People Operations Partner
Global nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs give more effectively through research, philanthropic advising, donor-advised-fund infrastructure, and thematic grantmaking funds.
Funding history
About Founders Pledge
Founders Pledge advises, facilitates, and seeks to maximize the impact of members’ charitable giving. It operates registered nonprofit entities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany; its services include research, advisory support, an in-house donor-advised fund, and thematic funds such as the Climate Fund.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage end-to-end people operations across the US, UK, and Germany. You will oversee payroll, benefits, compliance, employee support, HR systems, people data, onboarding and offboarding, workplace administration, and finance-related people operations tasks.
Requirements
- Hands-on US people operations experience
- Experience administering payroll, benefits, and 401(k) plans
- Knowledge of multi-state US employment compliance
- New York and California employment compliance experience preferred
- Start-up or small-organization experience
- Experience with HR systems, people data, and spreadsheets
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to handle sensitive employee matters with sound judgment
- Ability to work independently and escalate when appropriate
- Experience supporting employees outside the US, especially in the UK, is a plus
- Experience in a mission-driven nonprofit or effective giving organization is a plus
Responsibilities
- Manage US, UK, and German payroll and benefits administration
- Run US multi-state payroll through Justworks
- Lead benefits open enrollment, renewals, year-end filing, and compliance
- Administer the 401(k) plan with Fidelity
- Maintain global employment compliance, handbooks, contracts, and employment paperwork
- Serve as the first point of contact for day-to-day HR questions
- Manage onboarding, offboarding, and US employee relations cases
- Maintain accurate Personio HRIS data and produce organizational health metrics
- Manage the people calendar and global people operations processes
- Support annual audits and manage People team supplier invoices and payments
- Manage New York and San Francisco WeWork office access and collaboration days
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangement outside one weekly office collaboration day
Hiring Process
Apply (submit CV and role-specific questions) → Intro Call with recruiter → Task (practical exercise) → Team Interview with hiring manager and team member; some roles add a conversation → Values Interview with two colleagues.