The Role
The Human Resources Generalist manages HR operations, supports full cycle recruiting, and ensures efficient HR processes while fostering employee engagement.
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Human Resources Generalist
Salary Range: $60,000 - $90,000 annually
Apply by: February 25, 2026
This salary is based on experience and qualifications, in alignment with the level of responsibility assigned. This role offers opportunity for professionals at various career stages to contribute meaningfully and grow within our organization. For a list of our benefits please click here.
This is a Hybrid/local position. If you are local to central Illinois, this job requires you to work in the Peoria, IL office Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday with the option to work from home Monday and Friday.
The Human Resources Generalist (HRG) is a role responsible for supporting the agency’s people operations with a primary focus on HR Generalist responsibilities, while also owning and executing full cycle recruiting and workforce coordination efforts.
This role serves as a key partner to the Head of HR and works closely with the HR and Operations Team to ensure HR processes are accurate, compliant, well-coordinated, and scalable. The Human Resources Generalist acts as a trusted resource for employees, managers, and candidates, delivering a consistent, detail-driven, and people-first experience across the employee lifecycle.
This position is designed for a highly motivated, self-starting HR professional who thrives in both execution and partnership and brings strong attention to detail, follow-through, and accountability to their work. This role is well-suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
As a Human Resources Generalist, my objective is:
To ensure the human resources and talent functions operate efficiently, accurately, and proactively while creating an exceptional employee and candidate experience. This is accomplished through close partnership with the Head of HR, collaboration with the HR and Operations Team, and alignment with the agency’s goals, culture, and workforce needs.
This role balances hands-on HR Generalist responsibilities (approximately 75%) with full cycle recruiting and workforce coordination (approximately 25%), while maintaining a high standard of quality, consistency, and ownership.
The outcomes I need to produce for the agency are:
Human Resources Generalist Responsibilities (Primary Focus – 75%)
Leading indicators of my success are:
An introduction to our benefits can be found towards the bottom of this page here. Simantel offers an attractive compensation package, which includes competitive salary, 401(k) plan, PTO, flexible work arrangements, holiday pay and a comprehensive benefits program.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage anyone interested to apply and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Simantel is not currently hiring individuals for this position who require sponsorship under U.S. immigration laws to be lawfully employed.
Salary Range: $60,000 - $90,000 annually
Apply by: February 25, 2026
This salary is based on experience and qualifications, in alignment with the level of responsibility assigned. This role offers opportunity for professionals at various career stages to contribute meaningfully and grow within our organization. For a list of our benefits please click here.
This is a Hybrid/local position. If you are local to central Illinois, this job requires you to work in the Peoria, IL office Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday with the option to work from home Monday and Friday.
The Human Resources Generalist (HRG) is a role responsible for supporting the agency’s people operations with a primary focus on HR Generalist responsibilities, while also owning and executing full cycle recruiting and workforce coordination efforts.
This role serves as a key partner to the Head of HR and works closely with the HR and Operations Team to ensure HR processes are accurate, compliant, well-coordinated, and scalable. The Human Resources Generalist acts as a trusted resource for employees, managers, and candidates, delivering a consistent, detail-driven, and people-first experience across the employee lifecycle.
This position is designed for a highly motivated, self-starting HR professional who thrives in both execution and partnership and brings strong attention to detail, follow-through, and accountability to their work. This role is well-suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
As a Human Resources Generalist, my objective is:
To ensure the human resources and talent functions operate efficiently, accurately, and proactively while creating an exceptional employee and candidate experience. This is accomplished through close partnership with the Head of HR, collaboration with the HR and Operations Team, and alignment with the agency’s goals, culture, and workforce needs.
This role balances hands-on HR Generalist responsibilities (approximately 75%) with full cycle recruiting and workforce coordination (approximately 25%), while maintaining a high standard of quality, consistency, and ownership.
The outcomes I need to produce for the agency are:
- A consistent, compliant, and high-quality employee lifecycle experience
- Well-coordinated, full cycle hiring that supports agency growth and workforce planning
- Accurate, trusted HR administration, documentation, and employee data
- Strong internship and early-career talent pipelines
- Positive employee and candidate experiences that reinforce Simantel’s culture
- Reliable HR Operations that increase capacity for HR leadership
Human Resources Generalist Responsibilities (Primary Focus – 75%)
- Manage the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, employee changes, and offboarding
- Serve as a primary point of contact for employee relations and HR-related inquiries
- Own and maintain employee data, records, and documentation within the HRIS
- Support and administer employee benefits in partnership with payroll and vendors
- Manage HR policy development, updates, and ongoing compliance efforts
- Manage the performance review and employee development processes
- Partner with leadership on employee engagement, retention, and culture initiatives
- Stay current on HR laws, regulations, and best practices across all states of employment
- Assist with training and development as needed
- Provide operational, administrative, and project support to the Head of HR
- Own and execute full cycle recruiting for assigned roles, from intake through offer
- Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, priorities, and timelines
- Coordinate job postings, sourcing, screening, interviews, and candidate communications
- Maintain accurate and compliant recruiting records in Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
- Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs
- Lead the Simantel Internship Program, offered year-round
- Manage college and university relations, including job postings, career fairs, and ongoing outreach
- Collaborate with the HR Operations Team to ensure smooth onboarding transitions
- Track hiring activity and provide regular updates and insights to HR leadership
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting efficiency and candidate experience
- 3+ years of work experience performing professional-level human resources duties
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PPT)
- Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills
- Highly motivated, self-starter mindset with strong ownership of work
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive HR matters with discretion
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills
- Solutions-oriented approach with the ability to anticipate needs
- Comfort balancing hands-on execution with thoughtful process improvement
- Ability to learn, adopt, and consistently use HR systems and tools
- Professional presence and positive approach when working with employees, leaders, and candidates
- Availability to support occasional before or after core-hour events (less than 10%)
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources management
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (we currently use JazzHR)
- Experience with HRIS (we currently use Paycom)
- Experience with Employee Benefits/Insurance (the more the better)
- Experience with LinkedIn Recruiting
- Experience in fast paced working environments
- Day-to-day prioritization and execution of HR and recruiting tasks
- Employee data accuracy and HR documentation maintenance
- Full cycle recruiting coordination and candidate communications
- Time-off review and approval within established guidelines
- Benefits review and administration support (enrollment, changes, FMLA, COBRA, billing, etc.)
- Internship and college recruiting coordination activities
- Recommendations for HR and recruiting process improvements
Leading indicators of my success are:
- Employee and candidate questions resolved accurately on first contact
- Hiring and onboarding processes run smoothly with minimal escalation
- HR documentation is current, accurate, and trusted
- Compliance tasks are handled proactively and on time
- Positive feedback from employees, candidates, and hiring managers
- Reduced follow-ups, rework, and last-minute issues
- Consistent, trusted partnership with the Head of HR
- HR Operations that scale smoothly with agency growth
- Improved manager confidence and capability in people processes
- Positive and consistent employee experience across teams
- Reduced operational risk through proactive HR practices
- Increased capacity for HR leadership to focus on strategy
- Documented processes and knowledge that are not siloed
An introduction to our benefits can be found towards the bottom of this page here. Simantel offers an attractive compensation package, which includes competitive salary, 401(k) plan, PTO, flexible work arrangements, holiday pay and a comprehensive benefits program.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage anyone interested to apply and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Simantel is not currently hiring individuals for this position who require sponsorship under U.S. immigration laws to be lawfully employed.
Top Skills
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Over forty years of roll-up-your-sleeves-in-it-to-win-it-down-and-dirty-cool-as-hell B2B marketing. Our work has taken us around the world while being happily located in the heart of America. With a team of 80+ professionals Simantel uses insight to create inspired ideas that ultimately engage customers in meaningful (and profitable) relationships with our clients. We do it online and off, nationally and globally and do it for some of the hardest working brands out there.
