Sr. HR Generalist

Join Aya Healthcare, named the #1 top workplace in the large company category by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The Sr. Human Resources Generalist will serve as a data-focused strategic partner to leadership, in your assigned internal client group, and drive initiatives that align our people strategy with business goals, while championing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth. This will include supporting their organizational and business initiatives, coaching through challenging employee relations situations, advising on team survey feedback with actionable insights, performance management, and handling sensitive employee matters. This is a unique opportunity to be a core part of our Employee Experience/HR team, working to create an exceptional employee experience through its business partnership.  

The right candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and has experience in a broad range of HR areas including employee relations, leadership advising, general HR, offboarding and performance management.  

This position can be remote with PST working hours. 

WHO WE ARE:  

We’re a $8+ billion, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform.  

At Aya, we’re obsessed with creating exceptional experiences for our clients, clinicians and employees. In fact, we put employee satisfaction above all else. Our team members are responsible for incomparable customer experience and we know that happy employees are critical to maintaining happy clients. We foster an entrepreneurial, high-energy, low-bureaucracy culture and value innovative thinking and creative problem solving. We embrace diversity in thought and backgrounds unified by a commitment to high achievement. When you join Aya, you’ll be surrounded by teammates who care about you as an individual and leaders who will help you grow both personally and professionally.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Effectively builds trust to elevate working relationships with internal departments, including leaders and employees.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing insights and guidance on talent, culture, and team effectiveness
• Analyze HR data to identify insights and trends that lead to recommendations that will influence the business on decisions that will positively impact employees and results. 
• Champion initiatives that enhance employee engagement, well-being, and retention
• Partner with leadership in creative ways that boost employee engagement and leadership effectiveness.
• Partner with leadership to drive, message and implement change management, re-organizations, and other team initiatives.
• Serve as an HR/Talent thought partner to leaders and employees throughout the organization with the ability to connect, coach and counsel at all levels of the organization (C-suite to independent contributor).
• Partner across the HR Department ensuring seamless and integrated alignment with broader organizational objectives and the execution of strategic initiatives.
• Partner with and advise leaders on performance management strategies, which include, but aren’t limited to: performance reviews, 1:1 meetings, motivation tactics, 9 box, succession planning.
• Processes employee separations, including conducting exit interviews to gain insights on team dynamics and share with leadership to influence any changes that should be considered to increase team engagement. 
• Coach employees on issues including application of HR policies and processes
• Manage sensitive and confidential matters, including investigating employee relations matters.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations; reviews practices to maintain compliance. 
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources and employment law. 
• Participates in additional projects as needed, with a high level of professionalism, poise, and discretion.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• 5+ years in Employee Relations, on an HR or People function that required the skill sets above.  
• Must have experience working with applicable state and federal laws and regulations- These include FLSA, ADA, DFEH, EEOC, FMLA and CFRA  
• Fast paced culture experience, managing multiple priorities required. 
• BS/BA degree; PHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, SHRM-CP or other applicable specialized degrees or certifications preferred.  
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact and communicate verbally and in writing effectively with leaders and employees at all levels of the company.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, especially in complex and nuanced situations.  
• Ability to build interpersonal connections easily, have high emotional intelligence and objective empathy.  
• Adaptive critical thinking and judgment, especially in complex or ambiguous situations.  
• The ability to see situations from all perspectives and work through conflicts and complex performance concerns working towards the best possible outcomes for all involved.  
• Learning and growth mindset, including understanding trends and continuously seeking to improve yourself and the experience for employees.  
• Experience in Workday Talent module a plus

WHAT WE OFFER:   

• Free premium medical, dental, life and vision insurance   
• Generous 401(k) match   
• Aya also offers other benefits to those that are eligible and where required by applicable law, including reimbursements and discretionary bonuses   
• Aya provides paid sick leave in accordance with all applicable state, federal, and local laws. Aya’s general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. However, to the extent any provisions of the statement above conflict with any applicable paid sick leave laws, the applicable paid sick leave laws are controlling   
• Celebrations! We hit our goals and reward ourselves
• Company-sponsored virtual events, happy hours and team-building activities are always on the horizon — plus, you get a special treat on your birthday!  
• Unlimited DTO — we believe in time off!   
• Virtual yoga, meditation or boot camp classes offered daily     

COMPENSATION: Aya reasonably anticipates the pay scale for this position to be $50.48 to $57.69 hourly, which equates to $105,000 to $120,000 annually.    

The pay scale for this position may vary if applicant possesses experience outside of what Aya reasonably anticipates for this position. Bonuses are subject to the role and your manager’s discretion.    

Aya is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO), including Disability / Vets, and welcomes all to apply. Please click here for our EEO policy.