The Corporate Human Resources Generalist will play a crucial role in the Salamander Collection Home Office in key areas of recruiting, training, and administration. This role helps attract and develop talent, ensures compliance with HR policies, and supports company culture and service excellence.
Recruitment
- Manage full-cycle recruitment for The Home Office and property-level Executive Committee roles, management positions, and other key vacancies.
- Partner with hiring managers to define staffing needs and create recruitment strategies.
- Source candidates through job boards, databases, professional networks, referrals, and social media.
- Create and publish job postings; maintain employer brand across online platforms.
- Coordinate interviews, monitor hiring progress, and maintain recruitment metrics (e.g., time‑to‑hire).
- Manage candidate activity in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and ensure compliance with employment legislation.
- Conduct reference and background checks, prepare new-hire files, and support onboarding and orientation activities for the Home Office.
Training & Development
- Support Salamander’s values and vision by coordinating training and development initiatives.
- Partner with the Director of Training and property leadership to identify training needs, conduct assessments, and develop program plans.
- Implement corporate training initiatives at the property level.
- Lead on-property training, working closely with hourly Service Professionals and HR to ensure all teams are up to standard.
- Provide direct on-property support during property openings, transitions, or underperforming hotels.
- Support the Director and Senior L&D Manager with on-the-job feedback from travel and training visits.
- Conduct property visits to audit training effectiveness and provide feedback.
- Administers corporate service professional training programs.
HR Administration
- Support HR operations including onboarding, employee relations, benefits administration, and HR compliance.
- Maintain accurate employee records and ensure confidentiality.
- Process I‑9s, new-hire paperwork, employee changes, terminations, and payroll/benefits updates.
- Assist with leave administration (FMLA, disability, workers’ compensation).
- Prepare reports including new-hire trends, EEO data, and turnover analysis.
- Reconcile invoices
- Perform regular audits of HR files, benefits statements, and payroll-related programs.
- Coordinate HR communications such as newsletters, postings, and announcements.
- Support performance review processes and policy updates.
- Provide HR customer service to employees, handling routine inquiries and referring complex matters as appropriate.
- Assist with HR events including open enrollment, wellness fairs, career fairs, and employee recognition programs.
Competencies
- Strong communication and relationship‑building skills.
- Ability to train and engage employees.
- Effective speaker with strong presentation skills.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Demonstrates professionalism, positive energy, and cultural awareness.
- Serves as a brand ambassador and promotes company values.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field preferred.
- HRIS/HCM experience required.
- SHRM‑CP, SHRM‑SCP, PHR, or SPHR preferred.
- Experience with full‑cycle recruitment and ATS systems.
- Familiarity with interviewing techniques, HR practices, and labor laws.
- Experience delivering training programs and facilitating workshops.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Make business decisionsbased on reports and similar facts as well as on experience and personal opinions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, smartphones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
This is a full-time position; This position requires up to 25% travel. Some of the travel is international.
Hybrid position - Must be able and willing to work onsite at the Corporate Office 1-2 days per week in Middleburg, Virginia – approximately 45 minutes from Washington, D.C. Core hours will be 8:30 am-5:30 pm.
“Salamander Collection is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.”
