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Position Summary:
GovDocs is seeking an experienced Human Resources Generalist to join our HR team on a temporary, full-time basis from approximately November 2026 through June 2027. This position will provide coverage during a maternity leave and play an important role in supporting the day-to-day HR operations of our growing organization. The anticipated assignment dates may be adjusted based on business needs and the timing of the employee’s leave and return.
This is an ideal opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys variety, is highly organized and detail-oriented, and can quickly step into an established HR function and keep things moving. The role will work closely with the Director of Human Resources and other members of the HR team and will have exposure to a broad range of HR responsibilities, including benefits administration, leave administration, compliance, reporting, employee changes, performance reviews, and onboarding.
Flexible Work Model:
We believe that the best way for us to grow is through a work environment that provides flexibility. Currently, our employees work together in our Eagan, MN, office two days a week, where interactions happen with higher frequency and effectiveness to tackle complex problems. This supports collaboration, team engagement, and business innovation. At the same time, we value the benefits of working from home three days a week, where employees have more focused, uninterrupted time with minimal distractions for dedicated project and productive work.
Job Title: Human Resources Generalist – Temporary
Reports to: Director of Human Resources
Status: Regular Full-Time
Base Salary Range: $32 – $38 per hour
Best Places to Work:
GovDocs was named one of the 2024 Best Places to Work by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal!
Being named an honoree was no easy feat, as they received over 300 nominations for this year’s award. GovDocs was one of the top-scoring Minnesota businesses honored in the medium company category (50-250 employees) for creating a fun, challenging, and rewarding workplace.
Read more about GovDocs as Best Places to Work 2024 here: https://bizj.us/1qlh8s
Responsibilities:
Human Resources
- Process new hire, termination, role change, compensation change, and other employee documentation and related checklist items.
- Maintain HR dashboard, employee census data, and other HR records and reporting.
- Prepare monthly HR reporting for Finance.
- Monitor employee PTO usage.
- Conduct verifications of employment.
- Administer employee benefits, including employee enrollments and changes, monthly invoice review and reconciliation, and system updates.
- Support year-end and first-of-year HR and benefits activities, including benefit plan transitions, employee elections and deductions, system updates, data validation, and employee communications.
- Manage annual performance review and merit processes, including tracking completion, preparing merit letters, processing compensation changes, and validating system updates.
- Support HR compliance activities, including ACA reporting and data review through the ESR tool in Paychex and 401(k) testing and reporting.
- Administer employee leaves, including FMLA and Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML).
- Coordinate with payroll on employee changes, compensation updates, benefit deductions, and other HR/payroll-related matters.
- Support other HR initiatives and special projects as assigned.
- Work with Accounts Payable team to submit and review invoices related to HR
Recruiting & Onboarding
- Coordinate and facilitate new employee onboarding.
- Assist the recruiter with professional and personal reference checks, as needed.
Qualifications:
- Four-year degree preferred.
- Minimum of 2–4 years of Human Resources experience preferred.
- Paychex experience preferred.
- FMLA and PFML experience preferred.
- Experience supporting year-end and first-of-year HR, benefits, payroll, and compliance activities preferred.
- Excellent time-management skills and the ability to multitask and prioritize work.
- Attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- Team skills that attract others to work with you.
- Good sense of humor.
- Self-aware and self-critical.
- Peers at previous workplaces will remark at how good you are at your job.
- Strong technical aptitude.
Who You Are:
- You lead by example and share your passion to inspire those around you for growth. You are authentic, driven and positive.
- You possess emotional intelligence and empathy. You have a good sense of humor, are self-aware and self-critical, but not arrogant. You handle interpersonal dynamics with grace.
- You do more than the minimum to achieve outstanding results by being hands-on and rolling up your sleeves now and again when it’s necessary.
- You thrive in a growth-oriented company by embracing and adapting to changes easily. You are open-minded and flexible.
- Your clear communication fosters understanding and collaboration. You express ideas effectively but are also an active listener.
Company Description:
GovDocs serves companies in building and executing their employment law compliance programs in two primary ways:
- Employment Law Posting Update Program: We manage all the complexities of identifying and providing the required set of employment law postings from the 1,700+ potential postings across the U.S. and Canada. Using proprietary technology, we allow companies to manage, track and verify postings at each of their locations – including our patent pending PosterCheck technology. Our Employment Law Posting Update service is used by almost 22% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the Fortune 100.
- Employment Law Compliance Software Solutions: This is a first to market Software-as-a-Service starting with our Minimum Wage product and Paid Leave products, which allow companies to identify and track which laws apply to their locations and employees, then provides all relevant data to make decisions. This service was created in response to requests from some of our largest customers who recognized that employment law expansion across and variances between jurisdictions (Federal, State and Local) were too difficult to manually track.
GovDocs has grown revenue annually by 18% since 2008 with a 96% customer retention rate, primarily due to our Postings Update Program both obtaining and retaining customers – as employment law postings are required by law, every company has an existing provider. Our Software Solutions are an entirely new line of business that gives us great growth potential to create a full Employment Law Compliance (ELC) platform of solutions, it is also challenging us to reinvent how we view urgency, innovation and teamwork.
You must be authorized to work in the United States. Immigration or work visa sponsorship will not be provided. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
Compensation:
This position is critical to the success of our business and the compensation package will be commensurate with candidate’s experience and skills. Temporary employees are not eligible for benefits nor holiday pay.
Apply here: govdocs.com/application