Associate, People Operations

Job Title : Associate, People Operations

Team : People & Operations

Location : In-Person in Newark (NJ), New York (NY)

Employment Type : Full-Time

Start Date : ASAP

About Braven

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.

Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Jobs Report .

About the Role :

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring an Associate, People Operations to support the execution of core People Operations functions, with a primary focus on our non-exempt, part-time, and temporary staff who directly support Braven’s Leadership & Career Accelerator course (the Accelerator). The Associate will play a critical role in ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, maintaining data integrity across our people systems, supporting onboarding and offboarding processes, and responding to routine requests from People Operations.

The Associate will independently manage routine operational tasks and processes, make recommendations to improve efficiency, and escalate exceptions or compliance risks as appropriate. The role regularly collaborates with internal stakeholders and our PEO / HRIS provider (ex. TriNet) while following established policies and guidance.

This role is part of the People & Culture team and reports to the Director, People Operations.

What You’ll Do

People Systems, Data & Operations 40%

• Execute onboarding and offboarding processes for non-exempt and temporary staff (interns, graders, substitute leadership coaches, coaching partners) :
• Onboarding : preboarding communications, preparation of offer letters, background checks,  I-9 verifications in E-Verify, and collaboration with IT on equipment provisioning.
• Offboarding : Process terminations and collaborate with IT on equipment returns.
• Serve as the first point of contact for incoming People Operations requests related to non-exempt and temporary staff, ensuring timely execution in partnership with the Associate Director and according to established service level agreements (SLAs) in our People Operations portal (Jira).
• Maintain staff personnel records and collect all required forms and documentation.
• Maintain and update people systems (TriNet, personnel records) to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Maintain Braven’s organizational chart.
• Conduct data audits, changes, and reporting for our people systems (TriNet) and external Google Sheets, including our quarterly TriNet audit and our monthly pay change audit for our Head of People.
• Support process documentation and incremental efficiency improvements, with guidance from the Director.

Payroll & Timekeeping 35%

General Support and Other Duties 25%

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Preferred Qualifications

Work Demands

Additional Requirements

Application & Interview Process

While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be :

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

The salary for this position, which depends on prior work experience and our assessment of your demonstrated fit for the role, will likely be between $56,900-$71,100. This is a full-time regular, exempt, and benefits eligible position where you will be working at 100% capacity. Braven offers competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process.

Braven also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include :

Location

We gather in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and work remotely 2 days a week (Monday and Friday). Therefore, this role requires teammates to live within commuting distance of New York, NY or Newark, NJ. We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.  We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.