HR Generalist / Payroll & Benefits Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About the Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF) :

MHASF is a mental health peer-run nonprofit located in downtown San Francisco serving people and agencies across the Bay Area since 1947. As mental health consumers ourselves, we center the lived expertise of people with mental health challenges in our advocacy, education, and support programs, and believe that dignity and recovery in mental health are something everyone can experience. Our staff is dedicated to creating spaces for learning and healing around stigmatized and under-resourced areas in mental health—hoarding and cluttering behavior, peer employment support, wellness & nutrition, community-based crisis response, service navigation, and more. MHASF strongly-encourages people with lived experience of mental health challenges to apply and grow with us!

Department : Human Resources

Job Status : Full-Time (40 hours / week), Exempt

Hours & Location :

• General business hours are 9 : 00am – 5 : 00pm, Monday – Friday
• Hybrid schedule : Minimum 2 days in office but can change depending on payroll needs
• Occasional extended hours during peak periods (e.g., year-end, open enrollment)

Salary : $75,000 - $85,000 per year

Benefits :

Reports To : Employee Relations Manager

Overview of Position :

The HR Generalist / Payroll & Benefits Manager is responsible for general HR support, including but not limited to overseeing and managing the organization's payroll and employee benefits programs, answering questions, and generally supporting the HR function. This role ensures accurate and timely payroll processing, compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, the effective administration of benefits programs including health insurance, retirement plans, and leave policies. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, and experienced in both payroll systems and benefits administration, as well as HR generalist experience.

Key Responsibilities :

Payroll Management

Benefits Administration

Compliance & Reporting

Team Collaboration & Support

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the above list of responsibilities is intended to provide a general overview of duties to be assigned and in no way is a comprehensive list of position duties and responsibilities.

Qualifications :

Physical Requirements

The position requires long periods of work at a desk, which may involve sitting or standing and the use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and desk phone. The office building and between floors of the building, and to travel short distances (under 1 mile) is required. Other physical tasks may involve reaching, pulling, pushing, bending, climbing a stepladder, use of a dolly to move items weighing up to 50 lbs., and lifting and carrying up to 20 lbs.

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement

Mental health challenges can affect anyone at any time, regardless of identity or background, and consequently the communities we serve are highly diverse. As a peer-run organization, we also recognize the importance of lived experience as an irreplaceable form of expertise and as a basis for building trust and providing effective services. We welcome and strongly encourage people from historically marginalized and economically disadvantaged groups, including people who identify as disabled or neurodivergent, to apply to work with us.

MHASF is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants for employment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other factor not related to ability to successfully fulfill the requirements of the position.