HR Generalist

Human Resources is seeking a HR Generalist in Bismarck or Dickinson, ND

Help the largest state agency align HR programs and strategies with business objectives to serve team members and management as a HR Generalist for ND Health and Human Services.

As the HR Generalist, you will play a key role in supporting West Central Behavioral Health Clinic and Badlands Behavioral Health Clinic with various HR functions including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and compliance. You will ensure HR policies are effectively implemented and collaborate with HR Business Partner and leadership to address employee concerns, manage day-to-day HR operations and support talent management strategies that align with agency goals.

To thrive in this position, you must have a solid understanding of HR practices, policies and regulations, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build effective relationships across all levels and collaborate on process improvement. You should be proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable working in an ever-evolving environment, with the ability to focus on details while managing multiple tasks and competing deadlines.

To be considered for the HR Generalist position, you must have a bachelor's degree in a related field; or a high school diploma or equivalent and 4 years' experience in office coordination responsibilities that included human resources experience; or a combination of education and experience which demonstrates equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.

This position is located onsite at either the WCBHC or BLBHC Behavioral Health Clinic. (Bismarck, ND or Dickinson, ND).

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.

"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.

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Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Health & Human Services does not offer or provide sponsor ships.

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A copy of your qualifying degrees transcript and any applicable certifications or licensures must be provided at the time of an interview.

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Employing Unit: ND HHS - HR

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The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.