The Role
Supports managers and employees across assigned territories by handling employee relations, staffing, onboarding, separations, leave and accommodation processes, workers’ compensation coordination, policy compliance, and HR initiatives. The role also conducts interviews, advises on performance and disciplinary matters, maintains confidential documentation, monitors employment law developments, and contributes to engagement, compensation, training, and performance-management programs.
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Your Role:
Execute human resources functions at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). Serve as a key management partner and a valuable employee resource. Responsibilities include supporting staffing efforts, guiding employee relations matters, interpreting and applying workplace policies, as well as overseeing accommodations and leave of absence processes within assigned territories.
Pay, Schedule & Benefits:
What You’ll Do:
Your Qualifications:
Your Team:
Execute human resources functions at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). Serve as a key management partner and a valuable employee resource. Responsibilities include supporting staffing efforts, guiding employee relations matters, interpreting and applying workplace policies, as well as overseeing accommodations and leave of absence processes within assigned territories.
Pay, Schedule & Benefits:
- The anticipated starting pay range is $63,000 - $66,500 annually. This compensation range considers a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experiences, as well as internal equity.
- This is a full-time, exempt (salaried) position. Typical work schedule is Monday-Friday during daytime business hours. Occasional local travel and infrequent domestic expenses-paid travel required.
- FMSC Benefits included.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with management on supporting employees. Coach on workplace policies/procedures compliance, employee wellness, performance management, discipline, legal compliance, growth strategies, and other best practices. Maintain strong management partnerships.
- Manage staffing for assigned vacancies: partner with hiring managers, write job descriptions, review applications, coordinate and conduct interviews, and negotiate employment offers.
- Administer new hire onboarding, job changes, and separations. Conduct entrance and exit interviews.
- Review leaves of absence and workplace accommodation requests. Communicate procedural steps and requirements. Ensure accountability to timelines and agreements. Maintain documentation and uphold legal compliance. Collaborate with Safety personnel on workers’ comp cases.
- In partnership with HR Manager, investigate, address, and monitor employee relations situations. Coach management on change management and conflict resolution, write scripts and communications, facilitate disciplinary actions, and use influence to guide teams back to a high-functioning state.
- Anticipate employee information needs. Communicate tactfully, safeguard confidentiality, and promote a healthy employee culture through positive, professional interactions.
- Keep abreast of employment law changes and labor-related trends, best practices, and developments. Attend trainings to maintain industry knowledge.
- Develop, facilitate, and/or participate in HR programs and initiatives. Subjects include employee engagement, internal equity, compensation, compliance, harassment prevention, supervisor training, performance management, quarterly performance cycles, merit review process, and more.
- Maintain detailed and complete documentation. Ensure accuracy, create reports, and analyze data.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Your Qualifications:
- Commitment to support, promote, and authentically communicate FMSC’s Christian mission and goals.
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree and 3 years of human resources experience required. In lieu of degree, equivalent work experience will be considered.
- Advanced competencies with Microsoft Office required. Experience with HRIS and SharePoint preferred.
- Proven collaboration, relationship-building, customer service, coaching, and influencing skills.
- Self-starter capable of exercising independent judgment with limited direct supervision.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to use discretion and safeguard confidential information.
- Able to prioritize, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines in fast-paced environment.
- Able to identify, analyze, and solve complex problems.
Your Team:
- Work location: IL (Aurora, Libertyville, Schaumburg) or Minnesota (Eagan, Chanhassen, Coon Rapids). Position will have flexible/hybrid work schedule that allows for both office and remote work, though some locations may be fully remote dependent on space availability.
- Reports to HR Manager.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in any field, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree
- At least 3 years of human resources experience
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Strong collaboration, relationship-building, customer service, coaching, and influencing skills
- Ability to exercise independent judgment with limited direct supervision
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to use discretion and safeguard confidential information
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to identify, analyze, and solve complex problems
- Experience with HRIS and SharePoint
- Commitment to supporting and communicating the organization's Christian mission and goals
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The Company
What We Do
Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to feeding starving children worldwide by providing nutritious, volunteer-packed meals through distribution partners, aiming to see every child whole in body and spirit.
