Hybrid Associate, People Operations

at Braven

• Job title: Associate, People Operations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $56,900 - $71,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Associate in People Operations focusing on payroll and staff operations at Braven, a nonprofit aiding college students.

Responsibilities

• Execute onboarding and offboarding processes for non-exempt and temporary staff (interns, graders, substitute leadership coaches, coaching partners): on-board preparations, background checks, termination processes.
• Serve as the first point of contact for incoming People Operations requests related to non-exempt and temporary staff.
• Maintain staff personnel records and collect all required forms and documentation.
• Conduct data audits, changes, and reporting for our people systems (TriNet) and external Google Sheets.
• Prepare and execute the full-cycle biweekly payroll preparation process and serve as the primary escalation point for payroll concerns.
• Develop and maintain resources for Braven staff about timekeeping, the payroll process, scheduling, systems, and training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-2 years of People Operations/HR experience
• 1-2 years of experience managing people systems (PEO, HRIS)
• 1-2 years experience running and managing payroll
• Genuine passion and love for People work and deep understanding that it is a vital part of any organization
• Excellent capacity to independently discern what work is most important and take responsibility for actions, tasks, and deadlines
• Proven ability to adapt, effectively manage time, meet deadlines, and manage competing priorities
• Ability and comfortability with building and iterating; capable of crafting innovative solutions while continuously refining and improving existing processes.
• Growth mindset with a focus on continuous learning, embracing mistakes and failures as learning opportunities
• Dedication to maintaining confidentiality and professional integrity
• Proactively communicates with manager and peers to maintain workflows and inform stakeholders
• Strong appetite for professional development, passionate about learning new things, and not afraid to admit when you don’t know something
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience working cross-functionally to build relationships, influence peers, and collaborate
• Ability to effectively give and receive positive and corrective feedback
• Proficiency in G-Suite (especially Sheets), Slack, Jira, People systems
• Experience working with a PEO provider (such as TriNet) preferred, but not required
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.
• Ability to work in-person in Newark or New York
• Ability to travel roughly 4 times per year for team meetings
• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Braven doesn’t offer employment visa sponsorship

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff