About us.

We're Tovala, a food-tech company completely reinventing home cooking to save consumers time. Through an innovative combination of hardware, software, and food, we give our customers a way to enjoy really good, good-for-you meals without sacrificing time to do whatever matters to them. We've amassed a loyal, rapidly growing following in just three years, radically changing the day-to-day lives of people across the country and successfully creating a new model for the food industry. We're looking for great people to join our team of hard-working, food-loving nerds.

About the job.

We’re looking for an HR Generalist to join our team on a full-time basis at our Carol Stream production facility. In this role you will be the face of the people team for our production staff and manage their day-to-day HR needs. This person will be super organized and comfortable to help with any and all people needs - from conducting phone screens to having the sometimes needed difficult coaching conversations. This role is perfect for you if you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are interested in helping build out HR structure for a growing tech company. 

Note: This position will be on-site at our Carol Stream production facility 5 days a week. 

How you'll spend your time at Tovala:  

• Serve as first point of contact for production employee relations issues 
• Provide coaching to managers on how to deliver corrective actions, resolve conflict and communicate effectively with their teams
• Partner with our HR Administrator to ensure that policies are adhered to consistently and fairly
• Source applications and conduct initial phone screen with candidates
• Oversee all aspects of onboarding & offboarding ensuring a positive employee experience
• Assist with auditing employee timesheets and making updates in our HRIS system
• Help build and implement HR policies, procedures and programs to support our company growth
• Assist with larger strategic HR projects like driving employee engagement and designing production training programs

About you.

• Bachelors required, preferably in HR, Business, or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of HR experience, preferably with an hourly population
• Knowledge of basic city, state & federal labor and employment laws
• You are a very organized person who pays attention to details
• You feel comfortable having corrective action conversations on your own, but know when to ask for support
• You can adapt to change quickly and when faced with multiple priorities, you remain cool as a cucumber 
• You communicate well, both verbally and in writing, and understand the importance of confidentiality
• You're interested in startups and excited to work in a fast-paced environment