Human Resource Specialist

Summary: Vail Health is the world’s most advanced mountain healthcare system, consisting of a state-of-the-art facility providing exceptional care. The HR Specialist role is essential in maintaining smooth operations within the HR department, serving as a first point of contact for employees, facilitating onboarding, and managing HR data and compliance initiatives. Responsibilities: - Provides excellent customer service as the first point of contact in the department - Answers general questions about employee benefits, organization policies and programs, hospital resources and documents when applicable - Provides assistance to the department by fulfilling requests and tasks given by department personnel, assists with projects and audits - Enters all necessary data into the Human Resource Information System - Communicates and follows up with managerial staff if needed - Maintains personnel files by filing all necessary documents, and reports all new hire information to the state - Prepares, gathers and assembles required documents for employee onboarding - Assists with updating of position descriptions through the various HR systems - Assists with the processing of tuition reimbursement and education reimbursement programs - Assists with the several employee events, Rewards and Recognition programs and processing of budget allocation for these programs to each department - Provides employment verification information within policy guidelines - Answers general questions about employee benefits and organizational policies, procedures and programs - Researches and responds to inquiries from organizational leaders and external parties pertaining to employment matters - Assists Human Resources centers of excellence by administering programs and completing tasks - Assists with the preparation and execution of employee events and supports departmental rounding needs - Reviews and processes employee data changes within the Human Resource Information (HRIS) System - Facilitates the onboarding of newly hire employees, including but not limited to, launching onboarding processes, collecting employment authorization documentation, validating job required licenses and certifications and tracking of clearance to start - Maintains employee personnel files by retaining all necessary documentation - Completes tasks that support legislative compliance and requirements for accrediting bodies Required Qualifications: - 1 years of relevant experience required - Bachelors degree preferred Required Skills: Human Resource Information System (HRIS), Microsoft 365, Onboarding Processes, Employee Benefits Administration, Compliance Management, Personnel File Management, Tuition Reimbursement Processing, Employment Verification, Position Description Management, Customer Service, Continuous Learning Benefits: Competitive wages, Parental leave (4 weeks paid), Housing programs, Childcare reimbursement, Medical, Dental, Vision, Tuition Assistance, Existing Student Loan Repayment, Specialty Certification Reimbursement, Annual Supplemental Educational Funds, Up to five weeks in your first year of employment and continues to grow each year., 403(b) Retirement plan with immediate matching, Life insurance, Short and long-term disability, Up to $1,000 annual wellbeing reimbursement, Recreation discounts, Pet insurance