Generalist, Human Resources

Company Description

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

About Us:

NBC NEWS AND MSNBC

More Americans watch NBC News and MSNBC than any news organization in the world. NBC News’ award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, as well as Peacock Productions, primetime specials and breaking news reports.  MSNBC is the premier cable destination for breaking and live news coverage, in-depth analysis, and influential voices – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  The rapidly-growing NBC News Digital Group spans all digital properties of NBC News, including NBCNews.com, TODAY.com, MSNBC.com, NBC Left Field, NBC Stay Tuned and the brands’ various mobile and social extensions. In addition to its original reporting and video, NBC News Digital content complements the broadcasts and other platforms of NBC News to provide news 24/7 to its audiences. Along with the SiriusXM TODAY Show and MSNBC radio channels and NBC News Radio on the iHeartMedia 24/7 News Network, we’re delivering NBC News’ award-winning reporting to our audience at all hours, on all devices.

NBC News and MSNBC are part of the NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation.  For more information about NBCUniversal, please visitwww.NBCUniversal.com.

Role Summary

The role of HR Generalist is an exciting opportunity to provide human resources support for clients within the MSNBC business. Reporting into the VP, HR, the HR Generalist would provide full life-cycle HR support for the MSNBC client group within NBC News Group. In addition, this role will be responsible for partnering with the wider News Group HR team on managing cross-portfolio initiatives and special projects along with employee engagement activities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an HR contact, and partner with HRBPs and functional leaders, on all matters regarding the NBC News Digital technology businesses at NBCUniversal throughout the employee life-cycle.
• Support and execute day-to-day HR responsibilities, including: salary/bonus planning, staffing, off-boarding, performance management, reporting/analytics, etc.
• Partner closely with the functional leaders to manage strategic initiatives for NBC News Digital, including: employee engagement, retention, compensation/title analyses, employee relations matters, and organizational structuring, career development & diversity programs
• Provide HR counsel to clients and their teams on employee relations issues, ensuring fair and consistent enforcement of policies and practices
• Mentor and provide guidance to employees related to their career goals, assist with career pathing and employee development
• Advocate and offer guidance to employees concerning work-related issues and work to resolve issues in a proactive and positive manner.
• Interpret and implement HR policies, practices and procedures when questions arise (vacation, parental leave, compensatory days etc.).
• Act as liaison between clients and functional partners, such as payroll and benefits, in order to manage and resolve day to day employee issues
• Act as a partner in the staffing process, working with hiring managers and talent acquisition team to identify objective recruitment strategies, as well as ensure diverse candidate slates and top-quality candidate selection.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of relevant HR experience including supporting an active and fast paced employee population
• 3+ years supporting a variety of HR functions, including, but not limited to, recruitment, performance management, compensation pl