HR Generalist II-BRG20

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey empowers our members to achieve their best health. For over 90 years, we have been New Jersey's health solutions leader driving innovations that improve health care quality, affordability, and member experience. Our members are our neighbors, our friends, and our families. It is this understanding that drives us to better serve and care for the 3.5 million people who place their trust in us. We pride ourselves on our best-in-class employees and strive to maintain an innovative and inclusive environment that allows them to thrive. When our employees bring their best and succeed, the Company succeeds.

• Provides daily consultative services, expertise and operational support to assigned division(s) on a broad spectrum of topics, including, but not limited to: employee relations and investigations, performance management, employee movement, recruitment, developmental needs, and compensation actions
• Promotes the role of Human Resources to division(s) by communicating and supporting HR initiatives/objectives in a timely and effective manner.
• Ensures the effective and efficient communication of divisional needs to appropriate HR leadership and ensures the timely fulfillment of these needs.
• Provides human resource solutions to division(s) based on data and analysis and consistent with existing human resource policy and legal and contractual constraints.
• Participates and works with HR functional experts in developing, planning and implementing key initiatives.
• Communicates to appropriate HR leadership when policy and contractual constraints inhibit issue resolution and recommends changes and improvements to existing policies and procedures.
• Facilitates programs and/or serves as subject matter expert on major HR initiatives and divisional requests.

Education/Experience:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree. Advanced degree preferred.
• Requires a minimum of five (5) years of relevant HR experience.

Additional licensing, certifications, registrations:

• PHR, SPHR preferred

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Federal and State labor, compensation and benefits laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of all HR functions including labor relations, compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, learning and development and related processes.

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Comprehensive information and data gathering and analysis skills.
• Ability to draw solid conclusions from gathered and analyzed information and make sound recommendations timely.
• Excellent problem solving and conflict management skills.
• Excellent listening skills.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with division leadership.
• Ability to use influencing skills to achieve objectives.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

Horizon BCBSNJ employees must live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Delaware

Salary Range:

This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity. This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Horizon at the time of posting. Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. Horizon also provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:

• Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)

• Retirement Plans

• Generous PTO

• Incentive Plans

• Wellness Programs

• Paid Volunteer Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer:
This job summary has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by colleagues within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of colleagues assigned to this job.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability and any other protected class as required by federal, state or local law. Horizon will consider reasonable accommodation requests as part of the recruiting and hiring process.