Senior Associate, Human Resources

Operating in over 50 countries,Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with governments,businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural capital, health,energy, climate and environment, and digital transformation—strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support inclusive and sustainable development. Our more than 2,100 staff worldwide work as trusted advisors across diverse contexts, combining deep technical expertise, implementation techniques, and innovative technology to deliver locally informed,client-focused solutions that help organizations achieve measurable,sustainable impact.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies,which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $18 billion, GISI’s approximately 16,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction,program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

Palladium is seeking a Senior Associate, Human Resources(HR) to support all aspects of HR operations across the Americas. The Senior Associate will be the first point of contact in HR for Palladium’sAmericas employees. This role will facilitate day-to-day HR operations by beingthe primary administrator of internal and external HR systems and tools, benefits,employee onboarding and offboarding; as well as work with Finance to process payroll.

The Senior Associate will also contribute to ad hoc HR process improvement initiatives as needed.

The position is based in Palladium’s Arlington, VA office within our Americas region. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US asvisa sponsorship is not available.

Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in office, 2 days fromhome.

The annual base salary for this position is expected to rangefrom $75,000 to $80,000. Please be advised that a final salary offer will bebased on various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications,education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium’s businessor organizational needs.

• The role will report to the Manager, Human Resources
• This role will not have supervisory responsibilities

• Primary administrator of Palladium’s HRIS system which includes HR Compass, HR Module, and Learning Compass
• Day-to-day management of the Human Resources Outlook mailbox, including responding to emails in a timely manner; categorizing and assigning new emails to appropriate HR team members or forwarding as necessary; keeping the mailbox organized by archiving completed requests, flagging follow-up requests, etc.
• Review, update, and manage the electronic HR filing system
• Support semi-monthly payroll by keeping track of employee compensation and benefits updates between pay periods, submitting these changes to the Payroll (Finance) Team and approving the final payroll register

• Manage successful onboarding of new hires, including facilitating set-up in relevant internal and external systems; coordinating with Talent Acquisition (TA), IT, Payroll and Facilities to ensure successful employee set-up on Day 1; drafting and sending welcome emails and meeting invites to new hires; and completing employment verifications, HR orientation/benefits training and send follow up emails and documents
• Manage successful offboarding of exiting employees, including drafting and sending offboarding emails to exiting employees; coordinating with IT and…