Human Resources Coordinator

The Union County Human Resources department is seeking an experienced HR professional to join our team. This role is ideal for a candidate with a solid HR generalist background who understands the importance of strong HR practices, takes ownership of responsibilities, and can confidently navigate competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. The HR Coordinator will serve as a trusted resource, applying sound HR knowledge and judgment to support day-to-day operations, employee relations, compliance, and organizational needs.

The successful candidate is proactive, dependable, and comfortable taking initiative while maintaining a high standard of professionalism, confidentiality, and follow-through. This position reports to the HR department and will have a concentration in supporting the Union County Water department (approximately 200 employees) while also supporting centralized HR functions.

The target start date for this position is January 2027.

The Human Resources Coordinator, under administrative direction, is directly responsible for the overall administration, and coordination, of Human Resources functions within an assigned department. Duties include, but are not limited to, the coordination of day-to-day human resources operations; recruitment, selection, promotions, transfers, separations, benefit clarification, FMLA administration; overseeing of administrative policies, procedures, and processes including policy interpretation; and ensuring proper administration of personnel programs and personnel records management.

Employee must exercise initiative, diplomacy and independent judgment in ensuring proper administration of personnel programs and tasks. Employee must exercise tact, courtesy, and responsiveness in frequent contact with internal and external customers.

• Coordinates the creation and maintenance of all departmental employee personnel records and Personnel Action Forms.
• Maintains and updates departmental employee desk files if applicable to document personnel actions.
• Creates and reviews position requisitions for completeness and accuracy, verifies position vacancies and salaries.
• Assists in developing supplemental questions and other pre-employment requirements, including communicating with candidates as necessary.
• Assists in the orientation and onboarding of new employees.
• Interprets and explains personnel policies and procedures to supervisors and employees and assists in solving problems that may arise in the administration of personnel actions.
• Responds to employees' policy and procedure inquiries.
• Examines employee files to answer inquiries and provides information to authorized persons.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of policies /regulations and follows the proper procedures.
• Uses sound judgment to interpret regulations and enforce equitably.
• Assists with analyzing applicant's training and experience, determining level of qualifications for jobs and review of qualified applicants.
• Coordinates FMLA and departmental queries regarding FMLA, to include maintaining employee FMLA status and eligibility with central Human Resources.
• Confers with leadership and central Human Resources regarding classification and compensation requests; obtains required approvals; advises on recommendations and coordinates the implementation of approved requests, as appropriate.
• Works with employees and leaders to resolve employee relations issues, implement progressive discipline, and may conduct investigations into disciplinary matters, write reports regarding the investigations and make recommendations in consultation with central Human Resources.
• Assists leaders in writing/updating job descriptions to accurately describe job content.
• Assists with career fairs, or other central…