Employee Engagement Specialist

Community Bridges; Concord (NH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$1,000 Sign-On Bonus

Job summary

Community Bridges is growing and seeks an Employee Engagement Specialist to connect great people with meaningful opportunities and craft a welcoming experience from day one. The role covers recruiting, onboarding, employee experience, and offboarding, with a strong focus on ensuring candidates feel heard, hires start smoothly, and feedback informs improvements across the organization.

With a $1,000 sign-on bonus and a collaborative HR team, you will shape the employee journey from posting a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Human Resources, Business, or Management preferred.
• 2–3 years in recruiting and onboarding preferred.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities.
• Professionalism, discretion, and respect for confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting – manage full-cycle recruiting from resume review to offer.
• Onboarding – conduct HR orientation and ensure paperwork is completed before start date.
• Offboarding – conduct exit interviews and process termination paperwork.
• Analytics – track hiring, onboarding, and offboarding metrics monthly.
• Administrative – complete New Hire Report and assist with I-9 audits.

Skills

Strong communication

Relationship-building

Organizational skills

Discretion & professionalism

MS Office proficiency

HRIS / ATS familiarity

Education

Bachelor's in Human Resources, Business, or Management

Tools

HRIS / ATS

Relias training platform

MS Office

Job description

COMMUNITY BRIDGES IS GROWING AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAM!

• $1,000 Sign-On Bonus***

Employee Engagement Specialist

Recruiting / Onboarding / Employee Experience

Do you love connecting great people with meaningful opportunities? Are you the person who makes candidates feel welcomed, new hires feel prepared, and employees feel heard? We're looking for an Employee Engagement Specialist who is passionate about people, energized by recruiting, and committed to creating a positive employee experience from day one to the final goodbye.

In this role, you'll help shape the employee journey from the first resume review to the first day of work, and even the exit interview. You'll play a key role in bringing talented people onto our team, making onboarding smooth and welcoming, and gathering feedback that helps us become an even better place to work.

If you're organized, approachable, detail-oriented, and ready to grow your HR career, we'd love to meet you!

What You'll Do

Recruiting – 35%

• Manage full-cycle recruiting through resume review, phone screenings, interview scheduling, sending offers, and maintaining the Applicant Tracking System
• Negotiate job offers and answer candidate questions about compensation and benefits on an as need basis
• Construct and revise job descriptions in collaboration with each manager to attract qualified and diverse candidates
• Attend job fairs and other recruiting opportunities
• Manage relations with the New Hampshire Unemployment Office to increase recruiting efforts through in-person and virtual job fairs
• Source candidates using various channels including job boards, networking events, job/career fairs, and referrals
• Manage employee referral bonus process by communicating with payroll when an employee is eligible for a bonus payout
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations and company policies
• Create transparency by communicating regularly with the candidates, hiring manager, and department head on where new hire candidates are in the process
• Research, recommend, and implement new hiring practices and sourcing strategies to keep recruitment competitive and efficient
• Add all new hires to the HRIS system, including: employee information, payroll, orientation enrollment, and time card access
• Add all new hires to New Hire Forms to gather new paperwork prior to the first day

Onboarding – 35%

• Host HR Orientation on a bi-weekly basis, ensuring that all paperwork is completed prior to day 1 and that I9s are completed on the first day of hire
• Run various background checks per the state's regulations including OIG, BEAS, DCYF, Driver's Check, and State of New Hampshire check
• Create new hires personnel and medical files, tracking all required paperwork as it is completed prior to their start date
• Send emails to all new hires on accessing time cards and Relias training platform prior to their start date
• Enter all new PDMS staff into HRIS system and lead the paperwork process for new PDMS hires, including but not limited to references and background checks
• Track TB test results in Convenient MD portal to ensure all new hires and PDMS staff meet testing requirements per employment regulations
• Scan all new hire I9s, IDs, and background checks to our virtual HR Drive
• Conduct monthly new hire feedback survey to collect insights on new hire feedback
• Support with new Early Support Services (ESS) contractors on an as need basis
• Update HR Orientation materials on an as need basis
• Complete waivers for new PDMS hires on an as need basis

Offboarding – 20%

• Conduct employee exit interviews and track feedback in collaboration with the department head
• Process all termination paperwork, sending out notification of each termination and next steps to our internal termination group
• Pull each terminated employee's I9

Analytics – 5%

• Complete hiring, onboarding, and offboarding metrics on a monthly basis

Administrative – 5%

• Complete New Hire Report and submit to the State of New Hampshire on a monthly basis
• Complete I9 audit with the Training & Compliance Specialist bi-annually, ensuring all employees are in compliance with USCIS standards
• Act as back-up to the HR Manager & Payroll Specialist in providing Employment Verifications upon request

What Experience You'll Bring

Education: Bachelors in Human Resources, Business, or Management degree strongly preferred.
Experience: Previous experience working in HR required; 2-3 years in recruiting and onboarding strongly preferred.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to connect with candidates, employees, and hiring managers.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and details.
• A high level of professionalism, discretion, and respect for confidential employee information.
• Confidence using HR systems, applicant tracking systems, and Microsoft Office or similar tools.
• A proactive, problem-solving approach and an interest in finding better ways to attract, welcome, and support employees.
• A commitment to fair, consistent, and compliant HR practices.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your recruiting skills, your people-first mindset, and your ideas for making work better.