HR Manager

About the Opportunity

A locally owned New Hampshire healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Human Resources Manager to join its leadership team in Cheshire County. This is a hands-on HR leadership role for someone who enjoys being close to the operation, building relationships with employees and leaders, and managing the full employee lifecycle. You'll serve as a trusted resource to leadership while overseeing recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, compliance, personnel administration, and employee engagement.

The right person for this role can balance employee advocacy with organizational accountability, provide practical guidance to leaders, and build trust while maintaining consistency, confidentiality, and sound HR practices.

Responsibilities Include:

• Serve as an HR resource and advisor to department leaders and employees.

• Manage full-cycle recruiting, including job postings, applicant screening, interviewing, reference checks, and employment offers.

• Coordinate onboarding and orientation to create a strong employee experience from day one.

• Coach leaders through employee relations, performance management, attendance, corrective action, and other workplace concerns.

• Ensure appropriate documentation and consistency in employment decisions.

• Coordinate employee status changes, payroll updates, benefit enrollments, and other personnel transactions.

• Support compliance with employment laws, wage and hour requirements, workers' compensation, OSHA, and other applicable regulations.

• Coordinate employee separations, documentation, and exit interviews.

• Maintain current job descriptions and support the performance-evaluation process.

• Develop recruitment, retention, and employee-engagement strategies.

• Provide ongoing policy, compliance, and leadership education.

• Support regulatory readiness and corrective-action efforts as needed.

• Maintain strict confidentiality of employee and protected healthcare information.

• Partner with organizational leadership to promote a positive, accountable, and engaged workplace culture.

These responsibilities reflect the position's broad ownership of HR operations, including recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, personnel records, employment compliance, performance management, benefits/payroll changes, retention efforts, and supervision of the Scheduler/Receptionist functions.

Requirements

• Minimum of three years of Human Resources management experience, preferably within a healthcare environment.

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

• Working knowledge of employment law, wage and hour requirements, OSHA, workers' compensation, and employee relations.

• Strong employee-relations and conflict-resolution skills.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.

• Professional, tactful, collaborative, and comfortable handling confidential and sensitive matters.

Benefits

We are proud to offer eligible full-time employees benefits options, including:

• Paid Time Off

• Health, dental, vision

• STD/LTD

• Life Insurance

• 401(k) Program

• And other ancillary offerings

If you're an HR professional who enjoys being part of the operation, developing strong leaders, supporting employees, and helping create a workplace where people can succeed, we'd like to hear from you.

We celebrate a diverse team and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.