HR Generalist

Summary

Join Escape Velocity as an HR Generalist and partner with the Director of HR & Leadership to provide administrative support to the Operations team. You will play a key role in organizing the HR department, ensuring smooth processes, and building positive employee relationships. Responsibilities include onboarding, HRIS administration, payroll processing, reporting, addressing employee inquiries, and supporting employee initiatives. This role requires collaboration to continually improve the employee experience and involves managing various HR processes and procedures. The ideal candidate will possess strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills, along with attention to detail and problem-solving abilities. Escape Velocity offers a fully remote work environment and values a culture of play and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Phenomenal customer service skills with a passion for helping others
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal to provide reliable and consumable information to the team and across the organization
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to deal effectively with a diversity of individuals and cultures at all levels
• Excellent attention to detail
• Curious mindset and a thirst for learning
• Problem solving skills that often lead to innovative solutions
• Self-motivation to manage priorities and workflow that typically completes projects on or ahead of schedule
• Versatility and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm
• Flexibility with working hours (core hours 9am-6pm), recognizing that we’re a global studio with multiple locations internationally
• Desire and openness to travel as and when required
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills

Responsibilities

• Assist with administration of Human Resources policies, processes and procedures; makes recommendations for improvement and changes to maintain highest levels of employee satisfaction
• Manages onboarding process for new hires, including but not limited to performing background checks, scheduling first day activities, conducting new hire orientation, explaining new hire processes, and arranging periodic check-ins with new hires to ensure their continued success
• Aids with inter-company employee transfers and relocations as well as initiates relocation support
• Ensures all paperwork for new hires, terminations, and employee changes are received, approved, and filed in a timely fashion
• Utilizes company HRIS platforms to process all job changes
• Carries out twice-monthly timecard audit and coordination of payroll processes; ensures timely and accurate management of any discrepancies
• Produces census, PTO, and Ad-Hoc reports
• Assists with employee programs, including but not limited to research, coordination of vendors, and communications about program additions or changes
• Reviews and responds to daily internal/external mail and e-mail
• Demonstrates a high level of professionalism in dealing with confidential and sensitive issues
• Performs other duties as assigned, including special projects

Benefits

• Excellent benefits
• Fully remote