HR Generalist

Life changing work * Welcoming staff * Generous benefits * Advancement opportunities

Join the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco and be part of the solution to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence in San Francisco.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco operates the Multi-Service Center - Northern California’s largest homeless shelter, Navigation Centers for chronically homeless individuals and couples and the Riley Center - Domestic Violence shelter and services for survivors. We have over 175 employees working in 4 locations. We are proud of our diversity and of our more than 150 year history of helping others in San Francisco. St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco’s mission is to offer hope and service, on a direct person to person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Summary

The HR Generalist is responsible for assisting with the employee life cycle. This position will process new hires, handle leaves of absence, employee compliance, and terminations. The HR Generalist will respond to employee queries and issues with diplomacy and confidentiality. This position will report to the HR Manager. This is a full-time, exempt, non-union position.

Salary And Benefit Overview

The annual salary range is $70,000 to $80,000 DOE. St. Vincent de Paul of San Francisco offers a robust benefits package that includes two Kaiser HMO medical care options, voluntary dental, vision and life insurance, a 403b retirement plan with employer-paid match after one year of employment and an Employee Assistance Program. Ten vacation and ten sick days accrued per year, two personal floating holidays and twelve and a half holidays offered per year.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Manages the employee life cycle from hire through termination. Duties include onboarding, handling leaves of absence, corrective actions, and processing terminations.
• Assist with the new hire process by entering new hires, ensuring paperwork completion, tracking of policies, filing, and compliance with COVID-19 vaccination and fingerprinting.
• Responsible for input and record maintenance of personnel transactions such as new hires, transfers, leaves, pay changes, and terminations.
• Keep up to date with knowledge of employment laws.
• Assist managers with organization and people-related issues and change management.
• Work with HR Manager and Director on updates to policies and procedures and implementation.
• Work with managers to resolve conflicts and ensure positive employee relations.
• Maintains confidentiality in all aspects of employee relations and record keeping.
• Review job descriptions with hiring managers to ensure they describe the current roles.
• Assists with employee benefit programs by supporting with Open Enrollment, assisting with benefit issues, and entering benefit enrollments in ADP.
• Assist hiring managers with phone screening and interviewing of candidates when needed.
• Answer questions related to hiring, benefits, leave of absence, employee discipline, and pay.
• Assist with required reporting such as EEO, OSHA, and other compliance reporting.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Required Experience

• BA degree in HR or related field. Equivalent work experience may be accepted instead of a degree.
• Minimum two years of experience handling the full employee life cycle.
• Excellent knowledge of California employment laws related to pay and employment.
• Experience working with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience working in an HRIS platform. ADP Workforce Now preferred.
• SHRM-CP or PHR certification preferred.
  
  

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to listen effectively, respond appropriately, and maintain professional boundaries with people of all backgrounds.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Strong ability to interpret and communicate policies.
• Ability to enter data quickly and accurately.
• Experience working with a diverse workforce in a stressful shelter environment is preferred.
• Proven planning and organizing skills.
• Advanced ability with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Excellent reading, written, and verbal English skills
• Able to work in a team environment and/or independently.
• Commitment to the mission of St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco.
  
  

Required

Covid vaccination and negative result on TB test required.

Background check completed upon acceptance of job offer.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction.