Senior HR Advisor

Are you an experienced Human Resources professional who enjoys solving complex workplace challenges, advising leaders, and improving HR practices? Assistance Plus is seeking aSenior Human Resources Advisor to provide advanced HR guidance and support across our organization.

This is a key individual-contributor position for a knowledgeable and trusted HR professional who can independently manage complex employee relations matters, workplace investigations, performance management, policy development, compensation analysis, employment compliance, leadership recruitment, and strategic HR projects. The Senior HR Advisor will work closely with the Director of Human Resources and Marketing, HR Team Leader, supervisors, and senior leadership to promote fair, consistent, compliant, and well-documented employment practices.

This is a full-time position, located in our Benton office.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise supervisors and managers on employee relations, performance management, attendance, workplace conduct, policy application, coaching, and corrective action.
• Plan and conduct fair, timely, and objective workplace investigations.
• Review performance evaluations, written warnings, performance improvement plans, and other employment documentation.
• Provide advanced consultation regarding complex leave, accommodation, workers’ compensation, and return-to-work matters.
• Maintain working knowledge of federal and Maine employment requirements, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, and employee-record requirements.
• Draft and revise HR policies, handbook language, procedures, forms, notices, and employee communications.
• Support salary benchmarking, compensation reviews, pay-range development, internal equity analysis, job description development, and position classification.
• Assist with leadership, professional, specialized, and hard-to-fill recruitment.
• Support succession planning, workforce planning, employee retention, career development, and organizational structure projects.
• Lead assigned HR initiatives from research and planning through implementation and follow-up.
• Develop HR metrics, conduct trend analysis, and recommend improvements to HR practices and processes.
• Coordinate employee engagement, recognition, wellness, retention, and feedback initiatives.
• Provide flexible support to the HR and Marketing teams based on organizational priorities.

Why Join Assistance Plus?

This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across the organization by advising leaders, strengthening HR practices, supporting employees, and contributing to strategic initiatives. The right candidate will bring sound HR judgment, a collaborative approach, and a commitment to fair and consistent employment practices.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. Master's Degree preferred.
• SHRM-CP or PHR certification.
• Five to seven years of progressively responsible Human Resources experience.
• Demonstrated experience independently handling complex employee relations and higher-level HR matters.
• Strong knowledge of employment practices and applicable federal and Maine employment requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong judgment, problem-solving, organization, and time-management abilities.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information professionally.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Benefits:

• Mileage reimbursement
• Flexible schedule
• Paid travel time
• 12 paid holidays per year
• Generous Earned Benefit Time
• Working in a team-oriented environment
• Agency paid life insurance in the amount of your annual salary with a max of $50k
• Agency paid Short-Term Disability
• Medical, dental, and voluntary insurances for full-time staff
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Plan (up to a 4% employer match)

Assistance Plus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.