HR Specialist

HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST

Reports To:

Human Resources Manager

Department:
Human Resources

Status:
Full Time/Year Round

Date: 1/25/26

Pay Range: $26 - $29 per hour

Love to ski or ride? Come join Granby Ranch and live and work where you love to play!!

Granby Ranch is a year-round mountain resort in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Located just 90 miles west of Denver, three miles from the town of Granby, Colorado, and 20 miles outside Rocky Mountain National Park, Granby Ranch offers a premier destination for outdoor enthusiasts, offering skiing (downhill and cross-country), mountain biking, hiking, and golf. Granby Ranch has nearly 1,000 feet of vertical drop and over 400 acres of terrain suitable for skiing, biking, and hiking for all skill levels.

The East Mountain features a downhill mountain bike park, accessed by the high-speed Quick Draw quad chairlift, which also provides entry to numerous cross-country biking and hiking trails.

The Human Resources (HR) Specialist works closely with the HR Manager, executing a variety of HR functions to support management and employees. The HR Specialist supports recruitment and onboarding/offboarding, J-1 visa student exchange program, benefit administration, employee relations, performance management, payroll, policy development and interpretation, workers’ compensation, and compliance with labor and employment laws. The HR Specialist also oversees the employee housing program (from check-in to check-out, including bi-weekly housing inspections), the issuing of employee uniforms, and the development and scheduling of shuttle routes and shuttle drivers to get employees to and from work.

• Maintains confidentiality and appropriate professional relationships with all levels of employees.
• Provides HR coverage with professional, friendly, helpful, and approachable demeanor.
• Greets and assists employees and resort guests with walk-up inquiries.
• Processes benefit enrollments and initiates COBRA notices. Answers employees’ benefit questions and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Administers employee perks and discount programs including Real Deals, Gold Pass, recreational exchange programs, gear discount websites, and Shoes for Crews program.
• Uses the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) on a daily basis with a high level of accuracy; enters personnel changes (pay changes, position changes, leaves of absence, new hires, terminations, etc.). Creates and runs reports and distributes all-employee announcements via the HRIS.
• Responds to inquiries about employment with Granby Ranch.
• Creates job postings, assists managers with reviewing applicants and interviewing candidates when requested, and posts Granby Ranch job openings on external websites, job boards, and with a variety of associations.
• Opens and monitors workers’ compensation claims, assists injured employees schedule appointments, corresponds with claims adjusters, and coordinates work restrictions and returns to work with the appropriate manager.
• Supports the J-1 visa student exchange program; solicits needs from managers, sets up interviews, corresponds with program sponsors, and supports the onboarding/offboarding of J-1 students.
• Completes employment verifications, I-9 verifications, generates offer letters, initiates background checks, and ensures onboarding paperwork and tasks are complete.
• Oversees uniform checkouts and returns and tracks uniform inventory.
• Prepares documents necessary for bi-weekly payroll processing.
• With assistance from the HR Manager, supports and advises managers on performance management and corrective action.
• Supports the HR Manager with employee relations, conducting investigations and ensuring compliance with company policies, including providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination.
• Maintains personnel files, including I-9s, benefits, workers’ compensation, and other files. Includes scanning and copying and uploading documents to the HRIS.
• Acts as a delegate for the HR Manager in their absence.
• Monitors and responds timely to general HR and company email accounts.

• Oversees and facilitates the employee housing…