Coforma is looking for a thoughtful, process-driven, strategic People Partner to compliment and help advance the People Operations function and refine our “best-in-class” People organization. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day PeopleOps duties and co-create across the company to strategize and implement systems, processes, and programs to help our people succeed.

The People Partner is responsible for playing an integral role in building and executing processes, policies, and programs to support our People Operations strategy during a dynamic and high-growth phase. You'll leverage your extraordinary attention to detail to support day-to-day operations for the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding. This is a remote-first role reporting to the Senior Director of People.  

$102,000-$128,000 Base Salary + Benefits

This posting will close by October 3, 2022.

The desired start date for this role is October 17, 2022.

Pacific time-zone preferred

What You'll Do

• Help build, support, and protect an inclusive culture across the organization
• Evaluate practices to ensure a culture of inclusion and belonging, and thoughtfully intervene when needed
• Provide a seamless employee experience (EX) to our employees by helping to improve our processes, identify efficiencies, and close gaps across the employee life cycle
• Act as an initial resource for employees' questions around a wide range of topics including benefits, policies, HR systems, and PTO, by fielding questions, managing change requests, and bringing issues and questions to resolution
• Help update and create people-related policies to ensure we remain in compliance with state and federal laws, in partnership with the Senior Director
• Process a variety of employment-related changes within our HRIS system including employee status changes, pay changes, job changes, and leaves of absence
• Support enrollment and change management for employee benefits
• Build and maintain our onboarding presentation(s) and innovate over time
• Conduct new hire orientation, including pre-employment emails and new hire orientation
• Support internal communication efforts in collaboration with Senior Director
• Operate with a mindset of continuous improvement, contributing to the evolution of our processes and procedures in a remote work environment
• Register and maintain State and Local withholdings and unemployment accounts
• Organize and host employee events (i.e. all hands, birthday celebrations, team building, etc.)
• Execute rewards and recognition strategy (celebrating and recognizing our people)
• Research best practices and innovative people policies
• Co-facilitate performance management cycles
• Create and maintain employee personnel files and assist with ensuring data integrity and compliance
• Provide on-call after hour support as needed
• Support special projects and other ad-hoc initiatives across the team as needed
• Continuous learner with flexible mindset who has demonstrated the ability to be nimble and creative thinker within an ever evolving and dynamic organization

Responsibilities

• You have at least 5+ years of experience working in People Operations for a high-growth company
• You have proven experience developing partnerships with business leaders, particularly in helping them lead an organization through significant change, and during a period of realignment and growth
• You can maintain the highest standard of confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism
• You understand the key moments that matter to employees across their work lifecycle and can think through the implications of employee changes and mobility
• You are curious and creative and you are able to effectively find gaps in processes and policies to suggest improvements and recommendations
• You are proactive and comfortable with ambiguity and can effectively work through projects or tasks with little instruction and oversight
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and are comfortable communicating with stakeholders both within and outside your own team
• You have a customer service mentality and can build rapport and trust with teammates, internal stakeholders, managers, and employees
• You thrive on organization and attention to detail
• You have a "can do attitude" and are willing to both teach and learn from team members to ensure knowledge is dispersed across the team for proper coverage
• You're excited to get broad exposure to various People functions and to contribute to the ongoing improvement and evolution of our systems
• You’re comfortable navigating difficult conversations in support of gender and race inclusion, pay equity, and the importance of pronouns

We Don’t Care About

• Whether or not you have a degree of any kind
• Whether your educational major, if you had one, is related to this role
• Whether or not you have GitHub contributions
• Whether or not you have worked at a well-recognized company
• Whether you’re sure that you check every box perfectly

We Do Care About

• Whether you’re sure that you check every box perfectly
• Your passions — professional or otherwise
• Your well-informed opinions about technology, teams, and process
• You

We're Coforma

The stress of job searching can make you wonder if you’re enough. Studies have even shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs when they don’t meet every qualification. We believe that you ARE enough–and that it’s okay not to meet every requirement. We’re building a culture that’s authentic, inclusive, and diverse. If you’re excited to work with us but not sure you check every box, apply anyway! You may be just right for this or another role.

About Us

We use creativity to get results for clients and the communities they serve.

We’ve honed a modern, agile, user-centered approach that elevates human needs through thoughtfully-designed systems and products.

From connecting families in crisis at the US border to improving the way governments consume COVID-19 mobility data through a more accessible and user-friendly tool, we’re dedicated to improving people’s lives through thoughtful technology products and services. Together. Our cross-functional team works closely with each other and with our government, nonprofit, and commercial partners to research, design, and build better products and services.

Coforma employs over 90 talented creators. Our leadership has decades of experience in improving government digital services from a civic service mindset, and a strong record of developing innovative technology solutions for government, enterprise, and nonprofits.

We thoughtfully integrate design into product development. We are experts in leading the design and development of products to meet business goals, build alignment, and deliver value through technically feasible and iterative design activities.

Business objectives and human beings are at the center of our work. We work very closely and collaboratively with our partners, from solicitation through to delivery, to ensure that the solution provides a high level of value to the business. Accessibility is never overlooked in our work, and our iterative approach validates the utility and delight of the final product.

Equal Opportunity & Inclusive Workplace

Coforma is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. As a federal government contractor, all employees of Coforma are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 4, 2022. Background checks and other security clearances may be required for some roles as it relates to the nature of our client work.

Our team and our office aims to be an accessible and hospitable place to work. We welcome applicants, contractors, and employees who are committed to improving our culture and practices.

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