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Government Contracting

HR Specialist

Arlington, VAOnsiteFull Time$90,000–$100,000 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • Unanet
  • Workforce now ADP
  • iCIMS
  • HRIS
  • onboarding
  • offboarding
  • employee benefits
  • tuition reimbursement
  • workers comp
  • health insurance

Nice to have

  • public services communication
  • new business registration
  • unemployment taxes

Role summary

A Human Resources Specialist is needed to support the Corporate Headquarters office. This role provides comprehensive HR, administrative, and operational support to the HR Director and staff. Key responsibilities include managing HRIS systems (Unanet, Workforce now ADP, iCIMS) for onboarding, offboarding, and benefits administration, handling unemployment claims and garnishments, ensuring compliance with labor laws, managing employee relations, conducting recruitment activities, and performing HR reporting. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of HR experience, excellent customer service and communication skills, and a high level of discretion and record-keeping ability.

Overview

We have an immediate opening for a Human Resources Specialist to support our Headquarters office. The HR Specialist will provide comprehensive human resources, administrative, and operational support to the HR Director and Corporate Headquarters staff through effective communication, coordination, and employee-focused service delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Use Unanet and Workforce now ADP to manage onboarding/offboarding and employee benefits including tuition reimbursement and new elections (workers comp/health insurance) 
  • Manage unemployment claims, and wage garnishments documentation
  • Communicate with public services when needed 
  • Reinforce the company policies, rules, and procedures to ensure employees’ safety 
  • Maintain company handbook and oversee employee labor laws.
  • Liaison for Harbor Compliance, completing the registration of new business, registering unemployment claims and taxes 
  • Plan onboarding strategies and perform new employees’ orientation to deliver an exceptional first-day experience 
  • Recommend and develop employee relations practices to foster a positive employer-employee relationship
  • Conduct and analyze exit interviews and sending out exit packets 
  • Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements and, conducting investigations 
  • Full life cycle recruitment activities
  • Monthly and annual reporting as needed
  • Complete long term and short-term disability claims

Qualifications

  • Experience with Unanet, iCIMS and Workforce now ADP 
  • 10+ years of experience with HR functions 
  • High level of customer service skills 
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 
  • Capacity to apply discretion and maintain a high level of confidentiality when handling sensitive information 
  • Excellent record-keeping skills.
  • Fantastic knowledge of HR functions and best practices.

Pay Range

90k-100k

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