Top HR Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Provides outsourced HR consulting and support to clients across benefits administration, performance management, onboarding, offboarding, compliance, HRIS optimization, documentation, and general HR operations. Builds client relationships, addresses HR concerns, researches employment regulations, improves processes, and contributes to service-line growth and business development.

Own end-to-end workplace investigations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and policy violations. Advise leaders and HR partners on employee relations, accommodations, performance, and separations; maintain case documentation and tracking; identify organizational trends; support policy improvements and manager training; and provide impartial HR-for-HR oversight. Partner with Legal and external counsel on sensitive matters while using AI tools to assist investigation planning, evidence summaries, and reporting.

Supports the Human Resources team with talent acquisition initiatives, intern program activities, system reporting, employee engagement, onboarding, recognition, compensation and benefits projects, and general HR duties. The 10-week onsite internship also includes presentations, workshops, mentorship, networking, and community activities.

Manage end-to-end payroll through a PEO, administer HRIS data, support employees with payroll and HR inquiries, ensure multi-state compliance, generate reports, and optimize HR workflows. Lead the organization’s 2027 transition from its PEO to an independent payroll and HR technology stack, including system selection, implementation, tax setup, SOP development, controls, and employee training.

Supports daily HR operations across recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, benefits, leave management, performance management, employee relations, payroll assistance, and personnel recordkeeping. Advises employees and managers on HR policies, employment matters, and compliance while supporting engagement and retention initiatives. Maintains confidential records, coordinates benefits and accommodations, addresses grievances, and contributes to a positive workplace culture.

The Director of Human Resources will build and standardize HR infrastructure for a growing organization. Responsibilities include leading HR operations, policies, documentation, compliance, I-9 processes, employment-law adherence, training tracking, HRIS evaluation, reporting, process improvement, and manager support. This hands-on leader will recruit and develop the HR team, strengthen audit readiness, and establish scalable systems and consistent practices across the organization.

Provides day-to-day HR support across benefits, recruiting and onboarding, employee relations, HR reporting, performance management, training, and payroll administration. Maintains HRIS data, supports compliance and investigations, advises managers, analyzes workforce trends, and helps improve employee programs and processes. The role is on-site and requires collaboration across HR, payroll, recruiters, and business leaders.

Provides daily HR administrative support across employee inquiries, recruiting, onboarding, HRIS transactions, personnel records, compliance documentation, benefits coordination, and engagement initiatives. Coordinates interviews, background checks, pre-employment requirements, new-hire paperwork, orientation, audits, and employee data updates while maintaining confidentiality and accurate records. The role also supports HR projects, wellness programs, recognition activities, and internal events.

Remote HR internship supporting recruitment, onboarding, employee records, engagement, HR operations, compliance documentation, performance management assistance, and general HR administrative tasks.

Leads human resources strategy for supply chain facilities, including full-cycle recruiting, talent assessment, retention initiatives, employee relations, training, and workforce metrics. Manages and develops HR Business Partners, builds location-specific talent pipelines, supports conflict resolution and investigations, and partners with facility leadership on human capital priorities. The role is conducted remotely and requires travel to buildings and partnership locations.

Recruit full-cycle talent acquisition for engineering and technical roles across HR Green. Build passive-candidate relationships, develop specialized talent pipelines, source through LinkedIn Recruiter and professional networks, and advise hiring managers using market intelligence. Manage searches from intake through offer, maintain candidate engagement and accurate recruiting data, communicate search progress, and adapt strategies for difficult-to-fill positions. Civil engineering or AEC recruiting experience is strongly preferred.

Supports talent acquisition and compensation initiatives, including sourcing candidates, reviewing resumes, assisting with prescreening, recruitment marketing, employer branding, candidate communications, and transferring job descriptions into Workday. The intern also supports communications for a job description system transition and learns HR processes, business operations, and company culture.

Leads the HR function for a growing, multi-state veterinary company. Responsibilities include HR strategy, M&A due diligence and onboarding, talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, benefits, payroll, learning and development, compliance, and employee engagement. The director will build the HR team, establish scalable processes, manage vendors and benefits programs, develop hiring pipelines, implement AI tools, and support senior leadership initiatives.

Provides strategic and hands-on HR support for a remote, multi-state workforce. Advises leadership and employees on personnel matters, accommodations, FMLA, employment compliance, and team development. Researches state-specific requirements, identifies issues requiring legal counsel, supports training programs, and serves as a confidential HR contact. This is a flexible fractional engagement of up to 10 hours per month.

Supports HR operations for employees across multiple states, with a primary focus on California. Responsibilities include employee relations, onboarding, training, performance management, investigations, policy implementation, HRIS reporting, handbook maintenance, and compliance with employment and benefits laws.

Provides HR administrative and recruiting support, including resume and application screening, pre-screening interviews, applicant tracking, job postings, offer letters, drug-screen and background-review processing, hiring paperwork, immigration compliance, E-Verify, data entry, and candidate communications. Maintains confidential information, supports hiring managers, conducts compliance audits, and applies employment policies and regulations.

Provides routine administrative and clerical support to Human Resources, including responding to inquiries, processing employee documentation, data entry, document imaging, file maintenance, and confidential information handling. Uses multiple computer systems and HR software while ensuring accurate, timely work and compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.

Own day-to-day HR operations for a fully remote, multi-state workforce. Responsibilities include onboarding, offboarding, benefits and HRIS administration, employee records, reporting, performance review coordination, compliance, leave administration, policy development, employee relations, manager support, and culture initiatives. The role partners with a PEO and fractional Chief People Officer while building scalable HR processes in a growing company.

Supports daily HR operations, including payroll, benefits administration, recruitment coordination, interviewing, onboarding, employee records, training, safety and compliance programs, engagement events, internal communications, incentive programs, and employee separations. The role requires accurate documentation, policy compliance, confidentiality, and effective communication across the organization.

Leads the design and domain ownership of AI agents for enterprise HR operations, including payroll, time, benefits, and employee changes. Tailors solutions for customer policies and systems, supports implementations and escalations, and represents the company in executive workshops, demos, RFPs, and market engagements. The role requires deep HR operations expertise, HR technology implementation experience, compliance knowledge, process automation judgment, and the ability to translate complex HR processes into accurate agent behavior.

Supports global HR operations as a first point of contact for employee queries, onboarding, offboarding, employee changes, benefits administration, records maintenance, compliance, reporting, and HR technology. Partners with HR, talent acquisition, payroll, IT, facilities, and finance teams, contributes to HR projects and culture initiatives, and helps improve HR processes and automation.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to leaders across the organization, shaping workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, talent strategies, employee experience, and HR programs. Uses HR systems, data, analytics, and emerging AI technologies to inform decisions and improve processes. Leads cross-functional HR initiatives, change management, compliance efforts, and stakeholder engagement while supporting talent attraction, development, engagement, and retention.

Supports employee relations and HR administration for field operations. Handles employee complaints, policy and harassment concerns, investigations, documentation, compliance research, disciplinary recommendations, organizational charts, and employee communications. Serves as a liaison among employees, management, HR business partners, recruiting, and other stakeholders while maintaining confidentiality and escalating issues appropriately.

Provides strategic and hands-on HR partnership to Engineering, Product, and R&D leaders. Responsibilities include manager coaching, performance management, employee relations, talent and compensation programs, engagement surveys, exit meetings, organizational effectiveness, risk identification, and policy application. The role supports globally distributed teams during a six-month transition period and requires strong judgment, confidentiality, communication, and operational execution.

Supports employee relations, onboarding and offboarding, HR compliance, payroll assistance, employee satisfaction surveys, policy updates, reporting, HR documentation, and special projects. The role advises managers and employees, addresses performance and disciplinary matters, maintains HR records, and supports day-to-day office and people operations in compliance with California and federal employment laws.