Employment Specialist I

Human Resources Recruiter

Come be a part of something greater! Great Southern Bank is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute and succeed at every level. We celebrate and value differences in age, outlook, cultural background, lifestyle, and physical ability. We offer career opportunities and advancement across a wide range of disciplines. Come join our team of customer service experts today!

Responsible for the recruitment, screening, and placement of personnel.

Basic Outlook, Excel, Word, phone and email writing skills are necessary for this position. This position is a great introduction to Human Resources!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Responsible for filling positions by posting open positions, coordinating external advertising, soliciting applicants through other approved sources, and attending job fairs. This duty is performed daily, about 15% of the time.
2. Administers all open positions by preparing and distributing all posting materials for the Great Southern website, ensuring timely notice of all newly developed openings, monitors and tracks applicants within the guidelines of the Affirmative Action Program, monitors all internal transfer requests, and monitors and encourages employee referrals. This duty is performed daily, about 20% of the time.
3. Responsible for prescreening applications to determine if the candidate is qualified for this position in which they have applied. Works with all managers and department heads, evaluating their position needs, seeking qualified candidates, scheduling interviews, and making job offers. This duty is performed daily, about 30% of the time.
4. Assists with the new hire process including preparation and follow-up of all applicable paperwork, administering drug screening, scheduling start dates, and inputting data in the HRIS database. This duty is performed daily, about 15% of the time.
5. Provides customer service by assisting current employees, prospective employees, and former employees with information regarding, payroll, benefits, and company policies and procedures, providing following up as needed. This duty is performed daily, about 5% of the time.
6. Assists with maintenance of all personnel records in accordance with current policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. This duty is performed daily, about 5% of the time.
7. Welcome applicants, answering telephones, filing, recording keeping, and other support functions. This duty is performed daily, about 10% of the time.
8. Maintains regular and reliable attendance, punctuality and personal appearance. Reads, writes, and communicates in a clear and efficient manner via various types of correspondence, such as, in person, phone, email, letters, etc. Adheres to all company policies and procedures, as well as all applicable banking rules, regulations, and laws (including BSA/AML).
9. Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Prior experience is preferred but not required
• Regular use of desktop/laptop computer, basic operating systems, and specialized software systems.
• Basic experience with alphanumeric data entry, PowerPoint, Excel, and word processing
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide

Physical Requirements

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

• Semi-repetitive and low physical activities.
• Semi-repetitive type work which requires periods of concentration for varied time cycles as prescribed by the tasks.
• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear; regularly required to sit, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms; and occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

At Great Southern Bank, we are willing to accommodate for those with reasonable requests. If you need assistance at any point during the application process (completing applications, interview prep, etc), please contact Human Resources.

Great Southern Bank is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, treating all candidates and employees equitably without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by law.