Anthesis is the world’s leading purpose driven, digitally enabled, science-based activator.
People & Development Generalist – North America
Location
Canada
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
$60K - $65K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
People & Development Generalist – North America
Anthesis Group
• Provide administrative support for People & Development programs across North America, including benefits administration, leave tracking, onboarding, offboarding, employee engagement initiatives, and employee lifecycle activities. • Administer employee leaves of absence and workplace accommodations, including tracking leave status, coordinating required documentation, partnering with internal stakeholders, and supporting compliance with applicable federal, state, provincial, and company requirements. • Serve as a primary point of contact for employee benefits inquiries, providing guidance and support while partnering with vendors and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and ensure a positive employee experience. • Respond to routine employee and manager inquiries and escalate complex matters to the appropriate People & Development team member. • Provide administrative and operational support to the NALA People & Development Lead, including coordinating onboarding sessions, meetings, training programs, employee-related events, and ensuring timely follow-up on inquiries and action items. • Coordinate and support onboarding and offboarding processes to deliver a seamless and engaging employee experience throughout the employee lifecycle. • Maintain the accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and organization of employee data, files, records, and documentation across all North America People & Development systems and platforms, ensuring information remains accurate, compliant, and up to date. • Process employee changes and updates, including compensation adjustments, job changes, reporting line updates, leave administration, employment documentation, and HRIS transactions. • Support compliance-related activities, including policy acknowledgements, training completion tracking, audits, recordkeeping, and employment documentation reviews to ensure alignment with applicable employment legislation and company policies. • Assist with employee relations documentation and maintain accurate records while supporting the NALA People & Development Lead with administrative follow-up activities. • Prepare and maintain reports, dashboards, and people-related metrics to support compliance requirements, operational needs, workforce planning activities, and People & Development initiatives. • Prepare reports and maintain People & Development data to support reporting and workforce analytics. • Support the review, development, and ongoing enhancement of People & Development processes, policies, workflows, and documentation to drive operational efficiency, consistency, and compliance. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Payroll, Finance, Talent Acquisition, IT, and business leaders to support People operations and organizational initiatives. • Contribute to special projects and broader People & Development initiatives as required. • Exercise the highest level of professionalism, confidentiality, discretion, and sound judgment at all times.
Job Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in Human Resources, People & Development, or a related field.
- Foundational knowledge of U.S. Human Resources principles, employment practices, and federal, state, and local employment regulations.
- Preferred knowledge of Canadian Human Resources principles and applicable federal and provincial employment legislation.
- Demonstrated experience administering employee leaves of absence, accommodations, and related employee support processes.
- Hands-on experience coordinating and managing onboarding and offboarding activities.
- Working knowledge of Human Resources processes, including employee lifecycle administration, HRIS management, employee records, benefits administration, and compliance support.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to research routine HR-related questions and escalate complex matters as needed.
- Comfortable working in an administrative and operationally focused environment with a high volume of requests, transactions, and competing priorities.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to communicate professionally and effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with exceptional time management, prioritization, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while working collaboratively with guidance from senior People & Development team members.
- Strong sense of professionalism, integrity, confidentiality, and discretion when handling sensitive employee and company information.
- Experience working with HRIS platforms and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to work Eastern or Central time zone hours
Benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive group health, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your dependents
- FSA (Flexible Spending Account) benefit (US only)
- Anthesis provides 100% Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance benefit.
- In addition, Anthesis covers 100% of Short & Long‐Term Disability Insurance benefits.
- Anthesis provides a 3% contribution into retirement plans, and you may elect to contribute more each pay period with a pre‐tax deduction up to a certain cap.
- Anthesis provides Employee Assistance Program and Travel Insurance
- Annual allotment of PTO, in addition to 56 hours of sick leave, paid company paid holidays, and more.
- An opportunity to participate in the Anthesis Employee Participation Plan (EPP), an industry-pioneering employee incentive plan that allows all employees to be rewarded for the growth in the equity value of Anthesis.
- Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company.
- Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team.
- Work collaboratively on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients.
- Opportunity to work alongside of, collaborate with and learn from sustainability Subject Matter Experts (SME) who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have.
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