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At Western State Bank, “what” you know is important, but not as important as how you relate to teammates and customers. Our environment is based on the principles of respect, curiosity, creativity, individual empowerment, and the ability to listen effectively and communicate openly. We also believe in continual learning, bias toward action, keeping commitments, and doing our absolute best every day. We believe that our ability to deliver on our promise of being Your Hometown Bank is a result of these high standards.

The Human Resource Partner (“HRP”) plays a critical role in aligning Western's people practices with organizational goals and values. Serving as a trusted partner to leadership, the HRP provides both strategic insight and day-to-day administrative support in key areas such as talent management, recruitment, benefits education, leave administration, and team member relations. Specifically, the HRP supports team members in interpreting and applying policies and procedures, addressing general team member concerns and providing support and guidance to team members. The HRP will also be responsible for maintaining records and files of team member actions ensuring that the Western's human resource practices conform to all applicable regulatory requirements. While compliance is fundamental, this role goes beyond —it is about building a positive, consistent team member experience across the organization. The HRP helps leaders navigate HR policies and practices, addresses concerns with fairness and care, and ensures managers are equipped to build strong, high-performing teams. By maintaining accurate records, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coaching leaders, the HRP safeguards the bank's people systems while helping create an environment where employees are engaged, innovative, and empowered to succeed. As part of Western's high-performance HR team, the HRP directly influences the culture and future of the bank, fostering collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement consistent with our vision and values.

The HR Partner performs the following functions consistent with the organization's human capital strategy:

Policies and Programs

• Administers a wide variety of policies and programs regarding team members (e.g. advertising positions, processing applications, recruitment, separation, verifying employment, orientation, etc.) for the purpose of conforming to agency policies, procedures and relevant laws and regulations. Research, analyze and interpret state and federal HR employment laws, rules, regulations, practices, policies and procedures. Provide input for revision and update of agency policies and procedures.

Communication

• Communicates with other team members, managers, applicants and the public for the purpose of providing information and assistance concerning employment, procedures, team member records and related legal requirements.

Employee Experience

• Leads the recruitment and onboarding experience to ensure a positive experience for all candidates and new team members. Partners with area management to assess training needs to ensure team member is confident in their position and continues to develop their skills at Western. Provides area leaders tools to lead their team to enhance trust, communication, efficiency and ensure a positive culture throughout all areas of Western.
• Assists team members in understanding the organization's benefits offerings. Assists members with leave requests and ensures leaders are kept up to date on leave schedules.

Correspondence, Documentation and Records Retention

• Prepares correspondence, reports, forms and spreadsheets for various projects and requests. Ensures accurate and complete documentation is kept regarding team member's employment and team member actions. Assembles, maintains and purges HR records and data for current and former employees as required by state and federal guidelines.

Recruitment Support

• Manages the recruitment process for positions within their assigned areas. This includes management of our applicant tracking system, communication with hiring managers, initial screening of applicants, interview coordination, background check assistance, offer correspondence, and onboarding. Works closely with Human Resources Manager and hiring managers to ensure effective and efficient related processes and communications are in place. Ensures compliance with regulations and practices in relation to recruitment efforts.

Project Support

• Provide support, as needed, on HR projects and initiatives such as annual enrollment, learning and organizational development initiatives, administrative support, and miscellaneous HR related assignments.

Experience and Education: Requires a bachelor's degree with a major in human resource management, business administration, management, or closely related field, and two years of HR work experience. Previous HRIS experience with strong analytical capability is a plus.

This is a full-time in-office position with benefits and will be located in West Fargo, ND.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to provide sponsorship for visa status. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Western State Bank is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer. Member FDIC.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Human Resources

Industries

• Banking

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