People & Culture Generalist II

AeroVironment • Albuquerque, NM

3d

About The Position

The People & Culture Generalist will provide support in the areas of Human Resource onboarding, offboarding, compliance, positive employee experience, and process improvement projects. The People & Culture Generalist’s primary responsibility is to assist in the implementation of P&C policies, programs, and initiatives to meet the needs of the organization and its employees. The P&C Generalist is responsible for assisting the P&C Business Partner team with a variety of HR duties across all AV locations. In this position, the People & Culture Generalist will use their HR functional expertise to align critical human resources principles with business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 2+ years of related experience working in human resources
• Knowledge and understanding of a variety of areas within Human Resources including onboarding, offboarding, performance management, compensation, and benefits
• Possess current understanding of federal, state, and local employment laws
• Demonstrated excellence in verbal and written communication, with the ability to “think on one's feet” in high pressure situations
• Highly collaborative style, capable of working across multiple functional areas to represent the People & Culture team
• Resourceful mindset and strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects successfully
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Operating Systems, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.

Nice To Haves

• Prior Human Capital Management system experience (Workday preferred)
• Experience with multiple large, company-wide program implementations
• Able to work effectively and efficiently across functions and have a proven track record of working successfully across multiple levels of an organization
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Focuses on teamwork and puts the success of the team above one's own interests

Responsibilities

• Provide general P&C support to employees and managers, such as answering P&C related inquiries/tickets, supporting P&C team with addressing employee concerns, and providing guidance on P&C policies and procedures.
• Assists employees with day-to-day P&C inquiries; works with internal P&C Centers of Excellence to ensure employee questions are answered thoroughly and timely; completes full circle follow up to employee.
• Provides guidance and interpretation of P&C policies to employees.
• Supports P&C by maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations; recommends best practices and supports in the review of policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Performs administrative P&C processes by completing various business processes in Workday to support the employee life-cycle (e.g., separations, promotions, work location changes, etc); maintains paper and online employee records
• Manages and/or supports the employee separation exit process, including exit meetings, processing separations in Workday, separation paperwork and proper documentation for both contingent and non-contingent workers
• Continuously strives to identify, formulate, and execute process improvements and efficiencies
• Manages and/or supports the implementation of approved P&C and business strategies
• Manages and/or supports specific P&C projects as needed
• Act as an AV employer brand ambassador to both internal and external candidates and stakeholders
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.
• For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.
• We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level