
Human Resources (HR) Generalist
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Job overview
The HR Generalist supports employees and leadership across talent acquisition, employee support, benefits administration, and day-to-day HR operations. The role includes maintaining a positive and compliant workplace, managing recruiting and onboarding, addressing employee relations matters, administering benefits, and maintaining HR records. This onsite contract opportunity may lead to a permanent role.
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Description
We are looking for an HR Generalist to join an organization in Media, Pennsylvania. This onsite contract opportunity with potential for a permanent role is ideal for someone who enjoys supporting both employees and leadership across core human resources functions. The role will focus on talent acquisition, employee support, benefits administration, and day-to-day HR operations while helping maintain a positive and compliant workplace environment.
Responsibilities:
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Manage full-cycle recruiting activities, including posting openings, screening candidates, coordinating interviews, and supporting staffing decisions.
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Lead onboarding efforts to ensure new employees are welcomed, prepared, and set up for success from their first day.
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Serve as a resource for employee relations matters by responding to workplace concerns and helping resolve issues professionally and fairly.
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Administer employee benefits programs and assist staff with plan questions, enrollments, and changes throughout the year.
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Coordinate annual open enrollment activities, including employee communication, documentation, and follow-up support.
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Maintain accurate HR records and employee data within the HRIS while ensuring confidentiality and data integrity.
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Support routine human resources administration such as policy guidance, employment documentation, and compliance-related tasks.
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Use Paylocity and Microsoft Office tools to track HR activity, prepare reports, and support daily departmental operations.
Requirements • At least 2 years of experience in a human resources generalist or similar HR support role.
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Hands-on experience with recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, and benefits administration.
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Familiarity with open enrollment processes and employee benefit support responsibilities.
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Working knowledge of HRIS platforms, including experience with systems such as Paylocity.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite for documentation, communication, and reporting.
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Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to handle sensitive matters with professionalism and discretion.
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Ability to work onsite in Media, Pennsylvania and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced office environment. TalentMatch®
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more.
All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.
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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
- UPMC2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Human Resources Generalist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (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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