Housing expansion is likely to continue with additional property available for housing construction to ensure The Hill School offers the very best of this important housing benefit to our residential faculty. One of our most ambitious goals is to be a driving force in the economic revitalization of Pottstown and our immediate neighborhood and through our Hobart’s Run Community Development program and participation in Pottstown CARES, we are finding traction in ways both small and large.