Human Resources Manager

About the Position

The South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium (Consortium) is seeking a Human Resources Manager to be based within the Administrative department at the Consortium’s office in Charleston, South Carolina.

A state agency established to manage the Sea Grant College Program for South Carolina, the Consortium optimizes the environmental, social, and economic potential of coastal and marine resources of the state and region through the support and dissemination of high-quality research, extension, education, and communications programming.

Commitment to Diversity

The Consortium is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and seeks to create a culture of belonging where all people are treated with dignity and respect and have equitable access to resources, opportunities, and outcomes. We acknowledge that our activities, programs, services, and everyday interactions are enriched by building a diverse team of staff and partners who engage in open, respectful, and meaningful exchange. We also strive to achieve our agency’s mission by engaging individuals from a broad diversity of backgrounds who bring a range of experiences, values, and expertise to bear on the region’s major environmental and socioeconomic issues.

We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and from those who identify as members of historically underrepresented communities.

Responsibilities

Act as the Human Resources Manager and Employee Benefits Manager for the Agency ensuring accurate compensation and benefits, conducting energetic recruitment, providing training and development opportunities and tracking, managing performance records, leading on employee relations and engagement and working with the agency management team for human resources planning. This position also provides tertiary support for various back-end accounting and finance functions as needed.

Job Duties

• Manages personnel records (position descriptions, etc.) and coordination with State Office of Human Resources
• Conducts on-boarding and termination of Agency personnel
• Coordinates and  tracks  the annual EPMS process and associated Agency Pay Plan initiative
• Updates and maintains Employee Handbook and Policy & Procedures Manual in a document and works with communications to include in an Internet-based document
• Attends state HR trainings/meetings/workshops and disseminate information to Agency staff
• Coordinates in-house employee trainings as required by the State and requested by agency committees
• Analyzes and submits quarterly payroll (salary/wages) expenditures for the Agency
• Provides other primary Human Resources management for the Agency as required
• Communicates and manages the employee benefits and open-enrollment processes for Agency
• Administer the State, Optional, and Deferred Compensation Retirements for the Agency
• Coordinate employee participation and maintain records for the S.C. Retirement System
• Reconcile employee/employer benefits and retirement programs expenses of the Agency
• Coordinate employee participation in state sponsored wellness program(s)
• Attend state BA trainings/meetings/workshops and disseminate information to Agency staff
• Ensure payroll tax information is received and distributed on-time to Agency personnel
• Provide other primary Benefit Administration for the Agency as required
• Assume a leading role on the Agency’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
• Schedule monthly meetings for the Committee and coordinate quarterly staff trainings
• Enhance the Agency’s diversity awareness, inclusion efforts, and equity practices
• Research and investigate new training opportunities for Agency staff (as resources provide)
• Continually update and maintain the Consortium’s Diversity Work Plan
• Ensure the Agency implements DEI strategies throughout its day-to-day activities