HR Generalist - Echo Cliffs

Navajo Preference Employment Act

In accordance with Navajo Nation and federal law, TCRHCC has implemented an Affirmative Action Plan pursuant to the Navajo Preference in Employment Act. Pursuant to this Plan and corresponding TCRHCC Policy, applicants who meet the necessary qualifications for this position and (1) are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe will be given preference in hiring and employment for this position, (2) are legally married to enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and meet residency requirements will be given secondary preference, and (3) are enrolled members of other federally-recognized American Indian Tribes will be given tertiary preference.

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY

This position supports the daily operations of the Human Resources Department and serves as a key resource for hospital leadership and staff. This position is responsible for a wide range of HR functions including HR administrative duties, performance management, benefits administration, leave management, compliance, training, and policy administration. The HR Generalist ensures adherence to employment laws including NPEA, healthcare regulations, and organizational policies while fostering a positive and productive work environment that supports quality patient care.

Qualifications

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

AA Degree or equivalent experience

Experience:

• Three (3) years of experience in human resources, healthcare or general business setting.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Positive working relationships with others
• Possession of high ethical standards
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with accurate spelling and grammar
• Ability to manage sensitive and highly confidential information
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in daily office operations
• Knowledge in managing multiple assignments of considerable difficulty or complexity
• Ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to work as a key team member with a diverse group of professional staff at all levels
• Proficient in Word/Excel/PowerPoint
• Able to complete service recovery actions as related to HR operations.
• Ability to manage high level projects
• Comfortable speaking to the public and general presentation skills
• Achieve above-satisfactory score on all job interviews, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the interviewees and TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC.
• Excellent customer service skills with no history of complaints

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFORT

The physical and mental 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.

Physical:

This position requires an individual that can maintain a long and flexible schedule to meet the leadership requirements also requires frequent movement between the program office spaces and requires travel. Includes long periods sitting in meetings; frequent standing, walking, kneeling, maintaining balance, and occasional driving, reaching, bending, climbing, kneeling, crouching and twisting. Must be able to lift, push and pull frequently up to 24 pounds and occasionally over 100 pounds of equipment. Must have ability of prolonged near vision, seeing fine details, hearing normal speech, hearing overhead pages, frequent far vision, color vision, depth perception and telephone use. Must have ability to use both hands in prolonged simple and firm grasping, prolonged use of keyboard and frequent fine manipulation.

Mental:

Must be able to prioritize and use good judgment and coordinate a variety of issues while being frequently interrupted. Requires the ability to communicate effectively and act with tact and composure in stressful situations. Must have ability to continuously concentrate, handle high degree of flexibility, work alone, frequently cope with high levels of stress, make decisions under high pressure, cope with anger, fear, hostility of others in a calm way, manage altercations, demonstrate high degree of patience, adapt to shift work, and work in areas that are close and crowded. Must accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs.

Environmental:

May occasionally be exposed to infectious diseases, chemical agents, dust, fumes, gases, extremes in temperatures or humidity, hazardous or moving equipment, unprotected heights, and loud noises.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Works with minimal direction in performing HR Generalist duties in a responsible and confidential matter.
• Provides high-level, confidential support to HR Leadership.
• Serves as a point of contact for employee concerns, questions, and workplace issues.
• Provide guidance to supervisors and employees regarding policies, procedures, and employment practices.
• Conduct workplace investigations and assist in resolving employee relations matters.
• Support disciplinary actions, performance improvement plans, and termination processes.
• Promote employee engagement, retention, and recognition initiatives.
• Assist employees with benefit enrollments and benefit related inquiries.
• Coordinate employee wellness and health promotion programs.
• Assist leadership with performance evaluation processes.
• Support employee development and succession planning initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and tribal laws and regulations.
• Maintain employee personnel files and HR records in accordance with organizational standards.
• Assist with policy development, implementation, and communication.
• Prepare HR reports, workforce metrics, and statistical analyses.
• Maintain employee information in HRIS.
• Process personnel actions including transfers, promotions, salary changes, and separations.
• Ensure data integrity and confidentiality of employee information.
• Performs other duties as assigned.