HR Specialist

Centre Area Transportation Authority • State College, PA

16h • $56,700 • Onsite

About The Position

Join the Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) as a Human Resources Specialist. This full-time, onsite position plays a vital role in shaping CATA's workforce by leading recruitment strategies, enhancing employee onboarding, and supporting retention initiatives that help employees thrive. Your work will directly impact the employee experience and strengthen the organization's culture and long-term success. As a Human Resources Specialist focused on Recruitment and Retention, you will manage the full-cycle recruitment process, ensuring a steady pipeline of qualified and diverse candidates. You'll continually improve the onboarding program to deliver a consistent and engaging experience for new hires. A key component of this position is supporting employee engagement and retention initiatives. You will develop and manage mentorship, internship, and apprenticeship programs, conduct stay and exit interviews, analyze turnover trends, and help implement programs that foster employee recognition, development, and satisfaction.

Requirements

• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently
• Solid understanding of federal, state, and local employment laws
• Knowledge of full-cycle recruiting practices
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems
• Analytical skills to interpret recruitment and retention data
• Relationship-building skills for effective partnerships with community organizations and internal stakeholders
• Confidentiality
• Professionalism
• Ability to perform well under pressure

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment strategies
• Enhance employee onboarding
• Support retention initiatives that help employees thrive
• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process, ensuring a steady pipeline of qualified and diverse candidates
• Coordinate job postings
• Screen applicants
• Support hiring managers
• Prepare and optimize employment advertisements
• Continually improve the onboarding program to deliver a consistent and engaging experience for new hires
• Conduct interviews
• Advise hiring managers on selection practices
• Ensure employment offers and documentation are completed accurately and promptly
• Build relationships with local organizations
• Represent CATA at recruitment events
• Develop employer branding materials
• Support employee engagement and retention initiatives
• Develop and manage mentorship, internship, and apprenticeship programs
• Conduct stay and exit interviews
• Analyze turnover trends
• Help implement programs that foster employee recognition, development, and satisfaction

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, sick, holiday, etc.)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(a)
• 457
• Roth IRA
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Free gym membership
• Free transit pass
• CATA is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed