Human Resources Generalist

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever; White Bear Lake (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever is seeking an experienced HR leader for a hybrid role based at our White Bear Lake HQ. You will support 600 employees across 40 states, shaping scalable, human-centered HR processes and partnering with senior leaders to drive organizational success.

The role emphasizes policy implementation, benefits administration, compliance with multiple state laws, and mentorship of distributed teams. 5+ years of HR experience and ADP proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of HR experience
• Knowledge of compensation plans and structures
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now and ADP Comprehensive Services
• Knowledge of multiple state family leave and sick laws
• Knowledge of COBRA
• Familiar with federal, state, and local employment laws
• Ability to advise senior leaders across distributed teams
• Strong judgment and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Define and optimize scalable, human-centered HR processes across your business units
• Understand external trends in the marketplace and advise on impacts to internal employees
• Provide support for policy implementation and acknowledgement
• Maintain benefit enrollment between ADP and all benefit providers including monthly invoicing
• Support benefits open enrollment processing through ADP
• Address employee questions and concerns
• Manage the organization’s FMLA and leave policies
• Coordinate the affirmative action plan and OSHA tracking annually
• Collaborate to ensure HR updates and policies are communicated to PF & QF team

Skills

HR experience

Strategic HR

ADP workflows

Policy implementation

Leave laws

COBRA knowledge

Affirmative action

Regulatory knowledge

Supervising/mentoring

Interdepartmental collaboration

Confidentiality

Executive advising

Emotional intelligence

State compliance

Job description

Location:

Hybrid - remote/onsite (flexible, 3 days/week at HQ in White Bear Lake, Minnesota)

Application Deadline:

Open until filled

Anticipated Start Date:

September 2026

As part of the nation’s leading upland habitat organization, this position directly supports over 600 employees in 40 states. The role is both strategic and hands-on, ideal for someone energized by building processes in a rapidly growing environment. This position will be key to the success of the team and will have the opportunity to express creativity and grow with the team.

You might be a great fit if

• You want to work for a leading conservation organization and have a passion for the outdoors
• You want to develop a growing organization
• You want to work with a team and organization that cares about you

If you're energized by being a partner, builder, and coach—and want your work to directly impact people, performance, and culture,we’d love to connect.

What You’ll Do:

Strategic HR Support

• Help define and optimize scalable, human-centered HR processes across your business units
• Understand external trends in the marketplace and make recommendations on how those could affect internal employees
• Provide support for policy implementation and acknowledgement

Team Support

• Maintain benefit enrollment between ADP and all benefit providers including monthly invoicing.
• Supports the benefits open enrollment processing through ADP
• Address employee questions and concerns.
• Manage the organization’s FMLA and leave policies
• Coordinates the affirmative action plan and OSHA tracking annually
• Collaborate to ensure HR related information, updates, policies and changes are effectively communicated to the PF & QF team

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience
• Knowledge of compensation plans and structures.
• Able to display confidentiality
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now and ADP Comprehensive Services.
• Knowledge of multiple state family leave and sick laws
• Knowledge of COBRA.
• Knowledge of SOC codes and state and federal affirmative action plans
• Familiar with current federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations
• Applies sound judgment and creative problem-solving skills to complex problems and organizational challenges
• Strong ability and experience supervising, coaching, mentoring, and directing others; demonstrated skills in managing people and tasks.
• Experience advising senior business leaders across distributed teams or regional locations
• Strong judgment, emotional intelligence, and the ability to build trust