Human Resources Generalist

Illinois School District U-46; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois School District U-46 is seeking an experienced Human Resources Generalist to build partnerships with district constituents and support HR objectives, including policy compliance, employee relations, staffing, and training needs. The role requires at least five years in HR, strong written and verbal communication, and proficiency with MS Office, HRIS systems, and applicant tracking software.

Some travel to school buildings is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of job-related experience, preferably in a human resource department.
• Familiarity of bargaining unit contracts.
• Highly effective communication skills, written and verbal.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain partnerships with district constituents to align HR objectives with policies and practices.
• Provide high level customer service to employees, supervisors, directors, and cabinet members.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal mandates, employee relations, staffing, and training needs.
• Process hires, background checks, I-9 verification, and maintain personnel files.
• Maintain HRIS data, generate recruitment reports, and assist with hiring procedures and policy improvements.
• Travel to school buildings and other departments as assigned.

Skills

Five+ years HR experience

HR knowledge

MS Office proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

HRIS systems

Applicant tracking systems

Job description

• Position Type:Human Resources/ Generalist
• Date Posted:8/25/2026
• Location:Human Resources
• Date Available:ASAP

Position / Title: Human Resources Generalist

Bargaining Unit: NON-UNION Department/Location: Human Resources

Work Days: 260 Reports To: Director of Human Resources

JD Revision Date: 01/14/2021 Supervises: N/A

Function / Position Summary

BuildandmaintainworkingpartnershipswithSchoolDistrictconstituentstoensurealignmentwith BoardofEducationandOfficeofHumanResources(HR)businessobjectives,inbothpoliciesand practice.ProvidethehighestlevelofservicetothevariousconstituentsthatHRserves:employees,supervisors/mangers,directors,andcabinetmembers.Providewide-rangingcustomerserviceto schools,department,candidatesandunionpartners.Theseserviceswillinclude,butarenotlimited to,maintainingcompliancewithstateandfederalmandates,employeerelations,anticipating,and communicatingstaffingand/ortrainingneedstoproactivelydevelopsolutionsonhumanresource- relatedissues.Act asanemployeechampionandchangeagenttodelivervalue-addedservice andsupportmanagementandemployeestosuccess.Developandrecruitahighquality workforcethathonorsandreflectsthediversityofourcommunity.Willtravelthroughoutthe businessdayasassigned.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with administrators to create and update job descriptions to ensure that the duties and skill sets are clearly defined, aligned, and optimize productivity and accountability.
• Facilitate orientation for all hires, including slide show presentation, documentation review and collection, viewing of tutorials, and to follow up with employee and administrator.
• Provide consistent communication and guidance related to Bargaining Unit Agreements, policies, procedures, and compliance.
• Ensure compliance with all protocols related to hiring, interviewing, employee testing, background checks, seniority reports, and professional development.
• Process all newly hired employees, confirming a cleared background check, orientation, required documentation, I9 E-Verification, tutorials, and personnel file completion.
• Process and enter all aspects of employee information updates (hires, transfers, terminations) in the HRIS system; must maintain accurate data changes and data integrity.
• Ensure compliance with USCIS Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification for all district employee hires.
• Maintain data on recruitment and other reports as required.
• Create and generate reports regarding human resources data for review, analysis, compliance, and goals.
• Assist in the hiring procedures, process, systems, and policy. Identify opportunities and implementation plan to achieve improvement in hiring business objectives including candidate quality, diversity, recruitment cycle timeliness, policy compliance, cost effectiveness and HRIS data integrity.
• Assist with creating and updating of all procedure documentationrelatedtohiring,interviewing, employee testing, background checks, I-9s, seniorityreports,employeefiles,andanyother reporting as assigned.
• Maintain Human Resources intranet web page on a regular basis.
• Maintain and organize all department documents to meet certificationrequirements.
• Assist with audit requests, as needed.
• Recommendand conductjobfairevents.
• Traveltoschoolbuildings,otherdepartmentsandvariouslocations.
• Otherdutiesasassigned.

Education

• Bachelor'sdegreepreferred,orfivetosevenyearsofprogressiveexperienceinHuman Resources.

Experience / Knowledge

• Minimumoffiveyearsofjob-relatedexperience,preferablyinahumanresource department.
• Familiarityofbargainingunitcontracts.
• Highlyeffectivecommunicationskills,writtenandverbal.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Musthaveexcellentinterpersonalskills.
• Strongtechnicalskills-i.e.withMSOffice(Word,Excel,andPowerPoint),applicant trackingsystems,recruitmentinternetresourcesandsearchengines,etc.
• Excellentorganization,followupskills,andtheabilitytomeetmulti-prioritydeadlines.
• Musthaveprovenexperienceinworkinginafastpacedenvironment.

Physical Demands

• Abilitytoworkonacomputeroveramajorportionoftheworkday.
• Abilitytoliftormove25pounds.

Terms of Employment

• This is a 12-month work year position. Salary and benefits as established by the Board of Education.
• The full salary range for this position is $54,752.00 - $82,139.00. It is our typical practice to hire the minimum and midpoint ($68,457.00).