Senior Human Resources Generalist

The Dallas Children's Advocacy Center is seeking an experienced Sr. Human Resources Generalist for the Human Resources Department Department.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
Perform a wide range of Human Resources generalist duties including employee relations, recruitment, compliance, training and development, and strategic HR initiatives. Ensure agency compliance and contribute to the overall HR strategy and goals. 

ABOUT DCAC The mission of the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center is to improve the lives of abused children in Dallas County and to provide national leadership on child abuse issues. DCAC is a non profit organization and the only agency of its kind in Dallas County, working in agreement with public and private agencies to investigate, prosecute, and provide healing services for child abuse 
cases in Dallas County. We reduce the victimization of the child, remove barriers to investigation and treatment, and enhance criminal prosecution with our distinctive multidisciplinary and united approach to these complex and severe cases, all at no cost to our clients. Each year, DCAC serves over 13,000 children and their non offending family members. 

We are a national and international leader in the Children's Advocacy Center movement, recognized 
for our expertise in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of child abuse cases, cutting edge clinical services and programs for the victims and their non offending family members; and our community and professional training programs.

Execute programs and initiatives that focus on promoting employee appreciation and recognition, prepares a great onboarding and orientation experience for new hires, ensures agency compliance and performs other human resource generalist duties as assigned.  

Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities
 
Employee Relations 

• Provide guidance and support to employees on HR related matters. 

• Manage employee relations issues and conduct investigations as needed. 

• Promote a positive work environment and culture. 

Recruitment and Onboarding 

• Manage the full recruitment cycle including job postings, screening, interviewing, and hiring. 

• Develop and implement onboarding programs for new hires 

•  Conduct new hire orientations and ensure a smooth onboarding experience. 

Compliance 

• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. 

• Maintain employee records and documentation. 

• Administer and verify background checks and other pre-employment screenings. 

Strategic HR Initiatives 

• Contribute to the development and implementation of HR strategies and goals. 

• Participate in HR projects and initiatives to support organizational objectives. 

• Provide HR insights and recommendations to leadership. 

Employee Culture and Recognition 

• Oversee employee recognition programs, including planning, timelines, and communication. 

• Develop and implement an annual calendar of events and corresponding budget proposals. 

• Coordinate and manage employee appreciation committee and plans annual holiday parties, monthly Happy Cart and other employee recognition events. 

• Create, edit, and prepare monthly agency newsletter that includes employee spotlights, health news, diversity and inclusion, trending topics, etc.  

• Coordinate and facilitate annual health fair to coincide with benefits open enrollment. 

• Coordinate and prepare employee years of service, birthday, anniversaries in preparation for monthly employee staff meetings. 

On-Boarding and Orientation 

• Prepare, gather pertinent information, and send out new hire announcements to the agency for introduction to staff. 

• Prepare and sends out monthly on-boarding surveys to new hires regarding their on-boarding experience with their supervisors.  

• Administer and follow up on compliance courses issued to new hires and annual compliance courses issued to employees to complete.  

• Assist with monthly new employee orientation set up, communication and preparation.  

• Assist with creating online courses for employee training in LearnUpon training platform. 

• Record and manage employee participation in employee-related training courses in LearnUpon. 

• Assist with NEO (new employee orientation) presentations. 

• Prepare backpacks for NEO. 

• Assist supervisor with on-boarding experience and set up for new employee.  

• Manage employee referrals for open positions by following up with employees and informing the CPO and Payroll and Benefits Coordinator of the applicant’s information. 

• Complete and maintain on-boarding checklist, i.e., business cards, employee picture uploaded to shared folders. 

Agency Compliance 

• Administers and verifies criminal background check, DFPS (Department of Family and Protective Services) (Department of Family and Protective Services), pre-employment drug testing and reference checks for new employees. 

• Facilitate and ensure annual criminal and DFPS background checks are completed annually for employees and information updated online. 

• Assist with the creation and maintenance of background check policy and procedures for the agency. 

• Manage COVID inbox for employee communications and compliance to ensure employees follow agency protocol. 

• Processes employment verifications in a timely manner. 

• Execute and manage compliance workplace required postings. 

Other Duties  

• Back up for payroll and benefits administration. 

• Assist employees with time and attendance questions. 

• Assist with employee recruitment and screening.  

• Create and maintain online employee personnel files. 

• Prepare and send out exit interview surveys and follow up with phone calls or emails to the former employee, when necessary. 

• Assist with preparation for monthly employee meetings and monthly supervisor meetings. 

• Manage, sort and delegate emails that are sent through the HR email inbox daily. 

• Respond to HR related questions. 

• Maintain organizational charts on SharePoint and manage updates when new employees are hired, transferred, or separated.  

• Maintain HR Public Folder for staff access on SharePoint. 

• Attends local job fairs and partners with various community organizations to increase recruiting. 

• Conduct various internal reports and audits, as requested. 

• Performs other HR generalist duties as assigned. 

• Attends on going training in field subject matter and acquires 3 hours annually of new training.  

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS 
 

Education and Experience Associate in Human Resources, Business (Bachelors preferred) or related field and at least three (3) years of experience working in human resource generalist capacity and six months experience processing payroll for at least 100 employees OR five (5) years of accumulated experience with the equivalent experience and knowledge may be accepted in lieu of educational requirements.   Experience with Paycom HRIS (Human Resource Information System) and payroll a plus. 

Required License(s) or Certifications Clear and valid Texas Driver’s License, Human Resources related certification a plus  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• General knowledge about human resources best practices and employment laws.  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and HRIS systems. 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and excellent customer service. 

• Ability to maintain the strictest confidentiality of employee information and other employee relation issues that arise in the human resources department.  

• Strong problem solving and decision making skills. 

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team. 

• Skilled at being creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, flexible, possessing a positive attitude, tact, good judgment, cultural sensitivity, and working well as a team member with staff, community professionals, and volunteers. 

• Presents a customer service demeanor and attitude when working with employees, vendors, etc. and represents the agency in a professional manner.  

• Ability to establish and maintain professionally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks and a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. 

• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of employees, board members, partners, and community. 

• Ability to create and maintain content on an employee intranet. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT  

Work Location, All work must be performed in the office due to employee confidentiality.  DCAC employees may be considered for a Hybrid Work Schedule (HWS) on a case by case basis. These considerations are based on situations where the HWS has been shown to accomplish work and personal goals, provide coverage for individual department/program operations, and serve DCAC clients, the department, partners, donors, and community members. 

Mental and Physical Abilities Duties are usually performed seated with occasional periods of standing or walking. Limited physical effort is required associated with lifting and carrying objects (less than 25 lbs).  

Working Conditions Work may be performed but is not limited to an office environment. 

Essential Functions This job description should not be interpreted as all inclusive. It is intended to identify the essential functions and requirements of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this job description. 

Core Values Must demonstrate/live our organization’s core values 1. We are child-centered, family-focused, and community-driven, 2. We act with dignity and compassion in all that we do, 3. We recognize our staff as our greatest asset, and 4. We operate as a seamless team. 

DCAC (Dallas Children s Advocacy Center) is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we believe in an inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

BENEFITS
* 100% Paid Employee Health Insurance-PPO
* 100% Paid Employee Dental Insurance
* 100% Paid Short Term Disability
* 100% Paid Long Term Disability
* 100% Paid Basic Term Life and AD&D Benefits (one times your annual earnings up to $50,000)
* Vision Insurance through Superior Vision
* Pet Insurance through Nationwide
* Legal Services through Freshbenies
* Flexible Spending Account
* Dependent Spending Account
* Six (6) weeks' of paid Parental Leave
* Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
* Health Advocate
* WellVia Teladoc Program
* 403b Retirement and Contribution Plan with up to a 4% employer contribution
* Supplemental Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance
* Bilingual Stipend (English/Spanish) of $2,700 annually
* Cell Phone Stipend
* 10 Paid Holidays
* 2 Floating Holidays
* 14 Wellness Days
* 10 Vacation Days
* DCAC participates in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)