HR Generalist (Project Management)

ORGANIZATIONAL DESCRIPTION
New Millennium Academy (NMA) is a Hmong charter school whose mission is to prepare learners for life, engage them in high academic achievement, and foster cultural pride and identity.

NMA's vision is to develop global leaders who transform the world.

CULTURE OF LEARNING
NMA believes every scholar has the right to learn, engage, and grow in a healthy school environment. This means that NMA must foster a culture of learning that embraces every scholar's strengths and explore ways to strengthen our relationships with our scholars and their families.

NMA is committed to building collaborative leadership and effective capacity between and among staff, parents, and scholars. This will only be accomplished by changing our behaviors and actions to better support our scholars and their families in achieving their academic goals. This means that any employees coming to NMA must share, understand, and implement this learning culture at all levels of the organization. With consistency, we can shift not only the behaviors of our staff but also our students and parents, who will be equally engaged in this learning culture.

NMA seeks a community that will optimistically and confidently abide by this culture of learning.

The core principles that drive this culture of learning are:

Aiming for High Academic Achievement

Embracing Cultural Pride and Identity

Modeling the Way

Understanding How Data Drives Decisions

Having High Expectations

Creating a Social-Emotional Learning Environment

JOB INFORMATION

Job Title:

Human Resource Generalist

Reports to:

Director of Operations

Hours:

40 hours a week - 12-month contract

Office Location:

5105 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429

Salary Range:

55,000-65,000

JOB DESCRIPTION
The HR Manager position plays an integral part of NMA's HR personnel departments. He/she will be responsible for all aspects of recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, and payroll.

Recruiting and Onboarding

Responsible for the entire recruiting cycle from job description creation, posting, sourcing, pre-screening of candidates, coordinating interviews, and tracking resumes on K-Pay

Conduct a very robust orientation experience that illustrates the vision, mission, and goals of the organization

Establish recruiting strategies and programs that will attract talent to NMA, including building relationships with colleges and universities, creating internship and/or student teaching programs and experiences, and workforce development training opportunities for the community

Track, monitor, and communicate with all applicants on the status of applications

Coordinate and manage the annual NMA job fair event, including inviting candidates and the community to attend

All other duties as it pertains to recruiting and onboarding

Employee Compensation and Benefits

Performs full benefit administration (healthcare, dental, life, STD, LTD, Workers Compensation, etc)

In partnership with NMA's accounting firm, ensure the on time and accurate processing of the bi-monthly payroll run

Partner with Benefits Consultant on employee benefits package and periodic market review/bid process.

Enrolls and updates employee information for employee participants in the MN 457 retirement plan (MN Defined Contribution Plan).

Provides day-to-day HRIS support (K-Pay and Skyward systems)

Employee Relations:

Address all employee relations including employee concerns and complaints

Conducts investigations and resolves conflicts

Licensing

Create a licensing tracking process to track all employees license

Understand the Minnesota Tiered Licensure system

Develop a system to notify and monitor employees status on new or renewal licensure

Responsible for tracking and submitting STAR reports

Support staff with all CEU and accreditations as needed

Partner with academic leadership on classroom needs in terms of licensed practitioners

Compliance

Ensure compliance with labor laws, company policies, and supporting school staff and administration.

Maintains accurate and confidential employee records

Collects, analyzes, and reports on HR data

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's Degree in a related field is required, Masters Degree in a related field is preferred

5+ years running payroll and supporting all functions of recruiting and employee relations

5+ years of experience creating recruiting strategies and programs for organizations

Experience working in a school setting and/or nonprofit organization is preferred

Attention to detail is a must

Knowledge of all human resources disciplines, with a focus on recruiting, employee relations, project management, staff relations, and talent management

Must have experience working for organizations that provide support for low-income families, immigrants and refugees, and/or communities of color

Bi-lingual in Hmong Language is a PLUS

SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credential preferred