Senior HR Advisor: Strategy, Investigations & Policy

Assistance Plus; Benton (ME); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursement

Flexible schedule

Paid travel time

12 paid holidays per year

Earned Benefit Time

Team-oriented environment

Agency paid life insurance up to your,

Agency paid Short-Term Disability

Medical, dental, and voluntary insures

Job summary

Assistance Plus is seeking a Senior Human Resources Advisor to provide advanced HR guidance and support across our organization. This is a full-time role located in Benton, ME, with a salary range of $68,640.00 - $74,880.00 per year.

The position involves managing complex employee relations, workplace investigations, performance management, policy development, compensation analysis, employment compliance, leadership recruitment, and strategic HR projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise supervisors and managers on employee relations, performance management, attendance, workplace conduct, policy application, coaching, and corrective action.
• Plan and conduct fair, timely, and objective workplace investigations.
• Review performance evaluations, written warnings, performance improvement plans, and other employment documentation.
• Provide advanced consultation regarding complex leave, accommodation, workers’ compensation, and return-to-work matters.
• Maintain working knowledge of federal and Maine employment requirements, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, and employee-record requirements.
• Draft and revise HR policies, handbook language, procedures, forms, notices, and employee communications.
• Support salary benchmarking, compensation reviews, pay-range development, internal equity analysis, job description development, and position classification.
• Assist with leadership, professional, specialized, and hard-to-fill recruitment.
• Support succession planning, workforce planning, employee retention, career development, and organizational structure projects.
• Lead assigned HR initiatives from research and planning through implementation and follow-up.
• Develop HR metrics, conduct trend analysis, and recommend improvements to HR practices and processes.
• Coordinate employee engagement, recognition, wellness, retention, and feedback initiatives.
• Provide flexible support to the HR and Marketing teams based on organizational priorities.

Skills

Employee relations

HR investigations

Policy development

Compensation analysis

Employment compliance

Written and verbal communication

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Assistance Plus is seeking a Senior Human Resources Advisor to provide advanced HR guidance and support across our organization. This is a full-time role located in Benton, ME, with a salary range of $68,640.00 - $74,880.00 per year.

The position involves managing complex employee relations, workplace investigations, performance management, policy development, compensation analysis, employment compliance, leadership recruitment, and strategic HR projects.