Human Resources Analyst

Job Description

The Town of Garner has an exciting opportunity for an HR professional to join our team as a Human Resources Analyst.

The HR Analyst will have an active role in developing and modernizing current HR processes to accommodate future growth and technological advances.

Our ideal candidate will embrace a spirit of innovation and possess the ability to adapt to new processes and technology as we strive to continually improve our service model.

The role will primarily focus on benefits administration and ensuring a positive, compliant, employee relations environment. Highly qualified applicants should be familiar with and have the ability to support all other functional areas of HR to include performance management, recruitment and onboarding, policy development and implementation and salary administration.

Examples of Duties:

Makes recommendations to Human Resources Director for programs, process improvements, solutions to address Town's current and future needs.

Manages the day-to-day operations of the benefits programs.

Serves as lead in the annual enrollment process, including communications, vendor coordination and employee education.

Assist employees in understanding and utilizing benefits and answering related questions.

Performs leave administration duties including FMLA qualification & tracking, personal leave management and associated correspondence.

Processes personnel actions associated with leave and position changes.

Analyzes data and provides recommendations to ensure the benefits program remains compliant and aligned with the needs of the town.

Counsels employees and supervisors on policies, employee relations, interpersonal communication, training opportunities, disciplinary processes.

Develops investigation plans, and conducts fair, neutral and timely investigations in accordance with policies and procedures.

Presents new employee orientation in coordination with other department members.

Maintains personnel files and releases personnel information in accordance with the N.C.G.S. § 160A-168. Privacy of employee personnel records.

Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree in human resources management, Business Administration, or a related field, and two years of HR experience as described above; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Public sector human resources management experience is preferred.

Current human resources professional certification is preferred.

Additional Information:

The starting salary will be determined based on the selected candidate's skills and qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Full-time