Top HR Jobs in Rochester, NY

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.

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.

Leads the organization’s HR function across strategy, talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, engagement, compensation, benefits, payroll, compliance, learning, and HR operations. Partners with executive leadership on workforce planning, organizational design, risk management, and culture. Oversees HR systems, policies, reporting, training, investigations, and employee development while supervising HR interns and supporting a diverse, inclusive workplace.

Serves as a key HR partner supporting employee lifecycle processes, HR programs, employee relations, compliance, workforce reporting, and day-to-day operations. Maintains Workday or Dayforce data, assists with performance and compensation programs, supports investigations and performance management, and leads HR projects. Provides guidance to managers and employees, analyzes workforce metrics, ensures legal compliance, and improves HR services and employee experience.

Supports daily HR operations, including HRIS administration, employee records, onboarding and offboarding, payroll and benefits support, leave administration, audits, employee inquiries, performance management processes, and engagement initiatives. Maintains confidential documentation, processes employee changes in ADP and retirement systems, coordinates orientations, supports compliance requirements, and assists with HR communications, wellness programs, events, and administrative workflows.

Leads HR strategy and serves as the primary business partner for manufacturing and operations leadership. Oversees talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, organizational development, succession planning, engagement, compensation, compliance, change management, and HR analytics. Manages and develops a three-person HR team while advising leaders across manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, warehouse, purchasing, and planning.

Manages human resources and business office operations for an assisted living facility. Responsibilities include recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, employee relations, compliance, performance management, HRIS administration, resident billing, collections, account reconciliation, census records, cash handling, and financial reporting. The role also supports employee training, regulatory documentation, workers’ compensation and unemployment claims, resident admissions, and facility policies.

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.

Serve as strategic HR partner to G&A senior leaders, leading org design and restructures, driving performance calibration, using data and AI tools to surface org health risks, and translating people strategy into measurable outcomes across global, high-growth teams.

Volunteer HR Generalist to support recruiting (sourcing, screening, interviewing, onboarding), maintain personnel records and new-hire documentation, coordinate office operations and policies, publish job ads, schedule interviews, prepare reports and presentations, and assist with initial fundraising campaign. Attend weekly meetings and commit to minimum 4+ hours weekly.

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

The VP of HR will build and lead Ceresti’s people function, owning people strategy, organizational design, recruiting, compensation, benefits, performance, culture, employee relations, HR operations, and multi-state compliance. This executive will partner with the CEO and Board, develop scalable HR infrastructure for a remote workforce, manage HR technology and vendors, support healthcare compliance, and lead people initiatives related to growth, financing, M&A, and organizational change.

Own end-to-end learning and enablement programs, including manager development, onboarding, workshops, People Team playbooks, and learning architecture. Partner with People Business Partners to address talent gaps, operate the LMS and content library, apply AI to learning workflows, and measure program impact. The role requires strategic business partnership, instructional design, hands-on program delivery, stakeholder influence, and continuous improvement of workforce learning.

Manage HR operations including onboarding, employee relations, and performance management. Support recruitment, implement HR policies for compliance, facilitate training and engagement programs, and analyze HR data to inform decisions and improve employee experience.

The HR Generalist manages payroll records and reviews, employee onboarding, benefits administration, personnel records, employment documents, employee HR inquiries, performance management support, and HR compliance activities. The role partners with Finance and benefit providers, supports managers and employees, and maintains accurate HR systems and processes in a fast-paced SaaS startup environment.

Serves as a strategic HR partner for dispersed employees, leaders, and clients. Responsibilities include employee relations, performance management, compliance, employee lifecycle administration, investigations, policy development, HR program implementation, and collaboration with payroll, benefits, and talent acquisition. The role requires multi-state employment law knowledge, government contracting experience, and the ability to support tribal or Native-owned organizations with culturally responsive HR solutions.

Directs day-to-day HR operations as the Chief People Officer’s primary operational partner. Leads HR staff and HRBP growth, oversees employee relations, ensures employment-law and policy compliance, manages the employee handbook and benefits integration, automates HR workflows, supports culture and engagement, and advises leaders on complex employee matters. Serves as deputy to the Chief People Officer and maintains consistent HR processes, accountability, and coverage across the organization.

Partners with organizational leaders to align workforce and talent strategies with business priorities. Responsibilities include workforce planning, succession planning, talent development, employee relations, performance management, organizational design, change management, leadership coaching, and using workforce data to identify trends and recommend actions. The role collaborates across HR functions, manages sensitive matters confidentially, and supports teams in a fully remote environment.

Leads HR operations and a team of HR professionals while overseeing employee lifecycle processes, performance and merit reviews, HR policies, compliance, reporting, audits, and process improvements. Advises employees and managers, supports strategic initiatives and organizational changes, improves HR technology workflows, and advances engagement and retention initiatives across a complex, multi-state organization.

Leads workplace accommodation cases from intake through implementation and follow-up. Evaluates ADA-related requests, reviews medical documentation, coordinates leave matters, recommends accommodations, maintains confidential records, and advises employees, managers, HR, Legal, and business leaders. Develops procedures, training, tracking tools, reporting, and manager guidance while supporting employee relations cases and compliance audits.

Leads workplace accommodation cases from intake through implementation, documentation, follow-up, and closure. Evaluates requests under ADA and related laws, manages medical documentation, coordinates leave requests, recommends accommodations, and partners with HR, Legal, managers, Facilities, vendors, and Employee Relations. Develops procedures, training, templates, reporting, and manager guidance while maintaining confidentiality and ensuring consistent, compliant employee experiences.

Build and maintain a pipeline of senior HR executives for interim, fractional, and full-time engagements. Target leaders who develop enterprise HR and people strategies, oversee talent management, shape culture and employee experience, lead organizational design and transformation, ensure HR compliance, and partner with CEOs and boards. Candidates should have extensive HR leadership experience, executive presence, and the ability to drive human-centric, AI-enabled workforce strategies across industries.

Remote HR internship supporting end-to-end talent acquisition. Responsibilities include posting job openings, screening resumes, shortlisting candidates, coordinating interviews, scheduling, and maintaining candidate data. The role includes weekday work from 9 AM to 6 PM, a Saturday discussion session, mentorship, networking, and an internship certificate upon completion.

Serve as a strategic and hands-on HR advisor to multiple departments. Manage employee relations, investigations, performance plans, leave matters, review and pay cycles, workforce reporting, budgeting, compliance audits, engagement, retention, talent assessment, and organizational change. Advise executives and managers while ensuring alignment with US employment regulations. Use generative AI tools for analysis, research, reporting, and communication.