Primary Purpose of Position:
The Senior HR Manager supports the organizations Mission, Vision and Values of the Saginaw
Transit Authority Regional Services (STARS) through their high-level leadership in the Human
Resources Department. The Senior Manager of Human Resources serves as the Authority’s
subject matter expert for the Human Resources component, ensuring these functions provided
by the Authority are in compliance with established policies, procedures and any applicable
state and federal laws or regulations. Remote Work: This job is intended to be primarily an
onsite job at STARS main location as interacting with employees at the work site is a very
important part of the position. Opportunities to work remotely will be limited in nature and are
estimated to be 10% or less of total work hours.
Essential Job Functions:
1. Establishes the company wage and salary structure, pay policies, and pay systems within
the Authority.
2. Oversees and manages compensation and benefit plans in accordance with Authority
policies, procedures and applicable state and federal law.
3. Develops STARS employees (including executive level employees) through training,
various forms of communication (including one on one employee meetings, executive
level meetings, safety meetings, etc.).
4. Routinely monitors and maintains accurate records of all required benefits plan
documents such as insurance and pension plan. Provides timely communication to
finance department/executive leadership if issues arise.
5. Reviews and advises on insurance matters for the Authority. Prepares routine reports
throughout the year on insurance including during the annual audit. Seeks out
information on insurance matters from reliable HR sources.
6. Responds to inquiries regarding policies, procedures, and programs.
7. Oversees benefit programs such as life, health, and dental insurance, sick leave, leave of
absence and employee assistance program.
8. Oversees Authority’s Drug and Alcohol Program in accordance with Authority policy,
procedures and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
9. Serves as onsite EEO officer.
10. Acts as backup to Chief Human Resource Officer.
11. Other duties as assigned by the Chief Human Resource Officer.
Position Requirements:
Education: Degree in Human Resources or related field. PHR, SPHR preferred and or
Rev. July 2013, July 2018, March 2022, February 2025
Experience: Four (4) years in positions of progressive responsibility in Human Resources. Union
experience preferred. Transit experience preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics:
Qualified candidates for this position will have a work history, which demonstrates personal
initiative in and ownership of, assigned areas of responsibility. Additionally, qualified candidates
must demonstrate proficiency in the following areas:
Knowledge
1. Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training,
compensation and benefits, labor relations, and personnel information systems.
2. Knowledge of employment laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government
regulations, executive orders, and agency rules.
3. Knowledge of administrative procedures and systems such as managing files and records,
designing forms and other office procedures and terminology.
4. Knowledge of business principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human
resources modeling, leadership technique and coordination of people and resources.
Skills
5. Skill of understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents and
communicating effectively as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
6. Skill of being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
7. Skill of using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative
solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems and monitoring/assessing performance of
other individuals or organizations to make improvements.
8. Skill of giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking the time to understand
the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at
inappropriate times.
Abilities
9. Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions, including
finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events and to apply general rules to
specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
10. Conduct research on HR related areas such as employment laws, federal code of regulations
pertaining to HR topics, etc. Use that research to make informed recommendations to
STARS on policy improvements.
11. Ability to use relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or
processes comply with laws, regulations or standards.
12. Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words
and sentences and communicate that information in speaking so others will understand.
13. Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to specific rule or
set of rules.
