Entry Level People Engagement, Human Resources

LHi Group

People Engagement Specialist supporting HR and employee experience initiatives across multiple locations in a growing organization. Coordinating onboarding, engagement processes, and maintaining employee culture.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry Level💰 $50,000 - $60,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help coordinate employee engagement, wellbeing, and culture initiatives across our offices.
Support onboarding and offboarding processes working closely with other Operations teams to ensure a smooth employee experience.
Help with driving efforts to ensure that all new LHi’ers are successfully integrated into the business.
Be an open and responsive first point of contact for employee questions and requests.
Assist with planning engagement surveys and seeking feedback from our people across the business.
Help maintain a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace culture.
Support with our Buddy/Mentor Program to help enhance new starters' integration into the business.
Advocate for our LHi-IN initiatives which is the EDI programme run by the business.
Coordinate day-to-day people administration and maintain accurate employee records.
Support key people processes including onboarding, benefits administration, employee lifecycle changes and documentation.
Assist with preparing reports, presentations and people-related communications.
Help ensure policies, procedures and employee information remain up to date.
Coordinate and track recurring people processes and deadlines.
Maintain and update HR, benefits and people systems.
Help improve workflows, documentation and operating procedures.
Identify opportunities to make processes more efficient, scalable and employee friendly.
Support data accuracy and reporting activities.
Partner with managers and employees at all levels across New York, Austin, Miami and Los Angeles.
Draft clear, professional employee communications.
Help ensure information is communicated consistently and effectively across the business.
Represent LHi’s culture and values in your work with teammates throughout the organization.
Provide clear communication and onboarding guidance’s to incoming new hires.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Exceptionally organised with strong attention to detail.
Highly dependable and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Empathetic, approachable and emotionally intelligent.
Clear, confident and professional in both written and verbal communication.
Comfortable handling sensitive or confidential information with discretion.
Naturally proactive and willing to take ownership of tasks and projects.
Curious about how businesses operate and how great employee experiences are created.
Highly resourceful and actively seeks solutions and process improvements.
Interested in systems, processes and finding better ways of working.
Comfortable working with people at all levels of an organisation.
Preferred: Some experience in HR, People Operations, Employee Experience, Office Management, Recruiting Coordination, Administration or Business Operations.
Preferred: Exposure to HRIS, payroll, benefits or employee engagement platforms.
Preferred: A degree or qualification in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, Communications or a related field.
Preferred: Experience working in a fast-paced or growing organisation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

HRISpayrollbenefits administrationemployee engagementonboardingoffboardingpeople administrationreport preparationdata accuracyprocess improvement

Soft Skills

organisedattention to detaildependableempatheticapproachableemotional intelligenceclear communicationproactiveresourcefulcurious

Certifications

degree in Businessdegree in Human Resourcesdegree in Psychologydegree in Communications