HR Generalist

Are you a passionate and driven HR professional looking to make a meaningful impact? The City of West Allis is seeking an experienced Human Resources Generalist to play a key role in supporting our workforce and strengthening HR operations. If you're passionate about recruitment, employee relations, and team development-and value a sense of purpose in your work-this opportunity is for you! Enjoy a desirable work/life balance, supportive and collaborative team, as well as, a competitive benefits package including contributory medical and fully paid dental benefits, a contributory dual pension program, and generous time off. West Allis residents earn an additional 5% on top of the pay range. Learn more and apply today!

• Leads recruitment and selection, promotion and transfer efforts for city departments.
• Adheres to local, State and federal employment and discrimination laws, and City policy; evaluates recruitment strategies and sources; designs and implements effective and efficient approaches for sourcing, recruitment, candidate evaluation, selection and retention, utilizing available technology.
• Collaborates with HR team to develop and maintain new employee orientation materials, provides onboarding for new hires including scheduled check-ins, performs new employee orientations; assists employees in making informed benefit choices and in enrolling in benefit programs; tracks and files digital forms and required acknowledgments.
• Supports annual benefit enrollment and communication.
• Processing Personnel Action Forms (PAF) by entering changes in HRIS or other systems, sharing with Payroll and filing.
• Collaborates with HR staff to formulate and establish departmental goals, workplace priorities and allocation of resources.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Human Resource Administration, or related field with educational emphasis on talent acquisition/retention, psychology or employment law.
• 2-3 years of experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, or HR operations.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite programs, HRIS and other related HR software (applicant tracking, performance management, onboarding, benefit administration) knowledge of NeoGov (Insight, Onboard and Perform) software desirable.