People Partner

Job Summary:

MycoWorks is seeking a People Partner to support the company’s strategic organizational growth, and to help build a forward-thinking, trusted, and well-rounded People Operations program that operationalizes our company values as we scale. This role will help implement our broad-based People systems, including strategic organizational planning, learning and development programs, performance and employee relations management, and more. The ideal candidate is a people and outcomes-focused professional who is passionate about enriching and empowering employees to bolster organizational success.

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive frontline HR support in a fast-paced manufacturing start-up
• Implement and support processes and policies that drive cross-functional collaboration, employee engagement and strong business results, including:
• Compliance
• Employee benefits administration
• Employee onboarding and offboarding
• Performance management
• Other day-to-day HR support, including VOE’s, EDD responses, support of visa processes and more
• Continuously refining and facilitating an innovative, and welcoming new employee orientation and first-day experience for new team members.
• Manage general day-to-day operations, benefits, and compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
• Responsible for changes and audits of personnel files including accuracy and maintenance; processing terminations; recommending improvements to employee-related policies
• Responsible for coordination of all background checks, employment verifications, mandated training, benefits enrollment, new hire requests, and entry into ADP system

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of broad-based Human Resources generalist experience across identified functional areas
• Experience with organizational scale-up of a manufacturing plant strongly preferred
• Knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations and best practices in HR
• Must be adaptable and comfortable working in a dynamic, evolving start-up environment
• Excellent organizational skills and written communication
• Outstanding communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills, coupled with high social and emotional intelligence
• Strong emphasis on continuous improvement and using data to inform practice
• Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and to integrate easily into collaborative team work
• Experience administering HRIS required; ADP Workforce Now (PEO) preferred

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