Human Resources Generalist

Human Resources Generalist – Silver Spring, MD

Base pay range: $65,000 – $70,000 per year. Additional compensation details are confidential and will be discussed during the interview.

Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community‑based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life‑saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community.

The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Full‑time Human Resources Generalist to join our team at the Silver Spring, MD location. The Human Resources Generalist will play a crucial role in supporting the HR department’s functions and contributions to the overall success of our organization. This position will primarily provide support for employee relations, benefits administration, policy communication and adherence, compliance preparedness and reporting, HR system management, employee leave management, onboarding, and off‑boarding of employees.

This is a hybrid role, requiring three days in office for the first 60 days, then transitioning to two days in office thereafter.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee benefit inquiries, policy and procedure questions, and leave requests; build and maintain trust with employees and leadership through consistent, fair communication and administration; refer all employee complaints to the appropriate HR representative.
• Review and approve employee personnel actions. Send notifications to employees as needed.
• Manage HRIS functions, including the maintenance and organization of employee personnel and medical files. Ensure all files are audit‑ready and properly maintained.
• Process accommodation requests by preparing documentation and forwarding to the HR Manager or Director for review and approval. File completed requests in the employee’s medical file and maintain a tracking log for periodic review.
• Handle FMLA and other leave of absence (LOA) requests by preparing and forwarding them to the HR Manager or Director for review and approval. Maintain proper documentation and tracking logs.
• Manage the offboarding process for resignations and terminations, including preparing related employee correspondence.
• Assist with the onboarding process for new hires.
• Process unemployment inquiries in a timely manner. Refer unemployment investigations to the HR Manager.
• Oversee day‑to‑day benefit plan administration, including enrollments, changes, inquiries, and terminations. Ensure timely and accurate processing of benefit‑related transactions. Support annual open enrollment activities.
• Assist with coordination of annual compliance tasks (Annual To‑Dos), such as background checks, CPS checks, and primary source verification for licensed/certified staff.
• Receive and process workers’ compensation and injury claims. Notify the HR Manager and Director of all reported injuries and maintain the required logs for the annual OSHA guidelines.
• Assist in preparing HR‑related reports as requested, including EEO, OSHA wage comparisons, and quarterly hour reports.
• Support special internal projects as needed.
• Process and forward payroll advance requests to the payroll team.
• Respond to official garnishment orders in coordination with Payroll, enter deductions into ADP, and share supporting documents with the payroll team.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Human Resource Expertise
  • The knowledge of principles, practices, and functions of effective human resource management.
• Relationship Management
  • The ability to manage interactions to provide service and to support the organization.
• Consultation
  • The ability to provide guidance to organizational…