Senior HR Generalist, People, Place & Culture

The role

The Senior HR Generalist provides day-to-day human resources support with a focus on employee and labor relations. This individual contributor role supports the employee lifecycle, benefits administration, and compliance.

What you will do

• Serve as first point of contact for employee relations concerns.
• Support and lead workplace investigations.
• Administer day-to-day aspects of the collective bargaining agreement.
• Advise managers on performance management and corrective action.
• Coordinate accommodation and leave-related employee relations matters.
• Provide HR operational support for employee records and status changes.
• Partner with Compensation & Benefits to support benefits administration.
• Support leave administration including FMLA, ADA, and disability.
• Conduct routine audits of personnel files and I-9s.
• Generate metrics and dashboards on ER/LR case volume, hiring, and turnover.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 plus years of relevant HR experience or applicable work or life experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience across multiple HR functions as a generalist.
• Direct experience handling employee relations matters and workplace investigations.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment law (e.g., Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, NLRA).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar.
• Comfortable working within an HRIS/ATS.
• Sound judgment and discretion.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Flexible and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• SHRM-CP, PHR, or other HR-related certification.
• Direct experience administering a collective bargaining agreement and supporting labor relations alongside legal counsel.
• Experience in a unionized and/or nonprofit/mission-driven environment.
• Commitment to Vera's mission to end the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty.

Benefits

• Merit pay
• Generous paid time off
• Comprehensive health insurance plan
• Student loan repayment benefits
• Professional development training opportunities
• Up to $2,000 annual for education costs and fees relevant to Vera work
• Employer-funded retirement plan
• Flexible time

Before you apply

• Applicants are asked preliminary questions about logistics, interest and qualifications.
• Selected candidates may be required to provide additional details via a phone screen/form.
• Some searches may explore scenarios during the interview process and/or an assessment.

About the company

Vera works to advance justice, particularly racial justice, in an increasingly multicultural country and globally connected world.