SunCommon believes business should create positive change and help solve the world’s biggest problems. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to solar power in our communities because ensuring a habitable planet is the most important work of our lifetimes.

ABOUT THE BUSINESS

SunCommon is a market leading renewable energy company operating in Vermont and New York’s Hudson Valley and Capital District. SunCommon is a subsidiary of iSun, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISUN), a leading solar energy and clean mobility infrastructure company with 50-years of construction experience in solar, electrical and data services. We use an innovative approach to marketing, via high-touch, personal interactions with home and business owners who want clean electricity and more energy security. We’ve done all the legwork to put together a total package that’s easy for the customer. We picked the best equipment manufacturers, arranged attractive financing that saves our customers real money and hired up the finest installers. There’s over 8,000 happy SunCommon residential and commercial customers so far – and lots more to come. Organized as a Benefit Corporation and certified as a BCorp, we’re committed to the triple bottom line of People, Planet and Profit. Our goal is to become the largest publicly traded, BCorp in the country producing renewable energy.

ABOUT THIS POSITION

This position enjoys a terrific variety of work in HR (what we call Happiness Resources) – including benefits administration, payroll and recruitment support. We’re looking for someone who nails attention to detail, commitment to excellence and delighting our staff with answers to their questions and serving their HR needs. This role works with both Finance and HR teams to deliver wonderful communications with our valued customers and amazing staff. It’s a combination people person and diligent record keeper – because both are necessary to provide the service our beloved employees deserve. This position may carry out responsibilities in all of the following functional areas: benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment/employment, affirmative action and employment law compliance. This position is eligible for a hybrid work environment – at least two days per week in the office with flexibility to work from elsewhere for other portions of the week.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Administers various human resource plans and procedures for all employees; assists in the development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures; prepares and maintains the employee handbook and the policies and procedures manual.
• Performs benefits administration, including monitors employee eligibility for benefits plans. Reviews benefits with employees and processes enrollment, cancellation or changes. Organizes and manages annual open enrollment communications and election processes. Maintains and distributes list of new and canceled employees under each benefit plan. Verifies benefit billing accuracy and processes for payment.
• Administers our payroll (weekly and bi-weekly), enters adjustments on pay rates, employee status changes and the like. Coordinates, collects and verifies hours worked for hourly staff; and personal leave for all.
• Provides recruitment support as needed for all exempt and nonexempt personnel, students and temporary employees; including collaboration on writes and places advertisements; conducts new-employee orientations;
• Maintains human resource information system records and compiles reports from the database.
• Provides educational support to team members for all HR systems (HRIS, benefits, etc.)
• Maintains compliance with federal, state and local employment and benefits laws and regulations.
• Embody and advance SunCommon’s culture through providing excellent support in an open and joyous manner.
• Support SunCommon Values of Embody Excellence, Maintain Humanity, Prioritize Inclusivity, and Cultivate Joy.

 JOB QUALIFICATIONS

5 years Human Resources experience including specific demonstrated experience in the following areas:

• Payroll and Benefits Administration
• Recruitment
• Employee Relations
• Program/Policy Development
• Training Program Development
• Proficiency with HRIS (we use Paylocity – so that’d be cool)
• Strong interpersonal skills with all levels of employees
• Experience managing projects with ownership from inception to completion.
• Experience in data collection, entry and reporting with great attention to detail.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent communication abilities both verbal and written
• Aptitude in problem-solving and creative solutions oriented
• Excellent customer service skills for responding to internal and external customers.
• Willingness to continually embrace personal and professional development
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic business environment and shift gears as needed.
• Thrives in a collaborative, team atmosphere – giving and taking feedback to improve your personal performance as well of that of your team and the entire business.
• Demonstrated commitment to social change.

PAY & BENEFITS

SunCommon provides our employees a competitive salary and strong package of benefits, including:

• For the employee and their family, fully paid medical premiums as well as a significant contribution toward medical deductible expenses,
• For the employee and family – fully paid dental premiums,
• 3 weeks paid personal leave (combined vacation and sick) for year 1; 4 weeks for year 2,
• 10 paid holidays annually,
• 401k company match 1:1 up to 3% of salary that the employee sets aside then 1:2 match for 4 or 5%.
• Student Loan Paydown Program
• Employee Assistance Program

SUNCOMMON VALUES

Achieving our mission is critical work, and how we do that work matters. One way SunCommon creates positive change is internally, by instituting and measuring ourselves against practices that do right by our employees, customers, and communities. The following core values are critical to our operations and our success: Embody Excellence, Maintain Humanity, Prioritize Inclusivity, Cultivate Joy.

We do it by celebrating creativity, cross-function collaboration, high energy, hard work, good play, deep networking and with the acknowledgement that we’ll each make mistakes and learn from them. We know success. We know fun. Come do both with us.

As a certified BCorps, we take seriously our responsibility to succeed and to honor our triple bottom line commitments to People (our employees and their families, our Customers and residents of the communities where we do business), Planet (our beloved environment and the broader globe, given climate change) and Profit (providing capital to grow, revenue to share among our employees, and a reasonable return to our investors). This is important work, and we have fun doing it. Innovation is fun stuff.