Description
If you're passionate about helping people succeed and enjoy a role where no two days are the same, we'd love to meet you! As the Human Resources Generalist at Desert Botanical Garden, you'll help attract exceptional talent, create outstanding employee experiences, support organizational initiatives, and partner with leaders to foster a workplace where employees can thrive. Your work will make a meaningful difference in supporting both our people and our mission.
Position Purpose
The Human Resource Generalist will run the daily operation functions of the Human Resource (HR) department including recruiting, onboarding and enforcing company policies and practices.
Essential Duties
• Research, develop, and implement effective recruiting and staffing strategies to attract a diverse
pool of qualified and capable talent for the organization
• Collaborate with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for
openings and manage full recruitment cycle. Liaison between hiring managers and candidates
during the recruitment process including scheduling and arranging interviews, candidate’s main
contact and being the point person for all questions throughout the recruiting process.
• Conduct or acquire background checks including fingerprinting.
• Facilitate all onboarding steps including new employee orientation sessions. Ensure all necessary
paperwork is properly completed and submitted to appropriate individuals and agencies.
Ensure all new employee files are set up accurately.
• Generate reports and provide analysis to stakeholders as needed.
• Lead Employee Appreciation Committee and all components. This will include ensuring
milestones such as births and deaths are recognized.
• Oversee the Maricopa County Trip Reduction Program.
• Assist with all aspects of FMLA, paid parental leave, ADA, worker’s compensation, STD and LTD
leaves and claims.
• Perform routine tasks required to administer and execute human resource programs including
but not limited to leaves, talent management, and training and development
• Handle employment-related inquiries from applicants, employees, and supervisors, referring
complex and/or sensitive matters to the appropriate staff.
• Develop, conduct or facilitate required and recommended training sessions
• Ensure that various training milestones and goals are met while adhering to approved training
budget.
• Process all non-benefit billing for department. Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local
employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and
practices to maintain compliance.
• Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in
human resources, talent management, and employment law.
• Ability to review/audit payroll on a periodic basis and be backup to payroll specialist as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Position Information
Job Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Schedule: 8am - 5pm, M-F
Salary: $65,000 - $75,000/yr
Requirements
Competencies
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field, or comparable
combination of education and work experience
• Five years’ of progressive experience in human resources, with an emphasis in corporate
training and recruiting
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with all staffing levels
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office; HRIS experience preferred
• High levels of integrity and discretion
• Strong business acumen; able to build relationships, share knowledge, embrace ambiguity, and
thrive with changing priorities
• Superior analytical and research skills; the ability to make decisions and manage course
corrections as necessary are required
• Superior time management, attention to detail, and follow-up skills are a must
• Patience, tact, and the ability to build rapport throughout the organization will be keys to
success in this role; high emotional intelligence and the art of persuasion very helpful
• HRCI and/or SHRM certification preferred
• Available to work off hours such as weekends or evenings.
Equipment Used
Typical office equipment.
Internal Communication
Frequent interaction with employees across the Garden.
External Communication
Frequent communication with vendors, trainers, and business partners.
Working Conditions
No physical effort beyond what’s typically required in a normal office environment. Requires flexible time schedule. Potential for tight deadlines or time periods of high workload may require additional
hours.
The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.
This role requires the ability to walk, sit, stand, stoop, kneel, bend, see, hear, speak, read, and type.
Manual dexterity and the ability to lift up to 10 pounds required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made, when necessary and feasible, to allow a qualified individual
to perform essential job functions
Equal Opportunity Employer
Desert Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law.
The Garden fosters and supports workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion to honor the unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions of all, to celebrate successes, and to cultivate individual
and institutional excellence.
All employees will help add to the Garden’s diversity and fully embrace it.
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and deliverables of the role. This is not a contract and should not be viewed as such. Other duties may be
assigned by supervisor and/or his/her/their designee
