Operations Lead

The Movement for Black Lives

Operations and People Lead at the Movement for Black Lives providing critical support for HR operations and staff engagement, ensuring compliance and policy formulation.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $88,000 - $103,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide administrative support to the People Operations Team, including scheduling meetings, interviews, and other People Operations events, and maintaining team meeting agendas
Ensure timely resolution to queries and smooth and timely communication with employees
Develop and manage People Operations working documents and forms
Provide support in managing People Operations team projects and update the progress in Asana and other project management tools
Maintain and update the HRIS, employee documentation, and record-keeping
Participate and assist in People Operations projects
Work with M4BL's joint employer and business process outsourcing vendor
Liaise between M4BL and joint employer on necessary human resources functions
Serve as employee primary point of contact for various queries on time off, policies and procedures, employee handbook
Maintain the department and organization’s calendar including events, holidays, and payroll dates
Lead the creation, timelining, and execution of employee engagement plans, such as organization-wide surveys, 1:1 check-ins, etc.
Lead, coordinate, and schedule staff-wide trainings
Lead in the planning, implementation, and tracking of the performance management process and support in the execution of the process
Champion and drive employee sustainability and appreciation programs/initiatives, including celebrations, employee support for life events, and employee wellbeing initiatives
Manage employee onboarding and offboarding, including coordinating onboarding orientations for new hires with M4BL’s Finance, Security, and IT teams, leading on digital tools access for new employees, completing 90-day check-ins with new hires, ensuring that 90-day evaluations with supervisors and new hires are taking place, scheduling and completing exit interviews with exiting employees
Support recruitment efforts by posting job openings on various job boards, communicating with job applicants as needed, coordinating interviews, and supporting teams in the interview process
Assist the Senior Director of Finance and Operations and the Managing Director in policy formulation
Support the maintenance of employee handbook, people operations policies, and procedures and ensure compliance with local, state and federal laws
Support the organization’s benefits offering and open enrollment process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in human resources.
Additional experience in accounting, finance, and/or business operations, preferably at a values-based organization, and coalition formation is preferred.
Intermediate to expert familiarity with project management software, platforms and tools such as Formstack, Asana, virtual meeting platforms, Canva (or equivalent graphic making software and application), Every Action (or equivalent CRM)
Proficiency in MS Office and Google Suite
Skilled at time management and project coordination using digital tools
Consistent attention to details and accuracy
Ability to work on a virtual team, in particular, and juggle multiple projects at once while proactively communicating within a virtual environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

full health benefits for employee and dependents
employer-funded retirement plan
remote work stipend
generous front loaded time off and sick days

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Hard Skills & Tools

human resourcesproject managementemployee onboardingemployee offboardingperformance managementrecruitmentpolicy formulationemployee engagementrecord-keepingcompliance

Soft Skills

time managementattention to detailcommunicationcoordinationorganizational skillsproactive communicationteam collaborationleadershipproblem-solvingadaptability