Position Summary

The HR Generalist’s primary role is to ensure that Growing Spaces is compliant with all State and Federal labor laws in addition to leading talent acquisition and managing both our safety and workers’ compensation programs. Managing recruitment, onboarding, payroll, and paid leave. Also to include an understanding of employee benefits and eligibility periods. This role also has responsibilities to ensure that the office is running smoothly by managing the cleaning company and ensuring that employees have all necessary office supplies including bathroom and kitchen supplies. This position will also assist the garden department to ensure they have the needed equipment and schedule to maintain the show domes.

General Duties and Responsibilities

● Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; continually reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.

● Updates the Employee Handbook and policies, when necessary, along with ensuring employee review and sign off.

● Writes and publishes job postings, manages applications, performs initial screening and interviews for new staff before handing off to hiring manager.

● Manages new hire onboarding such as, completion of required documents, ordering background checks and office equipment/supplies.

● Manages employee benefit enrollment during first hire and then yearly open enrollment periods.

● Manages the payroll process within our HRM system. To include submission of bi-weekly payroll. Overseeing PTO/Sick Leave requests and balances.

● Manage the security system, granting access to new employees and removing access for employees who leave the organization.

● Manages community involvement, overseeing interns from Build Pagosa Program.

● Manages workers’ compensation policy and claims.

● Manages safety programs including quarterly safety meetings with managers, ensuring we are compliant with most recent OSHA laws. Ensuring managers are providing safety training and set-up training as needed, i.e., first aid training.

● Provides support and guidance to management and other staff when complex, specialized, and sensitive questions and issues arise; may be required to administer and execute routine tasks in delicate circumstances such as providing reasonable accommodations, investigating allegations of wrongdoing, and terminations.

● Maintains historical records by filing documents, both physically and electronically.

● Back-up front-desk so that we have front desk coverage during business hours.

● Purchase office and cleaning supplies when needed.

● Manage the cleaning crew.

● Assist the garden crew by ordering gardening supplies as needed, including conversations with the marketing department on projects as needed.

● Run errands when needed such as, picking up mail from the post office.

● Point of contact for the report of plumbing issue, heat issue, etc and contacting the appropriate person for repair.

● Other duties as assigned.

Position Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

● Must be dependable with a stable work history.

● Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills.

● Ability to maintain stability under pressure and be flexible and willing to modify plans and behavior when necessary.

● Problem-solving skills and resourceful thinking.

● Strong empathy and interpersonal skills.

● Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.

● Confidentiality

● Ability to work overtime as necessary.

● Ability to be a positive representative of the Company both internally and externally.

● Ability to always work with respect and cooperation with fellow employees and customers.

● Must be committed to always working safely.

● Must have strong computer skills.

Experience/Education:

● Minimum of 2 years of experience in Human Resources, is required.

● College degree a plus!

Travel:

Running local errands when needed, such as picking up mail at the post office.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described 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 essential functions.

● The employee must SOMETIMES position, transport and/or move up to 10 pounds. (Files)

● While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to:

o Be stationary for long periods of time.

o Use hands to finger, handle, or feel.

o Reach with hands and arms above the head and to ground level.

o Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl or otherwise reach into confined spaces.

o Push and pull material and equipment from one place to another.

o Communicate with and exchange information verbally and in writing.

o Move about in an office environment.

o Work using repetitive motion.

● Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

● Work requires physical efforts associated with using the computer and phones to access information.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is primarily in an office environment.

This position is required to be performed at the work site during regularly scheduled hours. Physical presence at the work site is required.

This job description is not intended to describe in detail the multitude of tasks that may be assigned, but rather to provide the incumbent with a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Pagosa Springs, CO 81147: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person