Human Resources Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations and ongoing enhancement of Magpie Health Analytics’ Human Resources department.

• Act as the main HR point of contact for both employees and management.

• Offer guidance and assistance on standard employment issues.

• Manage the recruitment and hiring processes, which encompass job descriptions, postings, candidate coordination, offers, background checks, drug testing, and pre-employment procedures.

• Oversee the onboarding and offboarding processes for employees.

• Collaborate with managers and other departments to coordinate essential HR activities.

• Administer employee benefits, leave, PTO, personnel records, HR documentation, and associated employee programs.

• Assist managers with employee relations, performance management, workplace issues, and people-management concerns.

• Create, maintain, and enhance HR policies, procedures, workflows, forms, templates, and practices.

• Evaluate HR practices, pinpoint gaps, inconsistencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement, and implement effective solutions.

• Keep abreast of federal, state, and local employment regulations and integrate them into HR practices.

• Collaborate with Contracts, Compliance, IT & Security, project leaders, payroll, benefits providers, and other departments.

• Investigate unfamiliar HR issues and formulate practical strategies and recommendations.

• Recognize situations when management, legal counsel, or specialized expertise should be consulted.

• Aid in establishing scalable HR systems and practices for the consistent and effective management of routine personnel matters.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Management, or a similar field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in Human Resources.

• Proven experience in independently managing a wide range of HR responsibilities.

• Experience in recruiting, hiring, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, benefits administration, and employee separation.

• Solid understanding of federal and state employment regulations.

• Experience supporting employees in multiple states.

• Ability to investigate unfamiliar HR issues, assess requirements and options, and create practical recommendations.

• Experience in developing and enhancing HR policies, procedures, processes, and documentation.

• Strong judgment regarding issues that require independent handling versus those needing management, legal, or specialized review.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with executives, managers, employees, and external professional advisors.

• Strong organizational abilities.

• Capability to work autonomously in a remote setting.

• Preferred: experience in supporting a small or rapidly expanding professional-services organization.

• Preferred: experience in aiding federal government contractors or other regulated entities.

• Preferred: experience in supporting a geographically dispersed or multi-state workforce.

• Preferred: familiarity with federal contractor workforce requirements, including background checks, suitability or credentialing, employment eligibility, and contract-specific personnel obligations.

• Preferred: experience in developing HR infrastructure during periods of significant workforce expansion.

• Preferred: possession of SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or a comparable professional certification.

• Preferred: experience coordinating with external employment counsel, benefits providers, payroll firms, and other specialized HR resources.

🏝️ Benefits

• Responsibilities include the administration of employee benefits, although specific employer-provided benefits or perks are not detailed.