Human Resources Generalist

Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services of the Diocese of Sacramento, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services of the Diocese of Sacramento, Inc. is seeking a Human Resources Generalist to support payroll, benefits administration, onboarding, performance management, and employee relations at The Pastoral Center, CFCS.

This full-time role reports to the HR Manager and collaborates across departments to ensure policy compliance and accurate recordkeeping. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of HR experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency with MS Office

Qualifications

• Education as stated: Bachelor's or Associate degree in a related field.
• Three to five years of HR experience in payroll, benefits, and recruitment.
• Strong written and verbal communication, confidentiality, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Administers HR tasks including benefits, payroll, and onboarding.
• Supports recruitment, job postings, and candidate communication.
• Maintains HR records and ensures policy compliance.
• Assists with employee relations, training, and performance reviews.
• Ensures data accuracy in HRIS and reporting.

Skills

Payroll processing

Employee relations

Training

Onboarding

Performance management

Policy implementation

Recruitment

Employment law compliance

Education

Bachelor's or Associate degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

HRIS

Job description

Position: Human Resources Generalist

Location: The Pastoral Center, CFCS

Position Status: Full Time

Schedule: Monday – Friday

Category: Non-Exempt

Compensation: $23.00 - $27.00 per hour, D.O.E.

Supervisor: Reports to the Human Resources Manager or other manager as assigned.

Job Summary: The human resource generalist is responsible for performing HR-related duties on a professional level and works closely with senior HR management in supporting Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services (CFCS). This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: benefits administration, payroll, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment/employment, affirmative action and employment law compliance.

Essential Functions:

Department Administrative Functions:

• Compile and record employee time and payroll, May compute employees' time worked, production and commissions. May compute and post wages and deductions or prepare paychecks.
  • Compile payroll data such as garnishments, vacation time, insurance and 403(b) deductions.
  • Review timekeeping data to ensure completeness and
  • Contact various department supervisors regarding incomplete time
  • Process semi-monthly transfer of payroll data to payroll
  • Compile internal management reports from payroll system
• Prepare and maintain employee files for CFCS
• Maintains various HR filing systems for completeness and
• Maintains human resource information system records and compiles reports from the database.
• Maintains company organizational
• Provide support to CFCS employees and managers as

Staffing and Development Functions:

• Post and track Job
• Conducts recruitment effort for all exempt and nonexempt personnel, students, and temporary employees; writes and places advertisements.
  • Coordinates and attends job fairs
• Track all incoming resumes for CFCS
• Coordinate all necessary communication with candidates such as requests for additional material as needed.
• Follow retention guidelines such as maintaining resumes electronically for two
• Coordinate process for third party background
• Facilitates or provides training (including orientation) to the
  • Prepares materials for onboarding and conducts safety
• Assign and track completion of Anti-Sexual Harassment course for all
• Assists with the annual performance evaluation

HR Compliance and Service Functions:

• Administers various human resource plans and procedures for all company
• Participates in administrative staff meetings and attends other meetings and
• Participates in developing goals, objectives, and
• Partners with employees and management to communicate various human resource policies, procedures, laws, standards, and government
• Assists with employee relations issues such as employee
• Assists with employee relations counseling, outplacement counseling and exit
• Participates in exit interviews, analyzes data, and makes recommendations to the HR Manager for continuous improvement.

Benefits Administrative Functions:

• Assists HR Manager Manager with administering benefits and leave of absence
  • Assists with the annual open enrollment process and conducts employee benefit seminars as Ensure that all communications materials remain current and accessible to employees.
  • Assists with benefits orientations and explain benefits self-enrollment system based on employee inquires.
  • Process benefits payroll deductions forms within required time limits to meet payroll.
  • Administer monthly insurance invoice reconciliation with payroll

Performs other related duties as required as may be assigned from time-to-time.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's or Associate degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration or related field.

Experience: Three to five years' human resource experience in the following areas: performance management, administration of payroll, oversight of leave administration, and recruitment.

Skills / Knowledge: Practicing Catholic with excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present material to a large audience; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and computerized software; able to quickly establish rapport; able to work independently; is a self-starter and task oriented; able to maintain strict confidentiality; able to analyze information; possesses professional temperament and appearance; able to work and relate to a variety of personalities and cultures.

This job requires a background check.