HR Generalist
At a glance
Mid-level HR Business Partner & Generalist role at Skirball Cultural Center. Los Angeles · full-time · $75,000–$80,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Support recruiting, hiring, benefits, employee relations, leave, and termination processes across the employment lifecycle
- Handle benefit enrollments, reconciliations, reporting, and routine questions from employees
- Coordinate workers’ compensation claims, related leaves, and light-duty placements
- Answer HR questions from employees and managers while maintaining relationships across the workforce
- Run new-hire orientation and training, and help organize professional development and holiday events
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree or at least five years in HR generalist work in a corporate, nonprofit, or cultural setting
- Strong written and verbal communication, with patience and diplomacy when working with people from varied backgrounds
- Reliable follow-through, organization, judgment, and initiative across deadlines and shifting tasks
- Working knowledge of California employment rules and compliance filings
Who this fits
This mid-level generalist role suits someone comfortable supporting both managers and employees across a broad range of HR matters. The job involves extended desk and computer work, plus lifting items weighing up to fifteen pounds.
From the employer
The Skirball Cultural Center seeks a Human Resources Generalist to provide support to employees and managers on HR and employment matters. Reporting to the Director of Talent and Culture, this position is responsible for supporting the Human Resources Department.
Pay Range: $75,000 - 80,000 per year
Responsibilities:
- Help manage all aspects of employment at the Skirball including recruiting, hiring, benefits, employee relations, leaves and terminations
- Perform benefits administration, including reporting, reconciling, enrollment, and responding to routine benefits questions
- Develop and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with employees
- Manage workers compensation, including claim reporting, leave coordination, and light duty placement
- Maintain a working knowledge of California employment laws and compliance filings
- Respond to inquiries and problems from managers and employees
- Assist with planning and implementation of employee events, including professional development day and the holiday party
- Facilitate new hire orientation and other training opportunities for Skirball employees
Qualifications, Experience and Attributes:
- Bachelor’s degree and/or 5+ years of experience as a human resources generalist within a corporate or nonprofit/cultural environment
- Strong attention to detail
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, both written and verbal; ability to exercise patience, diplomacy, and the ability to work well with people of different ages and backgrounds
- Proven ability to meet deadlines and exercise follow-through; to organize tasks and resolve problems, exercise good judgment, take initiative, multitask and manage a changing and varied workload
- Active interest in and understanding of the Skirball Cultural Center’s mission and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice principles
- Preferred: working knowledge of ADP; fluency in Spanish
Physical and environmental demands of the job: Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds.