Human Resources Generalist

Agate Housing and Services • Minneapolis, MN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

At Agate, we're not just filling jobs-we're building the team that helps adults and children experiencing homelessness find and maintain housing stability. As we grow and launch new programs, we need a hands-on HR professional who loves working with people, enjoys making things happen, and wants their work to make a real difference. As a key member of Agate's Human Resources team, you'll help us find great talent, welcome new employees, and build the teams that make our mission possible. Your work will directly support our ability to serve thousands of adults and children in our community. Your first three months will focus on recruitment and onboarding, helping Agate attract great people and welcome them to a team making a real difference in our community. Starting in January, your role will expand into a broader HR Generalist position, giving you the opportunity to build new skills, take ownership of diverse responsibilities, and become an even more integral part of the Agate team.

Requirements

• Hands-on HR professional who loves working with people
• Enjoys making things happen
• Wants their work to make a real difference
• Full-cycle recruitment
• Coordination of interviews
• Partnership with hiring managers
• Onboarding new employees
• Performance management
• Workers' compensation
• Leave administration
• Compliance
• Employee relations
• HRIS data maintenance
• Benefit enrollment assistance
• Leave request assistance
• Workers' compensation documentation and claims follow-up
• Safety committee leadership
• Compliance with federal, state, and local employment requirements
• I-9 documentation
• HR policy and procedure communication and implementation

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a non-profit setting
• Experience supporting unionized environments

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruitment, including job postings, application reviews, candidate screenings, interview scheduling, and hiring documentation.
• Make onboarding welcoming, organized, and engaging for every new employee.
• Support staffing needs for new and expanding programs that provide vital community services.
• Improve recruitment and onboarding processes and bring fresh ideas to the team.
• Gradually take on additional responsibilities in performance management, workers' compensation, leave administration, compliance, employee relations, and other HR functions.
• Coordinate full-cycle recruitment, including job postings, application reviews, candidate screenings, interview scheduling, and hiring documentation.
• Prepare offer letters, develop onboarding materials, and facilitate new hire orientation.
• Develop training curriculum and teach classes in partnership with subject matter experts.
• Represent Agate at job fairs and recruitment events.
• Help create a welcoming, engaging employee experience from the first interview through onboarding.
• Maintain accurate, confidential employee records, personnel files, and HRIS data.
• Process employee changes, including hires, promotions, transfers, leaves, and separations.
• Respond to employee questions and prepare employment verifications and HR correspondence.
• Conduct periodic records audits and support HR systems, reporting, and special projects.
• Assist employees with benefit enrollment, benefit questions, and leave requests.
• Coordinate leave administration and maintain required documentation.
• Process employment changes and supporting documentation for payroll and benefits systems.
• Support employee engagement, retention, and initiatives that foster a positive, inclusive workplace.
• Partner with HR leadership to support positive labor-management relationships and administer collective bargaining agreements.
• Coordinate workers' compensation documentation, claims follow-up, and communication with employees, supervisors, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators.
• Lead safety committee meetings, develop agendas, and help implement workplace safety initiatives.
• Support compliance with federal, state, and local employment requirements, including I-9 documentation.
• Prepare reports and records for audits, regulatory agencies, and internal stakeholders.
• Help communicate and implement HR policies and procedures.
• Contribute ideas, improve processes, and support new HR initiatives as Agate grows.
• Take on special projects that strengthen our people, programs, and workplace.
• Build a broad HR skill set while supporting the employees who make Agate's mission possible.

Benefits

• Generous PTO (20 days per year for full-time employees, increasing with tenure)
• Floating holidays
• 24 hours of PTO at the start of employment for new employees
• Prorated PTO for part-time employees
• Sick and safe time for on-call employees
• Paid holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)
• Up to 88 hours of holiday pay annually for full-time employees
• Health insurance through Medica (traditional and high-deductible plans available)
• 100% of dental insurance premiums paid by Agate
• 100% of life insurance premiums paid by Agate
• 1.5% of employee's salary contributed to retirement account by Agate

What This Job Offers

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