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People & Culture Generalist II

AeroVironment
Albuquerque, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Apr 2026
💰 $91,350/yr($64,500/yr$91,350/yr)

About the role

Worker Type

Regular


Job Description

 

Summary
The People & Culture Generalist will provide support in the areas of Human Resource onboarding, offboarding, compliance, positive employee experience, and process improvement projects. The People & Culture Generalist’s primary responsibility is to assist in the implementation of P&C policies, programs, and initiatives to meet the needs of the organization and its employees. The P&C Generalist is responsible for assisting the P&C Business Partner team with a variety of HR duties across all AV locations. In this position, the People & Culture Generalist will use their HR functional expertise to align critical human resources principles with business objectives.
 
Position Responsibilities:

  • People & Culture Support: Provide general P&C support to employees and managers, such as answering P&C related inquiries/tickets, supporting P&C team with addressing employee concerns, and providing guidance on P&C policies and procedures.
  • Assists employees with day-to-day P&C inquiries; works with internal P&C Centers of Excellence to ensure employee questions are answered thoroughly and timely; completes full circle follow up to employee.
  • Provides guidance and interpretation of P&C policies to employees.
  • Supports P&C by maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations; recommends best practices and supports in the review of policies and practices to maintain compliance.
  • Performs administrative P&C processes by completing various business processes in Workday to support the employee life-cycle (e.g., separations, promotions, work location changes, etc); maintains paper and online employee records
  • Manages and/or supports the employee separation exit process, including exit meetings, processing separations in Workday, separation paperwork and proper documentation for both contingent and non-contingent workers
  • Continuously strives to identify, formulate, and execute process improvements and efficiencies 
  • Manages and/or supports the implementation of approved P&C and business strategies
  • Manages and/or supports specific P&C projects as needed
  • Act as an AV employer brand ambassador to both internal and external candidates and stakeholders
  • Other duties as assigned

 
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience):

  • Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
  • 2+ years of related experience working in human resources
  • Knowledge and understanding of a variety of areas within Human Resources including onboarding, offboarding, performance management, compensation, and benefits
  • Possess current understanding of federal, state, and local employment laws
  • Demonstrated excellence in verbal and written communication, with the ability to “think on one's feet” in high pressure situations
  • Highly collaborative style, capable of working across multiple functional areas to represent the People & Culture team
  • Resourceful mindset and strong attention to detail
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects successfully
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Operating Systems, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

 
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies:

  • Prior Human Capital Management system experience (Workday preferred)
  • Experience with multiple large, company-wide program implementations
  • Able to work effectively and efficiently across functions and have a proven track record of working successfully across multiple levels of an organization
  • Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
  • Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
  • Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
  • Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
  • Focuses on teamwork and puts the success of the team above one's own interests

 
Physical Demands:

  • Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)
  • Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

 
Special Requirements:

  • U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.


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