HR Generalist

• Social Justice
• Respect
• Integrity
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Accountability
• Excellence

Mission: To transform lives in the communities we serve by feeding the hungry, addressing food insecurity, and building a healthy and hopeful hunger-free tomorrow.

Work. Serve. Thrive

Imagine a place where your talent makes a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Harvest Hope Food Bank is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission-ending hunger. We are a nonprofit that is innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, and values-driven.

As the state's largest hunger-relief organization serving 20 counties in South Carolina, we source and distribute 30 million pounds of food each year. With locations in the Midlands, Pee Dee, and Upstate, our mission is to build a hunger-free tomorrow by feeding our neighbors in need and addressing food insecurity. Through a network of almost 400 partner agencies, we are actively working in all of our communities to end hunger.

Position Overview

The Human Resources Generalist is crucial member to the success of HHFB's daily operations and HR functions. Under the guidance of the Vice President of Human Resources, the generalist helps to implement and lead Human Resources practices and objectives that provide an employee-oriented, high-performance culture.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains healthy and positive working relationships with all HHFB staff, agencies and volunteers while demonstrating extreme discretion and confidentiality.
• Responsible for educating HR-related benefit programs in a clear and positive manner and serving a benefit resources to new hires and personnel alike.
• Responsible for being knowledgeable on HR/HHFB policies and procedures, while recommending changes where necessary and when appropriate.
• Responsible for following and clearly interpreting all HHFB policy and procedures while helping to ensure equal policy adherence across the organization.
• Assists with the performance evaluation process, updates employee rosters as well other HR reporting data, tools and mechanisms.
• Coordinates all staff meetings and employee engagement initiatives.
• Verifies I-9 documentation and maintains documentation to ensure compliance.
• Assists in the set-up of new employees e.g., email, background checks.
• Assists with payroll preparation and has the ability to process payroll if/as needed.
• Prepares new employee files and files documentation as needed.
• Assists with the processing of new hires and terminations.
• Assists the Vice President of Human Resources with various research projects, data request and/or special projects.
• Works closely with hiring managers to open requisitions and secure all required signatures, develop job posts, schedule predictive index, perform the initial evaluation of applicants, offer a qualified pool of candidates to the hiring manager, and set up interviews.
• Reports job-related incidents and act as liaison between employees and workers' compensation adjuster.
• Maintains and updates human resources documents to include the electronic personnel records.
• Other duties as assigned.

HHFB Team Member Accountabilities

• Incumbent embodies HHFB's core values, principles and mission.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the HHFB mission and to fighting to end hunger in South Carolina.
• Displays a desire to work with culturally diverse populations using a compassionate, collaborative, and respectful approach.
• Supports a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and communicating process and safety improvements.
• Follows all safety policies and procedures, including reporting all unsafe acts and behaviors, safety hazards, incidents, or accidents immediately.
• Acknowledges that HHFB team members are considered emergency responders and may be called in to perform regular or emergent duties in instances of a federal, state, or locally declared emergency.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human resources or a similar field of study preferred; three or more years related experience and/or training preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience, PHR certification is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must have excellent organization, time-management, and task-management skills to maneuver in a very fast-paced and diverse environment
• Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion, strong ethical character capable of handling confidential information
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Valid driver's license

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the tasks outlined in this job description.

This position will interface with personnel a warehouse environment, which may include exposure to varying temperatures, including walk-in freezers and outdoor weather conditions. The position is regularly required to sit, stand, bend, twist, carry, and lift objects up to 40 pounds. With forklift traffic in the facility and product stacked and stored throughout, this position requires someone who is mobile and who can hear and watch for traffic and normal hazards of a warehouse environment.

Occasionally, this role is required to respond to organizational needs outside of normal working hours. The position will require the incumbent to be flexible, customer facing and adaptable to support business needs.

Harvest Hope Food Bank is an equal-opportunity employer and embraces a philosophy that recognizes and values diversity. Our goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce in a culture where all employees will contribute to their fullest potential. This description provides information regarding the essential functions of the designated job and the general nature and level of work associated with the position. It should not be interpreted to describe all the duties whose performance may be required of such employees or be used to limit the nature and extent of assignments the individual may be given. This position description does not constitute an employment agreement or contract.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the tasks outlined in this job description.

Harvest Hope Food Bank is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. This description provides information regarding the essential functions of the designated job. It should not be interpreted to describe all the duties or limit the assignments given. This position description does not constitute an employment agreement or contract.