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Location: DoSomething.org is headquartered in New York City with a distributed workforce across the country. Preferably, candidates will be based in the New York City Metro area, but candidates in other locations within the U.S will be considered. Tri-state area employees have the flexibility of a hybrid office environment (2 days in office).
WHO WE ARE
DoSomething.org is a youth-led movement for good. Our social impact campaigns have mobilized millions of DoSomething.org members to clothe half of America’s youth in homeless shelters, clean up 3.7 million cigarette butts from the streets, run the largest youth-led sports equipment drive, and register over 250,000 voters during the 2020 presidential election.
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THE POSITION
Reporting to the VP of People & Culture, the People & Culture Senior Associate will contribute to the mission and vision of DoSomething.org by playing a key role in the day-to-day execution of DoSomething’s People & Culture strategy. This includes supporting candidates and staff through the employee lifecycle, managing a broad range of people operations responsibilities, and supporting initiatives that contribute to a successful employee experience. This role requires a growth-oriented, passionate professional, who is proactive and resourceful, with an affinity for building inclusive team cultures.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
People Operations (40%)
Manage a broad range of people operations responsibilities designed to ensure the People & Culture department’s work is compliant, efficient, and contributes to a positive candidate and employee experience. This includes:
Providing a seamless and professional candidate experience by managing recruitment administrative responsibilities, including candidate scheduling and communication, updating our internal applicant tracking systems and preparing all interview materials.
Supporting current employees by fielding inbound requests regarding people operations including timekeeping, policies, benefits and bringing relevant issues and questions to resolution.
Coordinate annual employee activities, including facilitating open enrollment, identifying and implementing required annual federal, state, and local employee trainings, and end of year processes.
Ensuring compliance of employee data and files through day-to-day maintenance of HR records and HRIS and periodic review and audit.
Employee Lifecycle (40%)
Support candidates and staff through the employee lifecycle, from recruitment to offboarding. This work includes:
Sourcing and engaging talent through various tools, including LinkedIn Recruiter, in order to build qualified and diverse candidate pipelines.
Conducting phone screens for qualified candidates and ensuring notes and next steps are clearly documented and executed.
Coordinate annual internship programs in collaboration with the VP, People & Culture and DoSomething managers.
Managing the day-to-day responsibilities for onboarding and offboarding processes, including communication with new hires, scheduling onboarding sessions, and compiling annual exit data for DoSomething leadership.
Culture & DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) (15%)
Contribute to building a high-performing stable culture of fun, trust, accountability, and transparency where all employees feel welcome, appreciated, and have equal access to opportunity including people from intersectional and marginalized experiences and groups.
Coordinate staff culture initiatives, including seasonal celebrations, birthdays and anniversaries, and appreciation events.
Support the VP, People & Culture in implementing trainings, convenings, and projects that support the ongoing integration of DEIB into organizational practices and culture.
Develop strong relationships with DoSomething employees across the organization and all stakeholder groups to seek input, problem solve and ensure all voices are heard and employee needs are met.
Special Projects (5%)
Partner with the VP of People & Culture and DoSomething leadership on special projects as needed in order to support the needs of the business.
QUALIFICATIONS
What You’ll Bring
2+ years of experience in Talent/HR functions. This experience may range from experience with HRIS systems (e.g. PEOs, BambooHR) and compensation/benefits to recruitment and professional development. Experience supporting DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) initiatives in the workplace preferred.
Experience working independently and within a team environment that required exceptional follow through and follow-up.
Ability to anticipate, prevent, and solve challenges before they become huge issues, navigating complex or constrained situations to find solutions.
Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including experience interfacing with external facing audiences, and handling sensitive and confidential information with a high degree of judgment and discretion.
Proficiency in cloud based collaboration tools such as GSuite, Slack, and project management tools like Trello or AirTable.
Who You Are
You’ve made a commitment to intersectional equity and have an ability to lead across differences and model a commitment to continuous learning and exploration of race, equity, inclusion and cross-cultural competency in the workplace.
You are a team player committed to accepting responsibility for your contribution as a team member and confident in cross-functionally collaboration with diverse groups of stakeholders to deliver results.
You have strong communication skills with the ability to distill and adapt messaging, style, and tone to accommodate a diverse group of stakeholders. You get energy from talking with people.
You understand the need for confidentiality and maintain company and employee privacy with integrity.
You are flexible and adaptable to change and different ways of doing things quickly and positively, don’t shy away from addressing setbacks or ambiguity, are judicious in managing expectations and setting boundaries, and know where to compromise and where to hold firm in delivering results.
You are results and detail oriented, thorough and accurate in organizing priorities; and focused on meeting quality standards and deadlines for critical tasks with a high degree of accuracy and minimal oversight.
You are passionate about what we do and the people who do it. You believe in the collective power of young people and are obsessed with getting young people across the globe to take action on important social issues.
Select Perks & Benefits.
3 weeks vacation, paid winter holiday break (from Christmas to New Years), and ½ Day Summer Fridays (Memorial Day to Labor Day!).
Medical and dental premiums are fully covered by us. You read that right!
An incredibly compelling reason to wake up and make it to work every day.
Compensation: $55-60K
DoSomething.org is an equal-opportunity employer.
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DoSomething.org and DoSomething Strategic (“we”, “us”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains when and why we collect personal information on candidates, and how we keep it secure.
How and why we collect data from you.
We collect and retain data that is included in your job application. This includes your full name, contact information, and any personal information disclosed in your resume, cover letter, and other supplemental application materials.
Data is collected for evaluation criteria when seeking employment at DoSomething
We will only use your data for what was originally intended – for purposes of seeking and gaining employment at DoSomething. Your data will not be “recycled” for marketing emails or to sell to third parties.
How long do we retain this data?
DoSomething will retain candidate profiles for 3 years.
Annually on August 1, candidate profiles from 3+ years prior will be entirely deleted from our system.
Is your data secure?
JazzHR maintains secure job board pages. Job boards will default to HTTPS. Additionally, if we were to terminate our contract with JazzHR our candidate data is deleted from JazzHR’s systems in accordance with JazzHR’s Terms of Service.
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