Human Resources Generalist
Altoona, PAFull-timeSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Human Resources Generalist provides strategic HR support to clinical and non-clinical departments. The role partners with staff, managers, and leaders on employee relations, investigations, corrective action, retention, engagement, policy, safety, and cultural improvements. It is a full-time, onsite position at the hospital, working daylight hours Monday through Friday. The ideal candidate is a critical thinker who enjoys varied responsibilities and works well in a fast-paced environment.
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Full job description
Our UPMC Bedford Altoona HR team is excited to announce an opportunity as a Human Resources Generalist! This is a full-time position that works daylight hours, Monday through Friday, onsite at the hospital.
In this role, the HR Generalist will independently provide strategic human resources support to a variety of clinical and non-clinical departments. Daily job responsibilities may include supporting staff and managers with employee relations matters, handling employee investigations and corrective action, working on retention and engagement initiatives, preparing HR reports, and much more!
Our ideal candidate is a critical thinker who enjoys taking on a variety of responsibilities and excels in a fast-paced environment. If this sounds like you, apply online today for your chance to join the team!
Responsibilities:
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Participate on local and/or organization wide committees that focus on projects that move the organization forward and towards meeting its strategic goals.
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Effectively communicate expectations with business, operational, and HR partners while promoting a One Team collaborative atmosphere in which all functions of HR work together as one team.
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Provide HR consulting services by partnering with business, operational, and HR leaders of the organization to recommend solutions on employee relations, policy and procedures, engagement and retention, employee safety, and cultural improvements.
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Utilize HR metrics to develop and implement initiatives that positively impact the organization and the employee experience.
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Drive and champion inclusion efforts and cultural improvement initiatives within the customer base
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High School Diploma/GED and two years of experience in human resources operations actively handling employee relations.
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OR Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business or related field required with a preference of one year of human resources operations actively handling employee relations
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OR Masters degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
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OR successful completion of the UPMC Summer Associates Program/Pittsburgh Fellows Program required.
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Human resources education and/or work experience is preferred.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- PHR, SPHR certification, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP certification or UPMC HCI Strategic HR Business Partner Certification preferred.UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
How this job compares
Set against the 449 open Human Resources Generalist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–86K/yr140 salary ranges
- US median$27–30/hr41 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 26 open Human Resources Generalist jobs in Pennsylvania and 449 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Robert Half3 open
- UPMC (this employer)2 open
- Experience
- Human Resources Generalist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 3 years (334 postings).
- Education
- 102 of the 449 open Human Resources Generalist jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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