Onboarding Specialist - Kansas

BI Onboarding Specialist 

Covers Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Leavenworth, and KC, Kansas areas

Job Category:  Human Resources

Job Status: Full-time 

 Reports to: Vice President of HR 

About FosterAdopt Connect: FosterAdopt Connect (FAC) works with children, youth, and families as they navigate the complexities of the child welfare system. With the help of innovative tools, a dedicated professional staff, and over 20 years of experience working in the Kansas and Missouri foster care systems, we’re equipped to connect children with families that provide love, healing, and stability for a brighter future and offer programs to ensure their success. 

Job Summary: The Behavioral Interventionist Onboarding Specialist takes the lead in the onboarding processes of Behavioral Interventionist candidates in our Kansas locations, including Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence, Pittsburg, Leavenworth, and KCK. The position assists in new employee orientation and federal and state regulations and compliance. 

Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

Hiring and Human Resources 

• Learn the tenets, processes and approved strategies of onboarding new BI staff at an expert level, following the requirements and policies of the agency, our contracts, and all state and federal regulations. 

• Conducts work assignments with the utmost confidentiality. 

• Completes Forms I-9, verifies I-9 documentation and maintains I-9 files.  

• Conducts new-employee background checks. 

• Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices. 

• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law. 

• Assists with employee file audits to ensure various legal and accreditation compliance standards. 

• Assists with processing of terminations. 

• Assists with recruitment and interview process as needed. 

• Assists the Assistant Program Administrator with various compliance requests and reports. 

• Makes photocopies; mails, scans and emails documents; and performs other clerical functions. 

• Files documents into appropriate employee physical as well as digital files. 


• Some travel as needed in between branches.

• Assists in identifying and updating hiring process and background check requirements by state to ensure ongoing agency compliance. 

• Conducts biweekly orientation of BI staff. 

• Other duties as assigned.  

Qualifications & Preferred Skills 

• Detail-oriented, flexible, and a self-starter. Meet deadlines independently without being micromanaged.   

• People-oriented, highly communicative, and comfortable dealing with the public. Shift communication styles according to intended audience for maximum impact. Can quickly establish rapport and build trust with a wide range of cultures, people, and organizations. 

• Outstanding organizational, planning, scheduling, and time management skills.  

• Demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities, proposing new ways of creating efficiencies, and guiding investment in people and systems.  

• Experience collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team.  

• Solid commitment to the principles of support and advocacy for foster and adoptive families.  

• Model ethical and professional behavior at all times. 

Compensation and Benefits:
 

• Compensation commensurate with experience.
   

• Comprehensive benefits package: 


• Highly-competitive health plan. 


• Health Reimbursement Account with generous employer contribution.
   


• Life insurance and long-term disability provided at no cost to employee. 
   


• Voluntary life and short-term disability options available.
   


• 403(b) retirement plan with up to a 6% employer match.
   


• Flexible Spending Account with medical expense and dependent care options.
   


• Employee Assistance Program. 


• Generous paid time off and holidays.
   

FosterAdopt Connect does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its programs or services. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and members.