This role is a hands-on Human Resources Generalist position at Agate Housing and Services in Minneapolis, MN. In the beginning, the focus is recruitment and onboarding, supporting the team as it helps adults and children experiencing homelessness pursue housing stability.

Role Overview

The position supports full-cycle people operations and evolves into broader HR responsibilities over time. Recruitment and onboarding account for approximately 60–70% of the role. In the first three months, the work emphasizes recruitment and onboarding; beginning January, the role expands into a wider HR Generalist scope.

Key Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruitment, including coordinating interviews, partnering with hiring managers, and helping bring talented candidates to Agate.
Coordinate job postings, review applications, conduct candidate screenings, schedule interviews, and prepare hiring documentation.
Support onboarding by preparing offer letters, developing onboarding materials, and facilitating new hire orientation.
Create an onboarding and employee experience that is welcoming and engaging from the first interview onward.
Support staffing needs for new and expanding programs that provide community services.
Improve recruitment and onboarding processes through new ideas and continuous refinement.
Gradually expand into additional HR functions such as performance management, workers' compensation, leave administration, compliance, employee relations, and other HR responsibilities.
Maintain accurate, confidential employee records, personnel files, and HRIS data, including conducting periodic records audits.
Process employee changes, including hires, promotions, transfers, leaves, and separations.
Respond to employee questions and prepare employment verifications and HR correspondence.
Assist with benefit enrollment and benefit questions, and support leave requests and required documentation.
Coordinate employment changes supporting documentation for payroll and benefits systems.
Support employee engagement, retention efforts, and initiatives that foster a positive, inclusive workplace.
Partner with HR leadership to support positive labor-management relationships and administer collective bargaining agreements.
Coordinate workers' compensation documentation, claims follow-up, and communication with employees, supervisors, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators.
Lead safety committee meetings, develop agendas, and support workplace safety initiatives.
Support compliance with federal, state, and local employment requirements, including I-9 documentation.
Prepare reports and records for audits, regulatory agencies, and internal stakeholders; communicate and implement HR policies and procedures.
Take on special projects that strengthen people, programs, and the workplace.

Training and Recruitment Event Support

Develop training curriculum and teach classes in partnership with subject matter experts.
Represent Agate at job fairs and other recruitment events.

Technology

HRIS

Location and Salary

Location: Minneapolis, MN (onsite)
Salary: USD 60,000 to 62,400 per year

Benefits

PTO: 20 days per year for full-time employees, increasing with tenure, plus floating holidays
New employee PTO: 24 hours of PTO at the start of employment, with additional PTO accruing once they reach 24 hours of accrual
Part-time PTO: Prorated PTO
On-call PTO: On-call employees earn sick and safe time
Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, plus additional floating holidays
Holiday pay: Up to 88 hours annually for full-time employees (prorated for part-time employees and employees who start during the year)
Operating schedule: Most agency operations are closed on fixed holidays; 24/7 programs such as emergency shelters remain operational
Shelter work: Shelter employees receive holiday pay but may be required to work
Health insurance: Through Medica, with traditional and high-deductible plans across three networks, including M Health Fairview and HealthPartners (among others)
Dental and life insurance: Agate pays 100% of premiums
Retirement: Agate contributes 1.5% of each employee's salary to their retirement account, even if the employee does not contribute

Human Resources Generalist