Human Resources Office Manager

Local Bounti is a leading controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company. Our mission is to bring our farm to your kitchen and deliver the freshest, locally grown produce in the fewest food miles possible.

By growing local and minimizing the distance between farm and plate, Local Bounti helps eliminate food waste and provides fresh, high-quality produce to areas of the country over 1,000 miles from their current source. Our sustainable greenhouse technology delivers ideal growing conditions for each of our diverse selection of crops, resulting in 90% less water consumption and 95% less land use than conventional agriculture, no need for herbicides or pesticides, and the lowest carbon footprint in the industry. We provide an interactive, educational, and safe work environment and are dedicated to helping our employees grow within the company. Local Bounti is committed to fully integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives in all our business activities.

Our mission is rooted in sustainability and in turn human welfare. Therefore, we are committed to the growth and cultivation of our employee’s well-being, so that our employees feel that they are in a career environment that enables them to thrive personally and professionally. We provide an interactive, educational, and safe work environment and are dedicated to helping our employees grow within the company. We are proud to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to employees working over 30 hours a week.

• Adoption Assistance Program
• Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness coverage
• A culture focused on Work/Life Balance
• MarketPlace Perks at Work
• Training and Development
• Competitive Pay
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
• Indoor Agriculture Environment
• 10 Company Paid Holidays
• Commuter Benefits (includes part-time and seasonal staff)
• Health, Dental, and Visi$on and very competitive contribution rates
• Generous Vacation Time and 5 Sick days each year
• Free Employee Assistance Program services that focus on health physically, emotionally, socially, and financially.
• Caregiver Support
• Immediate access to participate in the 401(k) plan with up to 5% company match
• Basic and Voluntary Life / AD&D
• Voluntary STD/LTD

Local Bounti employees are empowered, valued, and respected. They have a passion for their work and for Local Bounti’s success. This shared passion for achievement is the lifeblood of our company.

Job Summary:

The HR Office Manager will provide functional support of all human resources activities at location, including the administration of policies and procedures for assigned facility. Serve as a strategic partner to local site leadership to drive business performance, and improvement in talent and performance management, retention, and workforce planning.

Duties/Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The duties listed below are representative of the essential functions, qualifications, physical demands, and the work environment encountered in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to work and perform the essential functions in this work environment.

• Assist with ensuring smooth processing of payroll and benefits issues at the site level, including supporting leave administration
• Collaborate with HR to make job offers and manage onboarding
• Support investigations in partnership with senior HR leader and lead follow-up action items
• Update recruitment tracker and Time-to-fill spreadsheets.
• Assists in training, development, and support of employees in order to ensure employees can excel at their role.
• Communicate and support implementation of all corporate HR activities to the assigned site(s)
• Performs administrative support tasks, such as proofreading, transcribing, data entry, updating and maintaining data, receiving and sending correspondence and parcels, office supply inventory, and label-making; uses calculators and computers.
• Greets customers, visitors, drivers and vendors in a courteous manner, determines the nature and purpose of visit, provides accurate information, ensures the sign in log is maintained, and directed to the correct person.
• Keeps HR and site leaders informed of onboarding and any issues.
• Actively identifies gaps, proposes, and implements changes necessary to cover risks with collaboration of the HR Director
• Gather and analyze data related to absenteeism and turnover to advocate data-driven process improvements
• Administer and ensure processes comply with federal, state, and local legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions while maintaining an understanding of collective bargaining agreements, if applicable
• Assist with new hire set up (email, laptop, phone, etc)
• Schedule and conduct new hire orientation
• Any other duties as assigned
• Attends and actively participates in management tasks such as Staff meetings, Safety and Food Safety meetings.
• Under the supervision of HR Management, handles the entire employee life cycle including handling any employee issues, termination of employees and disciplinary procedures.
• Recruits the general labor group for the site.
• Drives the 30/60/90-day reviews and works with the team lead to ensure completion.
• Ensures anyone entering the production area is authorized, hand washed and wearing the proper sanitary garments.
• Acts as a single point of contact for the employees, applicants, and leadership at the site, answering questions, listening to and documenting reported concerns, and providing support while conforming to Labor Laws.
• Follows and enforces safety protocols and if applicable, manufacturer’s instructions when performing tasks.
• Utilize the applicant tracking system (ATS) to track and correspond with candidates
• Supports the HR Director with payroll/paycheck issues and questions.
• Schedule interviews with candidates for Managers
• Provides applications to walk-in candidates and adds paper applications to ATS
• Collaborate with local site leaders to drive business performance, create innovative solutions to problems, and provide a safe and inclusive work environment
• Request temp employees as needed and submit timecards
• Partner with site leaders and the Talent Team to ensure talent acquisition strategies are developed, implemented, and are effective at maintaining full staffing.
• Partner with the leaders and HR to build a great place to work
• Maintain employee personnel files and general office files, protecting confidential information.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn payroll management, human resource information system (HRIS), and similar computer applications.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• HR legal and compliance knowledge
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Strong leadership skills
• Proactive nature
• Embraces and supports the safety culture at the facility.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.
• Embrace and exhibit Local Bounti’s Core Values.
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite

Education and Experience:

• 2 years of general Human Resources and Recruiting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Leadership, or related filed; or relevant human resources training or certification

Physical Demands:

(Physical demands are a general guide and specific positions will vary based on working conditions, locations and facility/department needs)

• Mental Demands: mathematical reasoning, memorization, oral comprehension, spatial orientation, and written comprehension.
• Sitting: remaining in the normal seated position.
• The working environment is subject to pressure for multiple calls, inquiries, and interruptions.
• Vision Near acuity: ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less
• Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words.
• Hearing: perceiving the nature of sound by ear.
• Stooping: bending the body by bending the spine at the waist.
• Lifting: raising or lowering objects weighing no more than 10 pounds, from one level to another.