Job Description

Position Summary

Employers Council is seeking an Interim HR Specialist to join our team. We partner with employers to grow exceptional, dynamic workplaces by offering a comprehensive set of services. In the role of Interim HR Specialist, you assist our members with HR related tasks for specific projects or during a transitional period.

For over 85 years, our committed staff have worked at the top of their fields to provide the highest quality guidance to help organizations create cultures that support a highly engaged workforce.

Become a part of making work better for everyone by helping employers build exceptional workplaces!

Hourly Rate: $30 - $80 per hour

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Recruitment and Hiring:
  • Managing the entire hiring process, including sourcing candidates, screening applications, conducting interviews, and making hiring recommendations.
• Employee Relations:
  • Addressing employee concerns, mediating disputes, and ensuring a positive work environment.
• HR Policy Development and Implementation:
  • Contributing to the creation and execution of company policies and procedures.
• Benefits Administration:
  • Managing employee benefits programs and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
• HR Systems:
  • Maintaining HR databases and systems, including payroll, benefits, and applicant tracking systems.
• Administrative Support:
  • Providing administrative support to the HR team, such as managing files, preparing reports, and handling correspondence.
  • Provides a variety of short-term and long-term Human Resources (HR) Specialist, Generalist, or Manager levels of support for internal projects, members, and non-members and serves as a point of contact for member and non-member organizations.
  • Coordinates with the client for on-site and virtual assistance per project scope.
  • Provides exceptional customer service to members and detailed, professional project outcomes.
  • Serves as subject matter expert for daily HR Tasks, providing support to members and organizations as needed.
  • Travel to members’ sites is required 75% of the time.

Work Environment

General office environment with opportunities to work remotely. Occasional lifting. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please contact InternalHR@employerscouncil.org.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.

Qualifications/Education

Listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability required.

• Relevant industry certifications from the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) and/or Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) preferred.
• Experience in multiple human resources disciplines such as total rewards, staffing, employee relations, and performance management at a strategic level.
• Experience with multiple HR principles, functions, best practices, compliance, employment law and organizational development.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (8 years of experience).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, research skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to act with discretion and exercise independent judgement.
• Ability to prioritize tasks with competing deadlines.
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Ability to independently travel to engage members and perform on-site training including overnight stays.
• Proficiency in MS Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive), Adobe and Zoom

Employers Council is seeking an Interim HR Specialist to join our team. We partner with employers to grow exceptional, dynamic workplaces by offering a comprehensive set of services. In the role of Interim HR Specialist, you assist our members with HR related tasks for specific projects or during a transitional period.

For over 85 years, our committed staff have worked at the top of their fields to provide the highest quality guidance to help organizations create cultures that support a highly engaged workforce.

Become a part of making work better for everyone by helping employers build exceptional workplaces!

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