Human Resource Generalist

Detailed Description:

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Compensation:

1. Maintains the Health Departments compensation system and structure, including assisting in the evaluation, establishment, change, or elimination of position classifications.
2. Develop compensation strategies that are internally equitable, externally competitive, affordable, understandable, legal, efficient to administer, and align with THDs mission and strategy to recruit and retain the workforce.
3. Reviews and analyzes external market data for competitiveness; participates in formal salary surveys and provides market data reports on an ad-hoc basis; analyzes emerging trends, issues, and best practices
4. Assists in the review of agency compensation practices and strategy, annual salary adjustments, and compensation changes due to promotions, transfers, new hire, and other related job changes.
5. Manages FLSA analysis and compliance, including management of the job description database to ensure the creation and maintenance of accurate and updated job descriptions.

Benefits:

1. Works with the Benefits Specialist to perform benefits administration to include enrollment, claims, billing, and communicating benefit information to employees.
2. Works with the broker and carrier representatives to completely resolve escalated claims and benefits issues in a timely manner.
3. Serves as a contact for benefits questions, concerns, enrollment, and administration of the benefit plan and policies.
4. Assists with administering employee benefits programs in compliance with carrier contracts, transmits necessary information to carriers, and ensures accuracy of information.
5. Conducts benefit presentations at New Hire Orientation, assists the new hires with enrollment, and assists with open enrollment for all employees.
6. Assist with employee information maintenance with all carriers, Employee Navigator, and updating HR systems.
7. Assist with Health Care Reform Reporting (1095Cs)

Human Resources:

1. Develops and recommends new or revisions to personnel policies to ensure the fair, consistent treatment of employees; Edits, updates, and maintains THDs Policy Handbook.
2. Conducts investigations as part of a team to respond to potential and actual grievances, employee complaints, and disciplinary situations. Prepares recommendations to resolve conflicts or preserve the legal position of the organization.
3. Coordinates and administers the FMLA process by tracking requests, communication, forms, certification, and documentation.
4. Coordinate the ADA process by working with managers to document and track requests for accommodation due to employee disabilities ensuring full compliance with local, state, and federal laws.
5. Assists management in the evaluation and assessment of employees in status changes, promotions, demotions, transfers, reinstatements, appointments, retirements, and disciplinary actions.
6. Review and update HR and employee related forms to ensure forms are current and compliant, and all company related entities are using current and consistent forms.
7. Ensures that all records are maintained in compliance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations through routine audits.
8. Provide support to employees in various HR-related topics such as leave and policy questions.
9. Promote HR programs to create an efficient and conflict-free workplace.
10. Assist in the development and implementation of human resource policies and procedures.
11. Compile data from multiple entities in preparation for annual audits. Gather and analyze data with useful HR metrics, like time to hire and employee turnover rates.
12. Completes required training in support of the duties and responsibilities of this position.
13. Other duties as assigned including those required to fulfill activities in support of public health emergency operations.

About the Company:

Since its establishment in 1950, the Tulsa Health Department serves as the primary public health agency to more than 600,000 Tulsa County residents, including 13 municipalities and four unincorporated areas. The agency is one of two autonomous local health departments in Oklahoma, with statutory public health jurisdiction throughout Tulsa County and the City of Tulsa. THD’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of all Tulsa County residents, in order to make Tulsa County the healthiest county in the country. THD was among the first health departments in the U.S. to receive national accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board.