Human Resources Generalist

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense and intelligence communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data, and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

Altamira Human Resources supports employees in over a dozen states nationwide, and several OCONUS locations, including employees on shift work and in multiple time zones. While the HQ is in McLean, VA, there is significant employee density in Denver, Colorado, Warrenton, VA and Dayton, Ohio. This role is expected to sit at one of the above locations and is not approved for full-time remote work.

Altamira has exceptional benefits, which the department maintains along with general questions from the employee population on a daily basis. The Human Resources Generalist will be the primary contact for email and phone inquiries to the HR department, coordinate new hire onboarding, and manage the job offer process. The Generalist will handle multiple assigned tasks and serve as backup for other HR Team members.

In a collaborative environment, the Generalist will also take on new projects as needed to achieve department goals.

• Engages with employees related to all inquiries, using company knowledge and policy acumen to interpret or answer questions quickly, referring complex and/or sensitive matters to the appropriate staff or escalating as needed.
• Partners with the Recruiting team on handoff of candidates from offer through onboarding.
• Responsible for new hire onboarding, including weekly orientation program, either live or virtual, as applicable.
• Communicates and coordinates with HR leadership on day-to-day tasking.
• Enters all data changes into HRIS as per HR process and approval policies, running reports out of HRIS to validate accuracy on a regular basis. Other reports ad hoc to support inquiries or support other HR team members.
• Maintains and updates employee personnel records while ensuring compliance with company policies and recordkeeping requirements.
• Secondary point of contact/backup for HR Dept inquiries such as verifications of employment, background checks, onboarding, and new hire setup.
• Coordinates employee engagement initiatives and local company events.
• Assists with other HR projects and administrative duties as assigned.

• Must be U.S. Citizen (company-wide requirement).
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required.
• Experience working in an HR team environment and ability to keep information confidential.
• Experience maintaining ADP HRIS specifically is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must quickly gain knowledge of HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance and support organizational goals.
• Intermediate skill in Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and PowerPoint.
• Attention to detail and customer service focus.
• Strong organizational skills and prioritization skills for multi-tasking.

• Experience in Federal Contracting environment.
• SHRM-CP or PHR a plus.
• Experience with a multi-state environment.
• Experience with Workday.