Human Resources Generalist

Lake Region Healthcare; Fergus Falls (MN); On-site; USD 79,222,000 - 101,664,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

HSA

401k plans

EAP

Life and disability coverage

Pet insurance

ID theft protection

Legal services

Job summary

Lake Region Healthcare is seeking a Human Resources Generalist to support a wide range of HR functions and help create a positive, responsive experience for employees and leaders. The role offers variety, ownership, and a fast‑paced, person‑centered environment with on‑site work at the Business Services Center.

Responsibilities include onboarding, health compliance, workers’ compensation, HRIS, benefits, leave programs, payroll data, reporting, audits, and special HR projects.

Qualifications

• Onboarding and offboarding, employee records, and HRIS transactions.
• Coordinate employee health compliance, workers’ comp, OSHA, and return‑to‑work processes.
• Support FMLA, Minnesota Paid Leave, disability and other leave programs.
• Assist with benefits, payroll data, reporting, audits and compliance.
• Support communications, engagement initiatives, HR projects and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day HR operations, including onboarding, offboarding, employee records, and HRIS transactions.
• Coordinate employee health compliance, workers’ compensation, OSHA recordkeeping, and return-to-work processes.
• Provide administrative support for FMLA, Minnesota Paid Leave, disability, and other leave programs.
• Assist with benefits, payroll-related HR data, reporting, audits, and compliance requirements.
• Support employee communications, engagement initiatives, HR projects, and process improvements.
• Serve as a trusted resource to employees and leaders with accuracy, confidentiality and service.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organization

Discretion

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR / Business Admin / Healthcare Admin

Associate degree or equivalent experience

Tools

HRIS software

Job description

Join our fun, close-knit Human Resources team and make a difference every day!

The Human Resources Generalist is an important member of the Lake Region Healthcare HR team, supporting a wide variety of human resources functions and helping create a positive, responsive experience for our employees and leaders.

This is a dynamic role for someone who enjoys variety, takes ownership, and thrives in a fast-paced, person-centered environment. From onboarding new employees and supporting leave management, to coordinating employee health requirements, workers’ compensation, HRIS transactions, benefits, compliance, and special projects, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact across the entire employee experience.

As a trusted resource to prospective and current employees, leaders, and the HR team, you'll be someone others can count on for accurate information, timely follow-through, professionalism, and discretion. Successful candidates are collaborative, believe in taking ownership, sharing ideas, solving problems and continuously looking for ways to make things better.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Support day-to-day HR operations, including onboarding, offboarding, employee records, and HRIS transactions.
• Coordinate employee health compliance, workers’ compensation, OSHA recordkeeping, and return-to-work processes.
• Provide administrative support for FMLA, Minnesota Paid Leave, disability, and other leave programs.
• Assist with benefits, payroll-related HR data, reporting, audits, and compliance requirements.
• Support employee communications, engagement initiatives, HR projects, and process improvements.
• Serve as a trusted resource to employees and leaders while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and excellent customer service.

Hours/Shifts

80 hours biweekly, shifts from 8am-4:30pm, Monday – Friday. This position is primarily on-site at our Business Services Center and on occasion may be required to work outside normal office hours or location.

Compensation

Wage Range: $27.64-$35.48/hour. Please note that final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications and internal equity considerations.

Lake Region Healthcare is pleased to offer a comprehensive benefit program designed to meet your unique needs. This includes medical and dental coverage; HSA, FSA and 401k plans; EAP, life and disability coverage; voluntary accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity coverage; pet insurance, ID theft protection and legal services. For new employees, the effective date of coverage for most plans is the first of the month, following a 30-day waiting period.

EEOC

Lake Region Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Join our fun, close-knit Human Resources team and make a difference every day!

The Human Resources Generalist is an important member of the Lake Region Healthcare HR team, supporting a wide variety of human resources functions and helping create a positive, responsive experience for our employees and leaders.

This is a dynamic role for someone who enjoys variety, takes ownership, and thrives in a fast-paced, person-centered environment. From onboarding new employees and supporting leave management, to coordinating employee health requirements, workers’ compensation, HRIS transactions, benefits, compliance, and special projects, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact across the entire employee experience.

As a trusted resource to prospective and current employees, leaders, and the HR team, you'll be someone others can count on for accurate information, timely follow-through, professionalism, and discretion. Successful candidates are collaborative, believe in taking ownership, sharing ideas, solving problems and continuously looking for ways to make things better.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Support day-to-day HR operations, including onboarding, offboarding, employee records, and HRIS transactions.
• Coordinate employee health compliance, workers’ compensation, OSHA recordkeeping, and return-to-work processes.
• Provide administrative support for FMLA, Minnesota Paid Leave, disability, and other leave programs.
• Assist with benefits, payroll-related HR data, reporting, audits, and compliance requirements.
• Support employee communications, engagement initiatives, HR projects, and process improvements.
• Serve as a trusted resource to employees and leaders while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and excellent customer service.

Hours/Shifts

80 hours biweekly, shifts from 8am-4:30pm, Monday – Friday. This position is primarily on-site at our Business Services Center and on occasion may be required to work outside normal office hours or location.

Compensation

Wage Range: $27.64-$35.48/hour. Please note that final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications and internal equity considerations.

Benefit Offerings

Lake Region Healthcare is pleased to offer a comprehensive benefit program designed to meet your unique needs. This includes medical and dental coverage; HSA, FSA and 401k plans; EAP, life and disability coverage; voluntary accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity coverage; pet insurance, ID theft protection and legal services. For new employees, the effective date of coverage for most plans is the first of the month, following a 30-day waiting period.

EEOC

Lake Region Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Two or more years of experience in human resources, healthcare administration, employee health administration, workers’ compensation, leave administration, or a related administrative role preferred.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting preferred.

Skills

• Committed to the mission, vision and values of Lake Region Healthcare.
• Strong work ethic, problem solving skills, and desire to be a member of a collaborative team.
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Candidates must have sufficient skills to operate various software programs.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize, time management, and perform at an independent level with minimal direction under stressful situations.