About Red White & Blue Thrift
Red White & Blue Thrift is a growing thrift retailer with 35 stores across 15 states, supported by a network of depots, warehouses, and store support teams. Our nearly 3,800 team members work in retail, production, and procurement, giving quality goods a second life and making affordable shopping accessible in every community we serve. Our HR team is small, collaborative, and close to the business, so your work is visible and makes a real difference.
Job Summary
As a Senior HR Operations Specialist, Leave and Compliance, you will own several of our most important HR operations and compliance processes, including leave and accommodation administration, I-9 and work authorization compliance, employment verification, and required employee documentation. This hands-on role is for an experienced HR operations professional who can step in with strong working knowledge, work with a high degree of autonomy, and use sound judgment to keep processes accurate, on time, and consistent across a multi-state organization, while escalating issues to HR leadership when needed.
You are highly organized, exceptionally detail-oriented, and thoughtful about how you prioritize your time, and you follow work through to completion while managing multiple deadlines. You are also naturally curious about how processes work and comfortable finding ways to streamline workflows, improve consistency, and build practical solutions that make recurring HR processes more efficient.
You will regularly work with employees and leaders, so you should communicate in a positive, professional, and persistent way to keep work moving. Because leaves of absence and work authorization matters can be stressful for employees, empathy, patience, and clarity are equally important. You will also support additional projects across Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, compliance, and other areas of HR as business needs arise.
This position is based in our Ventura, California corporate office and requires regular on-site presence to support HR operations, physical mail, and other administrative processes.
Compensation: $80,000 to $95,000 per year, based on experience, skills, certifications, and bilingual English/Spanish proficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Leave & Accommodation Administration
Manage the day-to-day administration and tracking of employee leaves of absence and workplace accommodations in accordance with Company processes and applicable requirements.
Own and actively manage the Leaves inbox, serving as a point of contact for employees and leaders regarding leave and accommodation processes, required documentation, timelines, and next steps.
Track open leaves, accommodation requests, and required documentation, and proactively follow up with employees and leaders on outstanding items.
Maintain accurate leave and accommodation records and ensure employee status, supporting documentation, and related information are appropriately maintained.
Coordinate with HR leadership and other partners on complex, sensitive, or higher-risk leave and accommodation situations, including requests that may require an interactive review or additional operational consideration.
Partner closely with the Workers’ Compensation team to coordinate workers’ compensation-related leaves, return-to-work activity, and transitional or modified work arrangements, including situations where employees may temporarily work in an alternate role or location.
Support the ongoing administration of approved workplace accommodations, including communicating expectations, tracking applicable timeframes, and following up with employees and leaders as needed.
I-9 & Work Authorization
Own the company’s I-9 and work authorization administration process, ensuring required documentation is completed accurately and within applicable timelines
Own and actively manage the I-9 inbox, responding to employee and leader inquiries, resolving issues, and ensuring required follow-up is completed…