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Manager, Human Resources & Administration

Employer
QuestBridge
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Salary
Salary DOE + Full benefits & 401k
Closing date
Apr 24, 2019

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Focus Areas
Education
Job Function
Human Resources / Recruiting
Position Type
Full Time
Degree Level
Bachelors
Willingness to Travel
up to 25%
Experience Level
Management

Job Details

We are looking for a Manager, Human Resources & Administration with a passion for supporting individual and organizational growth and success in a mission-driven organization.  

This full-time position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a nonprofit organization which connects outstanding low-income students with educational opportunities that can change their lives, as well as the demographics of our nation’s leading educational institutions.

Reporting to the CEO, the Manager, Human Resources & Administration position requires a balance of tactical and strategic abilities and skills in both HR and office administration. Our ideal candidate will be skilled in managing talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, performance management, recognition, training, employee relations, legal compliance, as well as overall office management.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee talent acquisition process – recruitment through onboarding.
  • Maintain competitive compensation plan, including external benchmarking and internal structure.
  • Review and administer full-range of benefit plans to support staff and ensure best practices. 
  • Work closely with management in performance management, professional development, training activities, and employee relations to maintain a healthy productive work environment. 
  • Work with Recognition Committee to identify meaningful and fun activities to engage and celebrate staff and support employee retention. 
  • Administer HR policies and procedures including researching and writing HR policy updates that reflect current regulatory and organizational guidance and communicating changes with staff.
  • Manage workers’ compensation and safety programs.
  • Maintain accurate employee records and ensure timely reporting as required either internally or externally.
  • Oversee G&A and Office annual budgets including spending and expenditure approvals.
  • Oversee QuestBridge business insurance for all locations.
  • Ensure efficient office operations including overseeing office maintenance, equipment, supplies, inventory, and emergency procedures.
  • Preserve organization and program historical documents.
  • Participate in QuestBridge team initiatives such as: annual conferences, application reading, innovation groups, etc.
  • Perform other administrative and miscellaneous tasks as needed.

Qualifications

  • BS/BA degree in HR or related field. 
  • Minimum of 3 years of HR operational experience, including staffing, compensation/benefits, payroll, employee relations.
  • Demonstrated high degree of confidentiality, professionalism, and emotional maturity.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented.
  • Experience working in nonprofit is preferred, but not required.
  • Sensitivity to working with others from diverse backgrounds and a strong track record of handling sensitive personal information/situations.
  • Strong computer skills:  MS Office Suite and Google apps.

Qualities

  • Deep-seated personal integrity.
  • Warm, positive personality.
  • Strong belief in the goals and mission of QuestBridge.
  • Self-starter, with ability to self-manage and take ownership of work. Keen sense of accountability.
  • Quick study, independently resourceful.
  • Aptitude in problem solving.
  • Desire to grow and develop professionally, and to support others in their own development.

Compensation 

Competitive compensation commensurate with experience and skills for the position.  Well-rounded benefits package included with full-time employment.

Hours & Location of Work 

This is a full-time position at the QuestBridge headquarters located in Palo Alto, CA.

Company

QuestBridge is a powerful platform that connects the nation's brightest students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher education and further opportunities. We are an aggregator of excellence. By facilitating these exchanges, QuestBridge aims to increase the percentage of talented low-income students attending the nation's best universities and the ranks of national leadership itself.

Our Vision

  • QuestBridge envisions a world where America's leadership encompasses thoughtful and broad-minded decision-makers drawn from every economic segment of society.
  • QuestBridge will revolutionize the way leading colleges and universities recruit talented low-income students, and the way these students approach their educations and futures.

Our Mission

  • QuestBridge designs and builds programs for talented low-income students to access and navigate exceptional educational and life opportunities.
  • QuestBridge recruits, develops, and supports motivated low-income students – beginning in high school through college to their early career – to be successful at America's best colleges, graduate schools, and companies.

What we know

Abundant low-income talent exists. Annually, approximately 30,000 talented low-income students nationally are academically qualified to attend the nation’s best colleges, but the majority of them don’t even apply to one selective college. Already in the system, there is abundant raw talent and tens of thousands of academically prepared talented low-income students in America to match top low-income students with every full-need scholarship that top American colleges provide. There need be no academic gap if we can bring our best low-income students into the system.

What we believe

Intelligence, talent, motivation, nobility, and grit are distributed across the entire economic spectrum of America's youth.

Many elite colleges and universities, Fortune 500 corporations, and top graduate schools sincerely strive to embrace the country's most talented, determined, and self-motivated students. But they often lack the reach to attract appropriate candidates from low-income populations.

America has an undiscovered population of talented low-income youth. Some of our brightest young minds are well-suited to opportunities, but unconnected for simple lack of information, mentorship, and other surmountable barriers.

Company info
Website
Telephone
650-331-3280
Location
445 Sherman Ave
Suite 100
Palo Alto
CA
94306
US

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