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About Andela
Andela exists to connect brilliance and opportunity. Since 2014, we have been dedicated to breaking down global barriers and accelerating the future of work for both technologists and organizations around the world.
For technologists, Andela offers competitive long term career opportunities with leading organizations, access to a global community of professionals, and education opportunities with leading technology providers.
For companies, Andela provides access to a global network of fully integrated team members that unlock their business’ innovation and growth potential.
At Andela, we are deeply passionate about creating long-lasting and transformative growth opportunities for all and doing it in an E.P.I.C. [andela.com/careers] way.
We are excited to continue building our remote first team with incredible people like you!
About the role
The People Team at Andela is looking for an experienced leader to craft our overall employee experience strategy, and create an inclusive remote work experience where all Andelans feel connected, valued, and are motivated to do their best work.
This role will be a key player on the People Leadership team and will collaborate with the different People Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to design and delivering a personalized and memorable employee experience that amplifies multiple touchpoints on the Andela employee journey, and boosts Andelans’ retention and satisfaction.
We are looking for someone who can take a unique and innovative approach to designing and delivering strategic programs and initiatives that emphasize our mission and EPIC values, exponentially increase the engagement of our teams, and build an extraordinary people-first culture. If this is your passion, we’d be excited to connect with you!
Responsibilities:
Design and implement an ongoing listening strategy and framework for touchpoints throughout the employee journey leveraging our internal engagement survey platform and other avenues. Translate the quantitative and qualitative data received into meaningful insights, recommendations, and actions with the support of the People and functional leadership teams.
Design, curate and support the delivery and/or enhancement of a growing range of initiatives, programs, platforms and events to surprise and delight Andelans throughout their employee journey while ensuring that employee experience delivered is consistently positive and ‘glocalized’ across demographics and cultures
Key priority areas include onboarding, remote work enablement, performance and talent development, culture and engagement, employee recognition, wellness, inclusive policy updates, and internal employee engagement events (both virtual and in-person) including monthly all-team meetings and global, regional or functional offsites
Partner with People Leadership and People Communications to improve and reinforce the employer brand internally by driving awareness and adoption of various perks, policies, and programs advised by and designed around the strategy
Maintain a real-time feedback loop on the impact and return on investment of our implemented programs and plans on the experience of our employees, and proactively implement change where necessary
Support People Leadership and People Business Partners with amplifying the employee experience around our learning, talent and growth ecosystem and applying data-driven techniques to distill strategic insights about capacity gaps and suggest intervention design in a way that drives the retention, improvement, and inclusion of a diverse and high-potential workforce
Requirements:
Validated experience designing and implementing employee experience strategies or HR initiatives, with proven success in improving employee retention. Prior experience in People Operations, Employee Relations, or generalist HR experience preferred
Passion for and track record of working across teams to build, operationalize, improve, and scale programs and processes. Experience working with global and/or distributed teams preferred
People-first approach with exceptional collaboration, communication and stakeholder management skills. Strong executive presence and proven ability to build relationships and establish rapport with all levels of the organization
Ability to use excellent project management, organizational, decision-making and analytical skills, and influence without authority to translate visions/ideas into real impact at scale
Ability to create alignment between business goals, behaviors, and systems that drive performance and growth, and leverage People metrics to drive decisions, tell stories, and measure impact
Experience navigating and prioritizing multiple projects within an ambiguous or constantly evolving environment
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Benefits
Fully Remote work culture – we hire globally and all of our roles are fully remote!
Bring your own device stipend – buy your own laptop with funds from Andela
Quarterly work from home stipends
Flexible working hours
Equity (as a part of compensation package)
Healthcare, 401k / pension (US only)
Andela Affinity Groups
Growth & development paths
Generous Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Compassionate Leave
And more to come! We’re on a journey to reimagine global benefits at Andela
At Andela, we outcompete through diversity. We know that our strengths lie in the multiplicity of talents, perspectives, backgrounds & orientations resident in our community and we take pride in that. Andela is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. Andela provides equal employment opportunities and workplace to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including but not limited to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy (including breastfeeding), genetic information, HIV/AIDS or any other medical status, family or parental status, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Our policies expressly prohibit any form of harassment and/or discrimination as stated above.
Andela is home for all, come as you are.
