Managing Recruitment and Hiring Process ·          Assists in the interviewing and hiring of Human Resource employee team members with the appropriate skills, as needed. ·          Establishes and maintains contact with external recruitment sources.  ·          Attends job fairs and ensures documentation of outreach efforts in accordance with Human Resource Standard Operating Procedures. ·          Networks with local organizations (e.g., Hotel Association and peers) to source candidates for current or future openings. ·          Oversees/monitors candidate identification and selection process. ·          Provides subject matter expertise to property managers regarding selection procedures. ·          Partners with vendor partners to ensure effective advertisement efforts are being utilized for open positions in appropriate venues to attract a diverse candidate pool. ·          Performs quality control on candidate identification/selection. Administering and Educating Employee Benefits ·          Works with the unemployment services provider to respond to unemployment claims; reviews provider reports for accuracy and corrects errors. ·          Prepares, audits and distributes unemployment claim activity reports to property management. ·          Attends unemployment hearings and ensures property is properly represented. ·          Ensures that department has the available resources on hand to administer employee. Managing Employee Development ·          Supports a departmental orientation program for employees to receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job. ·          Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations. ·          Uses all available on the job training tools for employees; supervise on-going training initiatives and conducts training, when appropriate. ·          Ensures coordination and facilitation of new hire orientation program to generate a positive first impression for employees and emphasize the importance of guest service in company culture. ·          Ensures attendance by all new hires and participation of the leadership team in training programs ·          Collaborates with management team to ensure departmental orientation processes are in place and employees receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job. Maintaining Employee Relations ·          Assists in maintaining effective employee communication channels in the property (e.g., develops daily communications and assists with regularly scheduled property-wide meetings). ·          Reviews progressive discipline documentation for accuracy and consistency, and checks for supportive documentation and is accountable for determining appropriate action. ·          Utilizes an “open door” policy to acknowledge employee problems or concerns in a timely manner ·          Ensures employee issues are referred to the Department Manager for resolution or escalated to the Director of Human Resources/Multi-Property Director of Human Resources. ·          Partners with Loss Prevention to conduct employee accident investigations, as necessary. ·          Communicates performance expectations in accordance with job descriptions for each position. Managing Legal and Compliance Practices ·          Ensures employee files contain required employment paperwork, proper performance management and compensation documentation, are properly maintained and secured for the required length of time. ·          Ensures compliance with procedure for accessing, reviewing, and auditing employee files and ensure compliance with the Privacy Act. ·          Ensures medical records are maintained in a separate, secure and confidential medical file. ·          Facilitates random, reasonable belief and post accident drug testing process (in properties where applicable). ·          Communicates property rules and regulations via the employee handbook. ·          Ensures all safety and security policies (e.g., property removal, lost and found items, blood borne pathogens, accident reporting, and hygiene) are communicated to employees on a regular basis through orientation, property meetings, bulletin boards, etc. ·          Conducts periodic claims reviews with Regional Claims office to ensure claims are closed in a timely manner and reserve levels are appropriate for open claims. ·          Represents Human Resources at the property Safety Committee; helps to identify ways to create awareness of the importance of safety in the workplace and decrease accident frequency and severity. ·          Manages Workers Compensation claims to ensure appropriate employee care and manage costs.  ·          Oversees the selection/non-selection and offers processes to ensure proper procedures are followed (e.g., valid reasons for selection/non-selection and applicants receive status notifications).