Human Resources Generalist

HR Generalist in Nicholasville, KY provides recruitment, onboarding, employee records management, compliance, and ongoing personnel support for statewide programs. Responsibilities include managing job postings, tracking candidates through pre-hire processes (background checks, drug screens, and required clearances), coordinating remote pre-employment checks, maintaining recruitment records, presenting candidates for hiring approvals, coordinating onboarding and benefits orientation, coordinating IT and administrative access needs, maintaining onboarding follow-ups, conducting QA for background checks, maintaining employee personnel and confidential files, tracking employment authorizations and renewals, supporting evaluations (60-day and annual), assisting with FMLA and workplace injury processes, coordinating exit interviews, supporting audits and regulatory inquiries, and providing program-specific HR support in collaboration with leadership and external partners.