Human Resources Generalist & Recruitment Specialist

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern NY; South Amsterdam (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Moving expenses

Generous time off

Hybrid/remote schedules

Retirement contributions

Job summary

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (LASNNY) seeks an HR Generalist & Recruitment Specialist to manage the employee lifecycle with emphasis on proactive recruitment and outreach, onboarding, HR operations, training, travel coordination, and engagement. The ideal candidate is organized, confidential, and capable of collaborating across departments to advance LASNNY's mission.

This unionized program offers generous benefits, comprehensive health coverage with premiums largely paid,

Qualifications

• 3–5 years prior HR, recruiting, administrative, and/or travel coordination experience.
• Strong organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Proactive approach to recruitment, outreach, and networking.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail, judgment, and discretion with confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Support employee lifecycle with focus on recruitment and outreach.
• Coordinate onboarding, offboarding, and 90‑day check-ins.
• Maintain accurate employee records across HR, benefits, payroll, and timekeeping systems.
• Arrange trainings, travel logistics, and employee engagement activities.
• Prepare HR documents, reports, and correspondence.
• Assist with payroll time-entry collection and other admin duties.

Skills

HR recruitment

organization

communication

multitasking

proactive networking

Tools

HRIS

LinkedIn

Indeed

Microsoft Planner

Job description

Ready to Make a Difference? The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, a nonprofit civil legal services program, is seeking a HR Generalist. Legal Aid's mission is to fight for fairness, dignity, and justice for those living in poverty and for a society that is inclusive and equitable for all. We transform lives, build communities, and empower people by using the law to address individual and systemic wrongs and inequities. Our service area spans sixteen counties, in upstate New York, encompassing six regional offices.

For more information about our work, our staff, and our clients, visit www.lasnny.org.

We are a unionized program with excellent benefits, offering generous time off, excellent health insurance coverage with premiums primarily paid by LASNNY, health and long-term disability insurance, retirement contributions, tuition reimbursement, qualifying moving expenses, and flexible hybrid -remote and alternative work schedules.

About the Role

We are looking for someone to join our HR Department at LASNNY! The Human Resources Generalist & Recruitment Specialist supports the employee lifecycle with a strong focus on proactive recruitment and outreach, onboarding and offboarding, HR operations, training and travel coordination, and employee engagement.

The successful candidate will be proactive, highly organized, approachable, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities while maintaining confidentiality and providing excellent service to employees and candidates. This is a great job for someone who enjoys cross departmental collaboration while advancing LASNNY's mission and values.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Collaboration

• Engage with other members of the HR team and management team to carry out and build strong alignment around all aspects of the tasks below.
• Take responsibility for delivering results that are built by the Specialist's own work and that of colleagues.

Recruitment & Hiring

• Proactively build diverse candidate pipelines through professional associations, affinity groups, community organizations, schools, social media, and other recruitment networks.
• Represent LASNNY at career fairs, networking events, and on-campus recruitment and outreach activities.
• Develop relationships with colleges, universities, law schools, and community and professional organizations.
• Identify new recruitment sources and post openings across targeted job boards and platforms.
• Screen applications, coordinate interviews, communicate with candidates, and support a positive candidate experience.
• Prepare offer letters and maintain recruitment and hiring records.

Onboarding & HR Operations

• Coordinate new hire onboarding, orientation, offboarding, and 90-day check-ins.
• Maintain accurate employee information and records across HR, benefits, payroll, timekeeping, and other systems.
• Coordinate new hire materials, announcements, systems access, and other onboarding needs.
• Prepare HR correspondence, reports, and employee documentation.
• Assist with payroll time-entry collection and other HR administrative functions.

Training, Travel & Employee Engagement

• Coordinate registrations and logistics for employee trainings, conferences, and professional development.
• Arrange employee travel, including airfare, hotels, transportation, and related communications.
• Assist with staff events, wellness initiatives, employee appreciation activities, meetings, and trainings.
• Coordinate vendors, venues, materials, food, travel, and other event logistics.
• Support employee recognition, referral, benefits, and other HR programs.

General HR Support

• Serve as an approachable and responsive resource for employees, candidates, managers, and leadership.
• Handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Support an inclusive, equitable, and respectful workplace consistent with LASNNY's mission.
• Assist with HR projects, process improvements, and department coverage as needed.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years prior HR, recruiting, administrative, and/or even t/ travel coordination experience.
• Strong organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Proactive approach to recruitment, outreach, and networking.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail, judgment, and discretion with confidential information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort learning HR and recruiting technology.
• Experience with HRIS systems, LinkedIn, Indeed, Microsoft Planner, or similar platforms preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to LASNNY's mission and an inclusive and equitable workplace.

Work Environment & Equal Opportunity

This position operates in a professional law office environment using standard office equipment, software, and videoconferencing platforms. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

LASNNY is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.