Who We Are

At Mission Edge, our mission is to help other nonprofits and small businesses maximize their social impact. By ensuring our nonprofit clients’ Human Resources practices are sound and compliant, our Human Resources Business Partners provide tailored support from full-service outsourced human resources to project-based work.

Your strength as a Human Resources Business Partner will allow you to provide operational support that will allow our clients to scale so that they can make real and lasting impact in the community while achieving their mission.

As a hybrid employee, you will work from home part-time and complete work onsite from our clients' office(s) part-time as well, which is why you must be near or in LA.

We are changing the way that nonprofits and small business do their human resources and providing “white-glove” support from experts across the United States. The way that we support our clients is cutting edge while making an impact in the community and we want you to be a part of it! Our Human Resources Business Partners are agile, customer focused, compliance-oriented professionals who provide guidance in new and exciting ways.

Recently recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in San Diego and in Southern California, Mission Edge is looking for like-minded individuals who want to be a part of our amazing organization and culture!

We have an incredible HR team and are now adding to the team due to an increased demand for services. Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, the HR Business Partner is a part-time employee with a Generalist’s expertise. This individual is accountable for providing HR services to our nonprofit and social enterprise clients in the areas of recruitment, on-boarding, staff training, performance management, compliance, employee relations, payroll support, benefits administration, and other high-touch human resource service areas and projects.

This role will be remote, with some work completed onsite at our clients' office.

What We Believe

Enjoy the Journey: We know that lasting social impact doesn’t happen overnight, so we value the journey as much as the destination.
Be Transparent: We know that an honest and open culture is fundamental, so we share information and
feedback early and often.
Never Settle: Our entrepreneurial culture means we just don’t settle for the present state of things when we know there is a better way.
Leverage Our Circle: We’re humble and know we aren’t experts at everything, so we foster and leverage
relationships in our network.
Teach By Doing: We believe actions speak louder than words, so we are models through our behavior,
both for our clients and with our coworkers.

What You Will Bring

• Minimum 7 years of progressive HR experience, 3-5 years HR Generalist experience, including at least 2 years in an HR Director level role.
• Possess at the minimum a PHR or PHR-CA certification or equivalent; or willing to obtain the certification within six months.
• Working knowledge and understanding of local, state and federal employment regulations, laws and best practices; knowledge of CA employment laws and regulations required.

Skills You’ll Have

• Ability to communicate effectively, timely and professionally and with a sense of urgency with clients and assess organizational needs.
• Nonprofit experience strongly preferred.
• Strong experience using Microsoft Office, Google Drives, Gmail and various payroll and HRIS software/ systems (ADP Run, Gusto, Paylocity, etc.);
• Enthusiastic team player with a strong commitment to create a positive and engaging work environment.
• Outgoing with ability and desire to exceed internal and external customer expectations.
• Strong work ethic and proven administrative skills, including highly organized and detail oriented.
• Excellent critical thinker and problem solver; able to make solid judgments and data-based decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to hold personal and client information strictly confidential.
• Proven ability to function in a multi-tasking, multi-client environment with competing priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a friendly and professional demeanor.
• Comfortable in new, dynamic, and varying professional and business environments.
• Union experience is helpful, but not required.
• Experience in project management, managing project schedules and timelines, creating agendas for weekly meetings, experiencing writing emails with detailed instructions.

What You’ll Do

• Support the organization and team in monitoring and completing short and long-term goals in alignment with the service proposal and specific needs for our clients.
• Assist our clients in becoming fully compliant with federal and state regulations and laws.
• Support full cycle recruitment, hiring and onboarding as needed.
• Implement and maintain system and process for personnel record keeping and documentation.
• Develop/refine job descriptions, performance review processes, and Employee Handbooks;
• Provide training and development for Client employees, as needed.
• Perform benefits administration to include claims resolution, change reporting, communicating benefit information to employees and providing open enrollment support.
• Provide payroll support, i.e. time off tracking, timesheet review, etc.
• Implement and support performance management process including coaching and counseling.
• Provide HR risk management assessment for each client annually.
• Manage and/or implement HRIS and other automation/technology solutions to
• Oversee and manage employee relations.
• Actively participate in administrative staff meetings and attend other meetings and seminars.
• Hours will vary based on customer needs but can be as much as 20-27 hours per week.

What You’ll Get

• Competitive Compensation, starting hourly rate between $35-$40, depending on experience.
• Company Benefits including:
  • Paid vacation time
  • Paid volunteer time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid Birthday Day off
  • Cell Phone and Internet Stipend
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Retirement Plan
  • Health and Wellness Programs
• This position is not eligible for group health benefits.

Work and Life Balance
To do your best for our clients and the community, you need to be your best. That
requires a healthy balance of work and life. We understand and encourage and embody
that.

Career Development
We empower our team members to try new things and create their own path to success.
Our roles balance autonomy with collaboration and zero micro-management.

What Success Looks Like

• Employees and clients are raving fans and trust you with their HR needs.
• You are a master at organization, multi-tasking, coordination, and administration, taking pride and ownership of your role.
• You recognize areas in HR practices that can be improved and/or made more efficient to better serve our employees and clients. You are confident in sharing and implementing your ideas.
• You understand we are a team; and open, positive, constructive communication is a key to a successful HR team.
• The following phrases are four-letter words as far as you are concerned, “That’s the way we have always done it.” and “That isn’t in my job description.”

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment: Work is performed in an office setting; regularly sits at a computer station and operates electronic equipment 6 to 8 hours per day; occasionally lifts, carries and positions objects weighing up to 20 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Mission Edge provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, age, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, caregiver status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Additional Information: Please, only candidates local to Los Angeles, CA as relocation expenses are not offered and we are looking to fill this position quickly. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. as sponsorship is not available. Pre-employment background check required.