HR Coordinator Job at MIDWAY LIVING INC in East Elmhurst

October 2024

Position: HR Coordinator (Non-For-Profit)

Location: Queens, NY

Job Type: Full Time/In Office 5 Days / Non-Exempt

Compensation: $35,360 – $45.000 Per Annum

Benefits: Medical / Dental / Vision / 401K / PTO

Reports To: Head of Human Resources

About Us

Since 2016 Midway Living, Inc. ("Midway") has been a catalyst for transformative change in the lives of homeless families, empowering them to discover their inherent strengths and to chart a path out of homelessness, allowing them to redefine their narratives and lead lives of purpose.

Midway Living, Inc. is seeking a dedicated HR Coordinator to join our expanding team as we continue our mission of empowering homeless families. As our organization grows, the HR Coordinator will play a key role in supporting our staff, ensuring a positive and productive workplace, and helping drive initiatives that align with our commitment to transformative change.

Responsibilities
The HR Coordinator contributes to the organization’s performance by providing tactical and strategic support on people and talent strategies to support the company’s objectives. This individual performs HR-related duties while having a keen focus on talent. The HR Coordinator will fulfill responsibilities in the following functional areas: talent acquisition; employee onboarding, HRIS and ATS maintenance, employee relations, benefits, payroll and performance. The HR Coordinator may carry out additional responsibilities, including employee development initiatives, and training.

Challenges You’ll Solve:

Talent Acquisition & Onboarding

• Lead full cycle recruitment efforts, while continuously finding creative ways to grow a talent pipeline
• Identify and source qualified candidates who embody diversity of thought, professional backgrounds, and experiences
• Co-facilitate new employee onboarding programs for new hires along with the HR Coordinator
• Facilitate employee onboarding programs for new hires
• Maintaining our HRIS and ATS database

Employee Relations

• Assist with day-to-day employee performance relations issues, policy interpretation and application, talent management, retention, and development.

Benefits & Payroll

• Comanage benefits administration, including enrollment, changes, and terminations.
• Cofacilitate annual enrollment.
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned. Responsibilities and duties may change when circumstances dictate (e.g., re-prioritizing, change in workload or project scope, time sensitive jobs, or technical developments).

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for prolonged periods while working at a desk or computer.
• Frequent use of hands to operate office equipment, desktop and laptop computers, including keyboards, phones, and other technology.
• Occasionally required to lift and move office supplies or files weighing up to 15 pounds.
• Ability to bend, stoop, or reach to access files and office materials.
• Regular walking or standing for short periods, such as during meetings or presentations.
• Ability to travel occasionally to offsite locations, if required.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 2- 4 years of experience
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, verbal, and written communication skills
• Technically savvy; high comfortability utilizing Microsoft Office, multiple systems and comfortable gathering data and utilizing metrics to make informed company recommendations.
• Solid foundation and knowledge of HR principles and practice, including employment law and compliance requirements.
• Thorough understanding of interviewing best practices, methodologies, and techniques

It will be a bonus if you:

• Are SHRM-CP certified.
• Thrive in an every changing environment.
• Are comfortable making recommendations to resolve problems or issues effectively.
• Have demonstrated project management skills.
• Demonstrated organizational navigation skills and ability to work in a matrixed environment.

You’ll be a great success if you:

• Genuinely have a client first approach
• Desire to be a strategic business partner.
• Enjoy problem solving.
• Are a people person
• Very comfortable managing up to senior leadership

Equal Opportunity Statement
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.

Midway Living, Inc is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or other category under applicable law.

We welcome and value unique attributes, skillsets, and experience.

Reasonable Accommodation

In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and employee life cycle in accordance to the ADA in order to perform the essential functions of this position.