The San Antonio Area Foundation has served as the sole, designated community foundation for the San Antonio area for sixty years, growing to become one of the Top 20 foundations in the nation based on asset size. The Area Foundation serves as the community's most trusted and impactful philanthropic partner, managing more than 500 charitable funds totaling $1.3 billion in assets. Coordinating efforts with numerous area nonprofits, the Area Foundation serves as a collaborative leader, connecting donors to address key community issues and investing in our future. Since 1964, over $800 million for scholarships and grants have been awarded to close opportunity gaps for those who need it most in San Antonio. Learn more about your community foundation at saafdn.org Our core values are Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Community.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: The Senior HR Generalist is a full-time position, and directly accountable to the Chief Operating Officer (COO). They are responsible for fostering a healthy workplace by ensuring Human Resources partnering with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure the efficiency and compliance of the HR processes. The Senior HR Generalist is responsible for cultivating and maintaining relationships with leaders and staff members. Critical to the success of this role is the ability to anticipate implications and consequences of situations and take appropriate action to be prepared for the possible contingencies. They will provide day to day support and guidance on a variety of HR related functions including managing the benefits and compensation programs, as well as managing the talent acquisition and payroll administration
COMPETENCIES/SKILLS • Must adhere to Core Values
• Ability to multi-task and maintain a high standard of quality while working in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to develop strong trusting relationships to gain support and achieve results.
• Strong planning and organizing skills with ability to manage multiple bodies of work concurrently.
• Ability to problem solve and make fact-based recommendations demonstrating sound judgment.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills and attention to detail.
• High degree of confidentiality and the ability to use good judgment in handling confidential and/or sensitive information and materials, demonstrating high level of personal and professional integrity and ethics.
• Demonstrated experience working independently, proactively identifying, or initiating ways to enhance a process, procedure or outcome that benefits the organization.
• Confidence and competence in learning and using existing and new technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and proactively interact, communicate, and collaborate on multidisciplinary teams and with people from cultural backgrounds other than your own, and must exhibit a high level of integrity and confidentiality in a mid-management level supporting position.
QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required.
• A minimum of 7 years of human resource management experience required.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite products, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
TASKS/FUNCTIONS Talent Acquisition • Partners with the leadership team and hiring managers to understand and execute the organizational talent needs, recruiting, and retention.
• Manages the talent acquisition process through recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding; manages the full talent acquisition cycle process for a wide variety of roles.
• Develops effective, thorough, and creative talent acquisition plans and strategies. Source applicants through various methods including job sites, advertising, use of external recruiters, and networking opportunities.
• Researches and partners with leadership on analysis of current compensation and benefits to ensure the organization remains comparable to attract and retain staff.
• Manages the applicant tracking system and maintains.
• Manages coordination of all interviews and debrief logistics in partnership hiring managers and leadership as needed.
• Creates a positive and effective candidate experience by ensuring candidates receive timely, thoughtful, accurate and engaging messaging throughout the hiring process.
• Provides feedback to organization on recruiting and sourcing best practices, industry trends, the recruiting landscape and job market, and candidate reactions to compensation/benefits and overall organization.
Inclusion and Engagement • Provides support and guidance to leadership and other staff members when complex and/or sensitive questions and situations arise.
• Manages the organizational culture survey on a bimonthly basis; provides the trends and analysis overview of the survey to all leadership for a organizational strategy on improvement
• Provides resources and information for all organizational wellness regarding physical and mental wellness, ongoings in the organization, and engagement activities.
• Implements and manages a training program that aligns with the organization's strategic goals and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Manages professional development program for all staff and maintains a professional development log to ensure utilization of program adheres to professional development budget.
• Partners with Chief Operating Officer to propose and implement solutions pulled from the staff comment & suggestion box.
Manages the HR helpdesk ticketing system, provides Chief Operating Officer with updates on trends, frequent requests, opportunities and challenges that are presented via the ticketing system.
• Partners with staff and culture committee to provide staff with engagements and team building activities; promote a connected and collaborative culture throughout the organization.
• Oversees the culture committee at the Foundation and implements activities and wellness opportunities proposed by the committee.
• Establish and promote a rewards and recognition program to ensure staff.
Benefits, Payroll and Human Resources Administration • Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommend best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Provides guidance and implements policies and procedures which align with the organization's strategic goals, mission, and vision.
• Liaisons between the PEO and staff members regarding benefit enrollment, utilizations, inquiries and/or situations that may arise.
• Provides the PEO updates on staff information such as personal information, employment status updates, rate changes, etc.
• Manages a biweekly payroll for all staff; partners with PEO to ensure it is completed and process in a timely manner.
• Primary payroll contact for staff and PEO; provides necessary data in support of accurate payroll processing and collaborates with necessary parties to ensure system effectiveness.
• Researches and recommends best practices to Chief Operating Officer on current HR best practices
• Responds to staff inquiries regarding leave, payroll, policies, etc. via the HR ticketing system in a timely manner.
• Other duties as needed.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORKING CONDITIONS The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those occurring in the performance of the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee occasionally may lift and move up to 40 pounds.
The San Antonio Area Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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