Human Resources Business Partner 1 - ORAU

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular (FTR)

LOCATION: Oak Ridge, TN

SALARY RANGE: $22.37 to $31.12 an hour

PURPOSE:

Serves as a liaison between employees and managers of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Student Services contract and the corporate human resources function. Provides general guidance to managers and employees on human resources-related matters, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, goals, and objectives. Performs a wide variety of human resources activities to include other projects as needed in Human Resources.

• Works with Senior Human Resources Business Partners to support employment activities including creating job postings, advertising jobs, reviewing, and routing applications, scheduling interviews, conducting reference checks, and processing applicant information.
• Conducts new employee onboarding, both onsite and virtual.
• Operates in and is responsible for assisting EPA while performing the same activities as the professionals that specializes in these individual Human Resources (HR) functions.
• Partners with EPA to ensure a complete understanding of business needs and objectives and proactively resolves HR issues and provides solutions through organizational effectiveness and employee life cycle.
• Performs other general HR responsibilities as needed. These may include supplemental duties and supporting other HR departments as needed.

Bachelor's degree in business, scientific, technical, education or related field and 0-2 years of job-related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience requiring similar knowledge, skills, abilities, and performing duties as described may be substituted for the minimum requirements.

• Knowledge of HR laws and practices required.
• Knowledge of recruitment and hiring practices required.
• Must have excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Must have excellent computer skills.
• Must have excellent communication, coordination, interpersonal, organizational and teamwork skills.
• Must be detailed oriented, flexible, able to meet deadlines, and able to prioritize multiple and competing tasks.
• Exemplary ability to analyze information and provide recommendations is required.
• Previous HR experience, particularly with employment operations is desired.
• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems is desired.
• Must be able to work onsite in Oak Ridge, TN.

*The candidate’s starting salary will be determined upon hire and ORAU will use salary survey data, internal comparators, and the candidate’s qualifications to determine salary.

TOTAL REWARDS

ORAU has a strategic approach to providing total rewards to employees through a fair, equitable, and competitive total compensation package. The goal of our total rewards system is to integrate compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance, recognition, development, and career opportunities to attract, engage, and retain the talent required to achieve ORAU’s business objectives.  The benefit component of our total rewards program supports business goals by offering the following benefits based on employee eligibility:

Legally required benefits

• Group Health insurance including: Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement plan contribution matching
• Disability insurance
• Group life insurance
• Travel Accident Insurance
• Section 125 reimbursement accounts
• Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings

The ORAU total reward package also promotes work-life balance. Mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, ORAU offers the following additional work-life benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Telework
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks
• Occupational Health and Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program