HR Generalist/Business Partner - new or experienced HR Professional

Are you a new or experienced HR Generalist looking for a fun and challenging career in Human Resources at a great organization?  Are you someone who has great interpersonal communication skills, is detail-oriented, and organized? Are you a strong business thinker who loves to make a difference where you work? Medical Associates is hiring a Human Resources Generalist/Business Partner to join our influential and fun Human Resources team!

This position can be geared for either someone newer in the HR field or for someone seeking an experienced HR position. We are seeking someone who has at least one year of Generalist experience, ideally 3-5 years or more.

Where You Will Be Working:

Medical Associates Clinic and Health Plans is a well-regarded multi-specialty group practice AND a strong, growing health insurance company.  Our 1100 health care and health insurance professionals lead the way in providing quality healthcare and top notch insurance products in Northeast Iowa, Southwest Wisconsin and Northwest Illinois. This position is based out of the HR department at the West campus in Dubuque, Iowa and helps support the entire business.

What You Will Be Doing:

As an HR Generalist/HR Business Partner, you will play an integral role in ensuring that Medical Associates has a supportive environment where talented individuals can bring their authentic selves and enjoy challenging and rewarding work.  You will partner with our leaders to recruit, onboard, retain, reward, engage and support our team members and to help resolve issues that arise that keep us from being the strongest team that we can be.  You will enjoy a variety of HR work including:

• Ensuring Effective Teamwork & Relationships: you will work closely with our CHRO and HR Managers to provide HR support to our leaders and employees. You will develop strong relationships with the leaders you support and will help them work through employee challenges around teamwork, performance management, conflict resolution, retention, motivation, culture, and other HR related matters. You will use your knowledge of federal, state and local employment laws to resolve issues in an effective way and will recommend appropriate HR action when needed.
• Team Member Recruiting: you will work closely with the HR Recruiting Manager and will partner with hiring managers on their recruiting needs. You will use your knowledge and experience in talent sourcing, recruitment, interviewing, pre-employment eligibility verification, and new hire onboarding to help hire excellent talent onto our team. You will ensure fair and legally compliant hiring processes are utilized that result in the strongest, best fit and diverse candidates joining the MA team.
• Interesting HR Projects: we are always striving to make Medical Associates a great place to build a career for everyone who works here. We value having a healthy culture and a place where we can all do our best work to contribute to MA’s success.  Every year we tackle new proactive and interesting HR projects.  As an HR professional, you will have the opportunity to research, design and implement HR solutions and upgrade processes to enable our business to be increasingly successful during ever evolving times.
• Community Outreach/Talent Pipeline Building: we have strong partnerships with area academic institutions because we know how important new talent is for the future of our organization and the health of our community. You will be involved in working with our educational institution partnerships and fostering a good environment for student learners and interns.

What Skills You Bring:

• Excellent communicator (oral and written) with strong customer service skills and the ability to maturely handle challenging conversations.
• Strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills with ability to relate well with others.
• Sound organizational skills with attention to detail and the drive to get things done and done well.
• Flexibility and teamwork skills that enable you to successfully partner with a variety of leaders and proactively tackle challenges with the rest of the HR Team.
• Focus on self-development and willingness to continually learn new things and to grow in your career.

Schedule: Core HR business hours are Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00 with occasional needs to work earlier or later as needs dictate.  This is a salary position with full benefits eligibility.  This position is an onsite position with occasional travel between locations (which are all located within 1 hour of Dubuque, IA). 

Our Excellent Benefits Package is Worth Over $20,000 and Includes:

• Single or Family Health Insurance with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation.
• 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay) + additional annual Profit Sharing
• Flexible Paid Time Off Program (24 days off/year)
• Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Life insurance, Long Term Disability Coverage, Short Term Disability Coverage, Dental Insurance, etc. 

Knowledge & Skills:

Education: Bachelor/4-year degree required, Master's degree in HR or MBA preferred. 

Experience: Minimum of one to three years of HR Generalist or related experience, additional experience preferred. 

Interpersonal Skills:  A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or is usually of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts are important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) is necessary.