Manager, People and Culture

Thousand Currents

Manager, People & Culture supporting people practices and systems for Thousand Currents. Ensuring smooth operations of HR functions in a global, virtual team environment.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $97,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support recruitment and hiring processes in close collaboration with hiring managers, providing guidance on job descriptions, role scope, candidate assessment, and equitable hiring practices aligned with organizational values and workforce needs.
Coordinate onboarding processes and schedules, supporting hiring managers and co-workers in understanding and fulfilling their roles, ensuring new staff feel welcomed and confident in completing required onboarding responsibilities.
Collaborate with hiring managers to ensure job descriptions remain current, clearly scoped, and aligned with evolving responsibilities and organizational needs.
Approach current people & culture processes with an eye for simplicity, clarity and continuous improvement by collecting feedback, conducting best practice research, and proposing improvements.
Support human centric and values aligned offboarding processes.
Capitalize on available data to surface trends and inform employee retention efforts, employee experience improvements and organisational culture initiatives.
Support the Director, People & Culture in addressing employee relations matters, HR inquiries and day to day People & Culture needs for all employees, escalating matters to the Director, People & Culture as necessary.
Oversee administration of the human resources information system (HRIS, currently Bamboo HR), ensuring staff records are secure, organized, and accessible at the appropriate level, and personnel data is up-to-date.
Support day-to-day coordination of employee benefits programs, including for U.S.-based staff, enrollment support, qualifying life events, annual Open Enrollment, benefits communication, and partnership with external benefits administrators and brokers.
Provide bi-weekly payroll updates to the Finance team and support timely personnel updates across all relevant platforms (HRIS, payroll, benefits, etc.)
In collaboration with appropriate operations and technology staff, ensure People & Culture tools, resources, documents, and data are securely stored, easily searchable, and maintained in accordance with record retention laws and requirements.
Ensure relevant HR dates, deadlines, and processes are communicated to staff, and information regarding people and culture processes flows smoothly.
Track key employee and contractor dates, prompting timely action on renewals or position updates, while ensuring impacted staff remain informed.
Support strategies to improve employee engagement, celebration, and foster a collaborative, aligned, and joyful work environment.
Champion and integrate organization values into daily operations, implementing programs and providing resources to support employee well-being and work-life balance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Five or more years of relevant, comparable professional HR experience, including a track record of progressive growth in responsibilities, in a systems change focused nonprofit or philanthropic intermediary.
SHRM certification is considered an asset.
Required experience supporting U.S.-based employees, including administration and coordination of employee benefits programs, benefits communication, annual open enrollment, qualifying life events, and partnership with external benefits brokers and providers.
Familiarity with U.S. employment practices and HR compliance requirements is essential.
Cross-cultural competency, prior HR experience in and with multi-national or international non-profits is considered an asset.
Highly approachable, trustworthy, and skilled in building authentic relationships across diverse identities and cultures while operating in a remote environment across multiple timezones.
Strong judgment and discretion in dealing with sensitive information.
Able to travel internationally - approximately 2 weeks/year - and work occasional irregular hours to accommodate staff time zones.
Written and spoken English fluency required and proficiency in additional language(s) is an asset.
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% of employee and dependent cost for Health, Dental, and Vision for employee + medical travel insurance for employee
10 paid annual holidays + open paid time off policy allowing flexible time off
Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
Up to $1,000 stipend to set up work space, $2,000 per year wellness stipend, $1,500 per year work from home expenses, and up to $2,000 per year for learning and development
Retirement contribution allowance of 4% of gross salary
Life Insurance + Long and Short Term disability insurance
Possibility of sabbatical leave after seven years of employment

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Hard Skills & Tools

HRISBamboo HRemployee benefits administrationpayroll processingemployee relationsdata analysisonboarding processesoffboarding processescompliance requirementsemployee engagement strategies

Soft Skills

cross-cultural competencyrelationship buildingtrustworthinessapproachabilitystrong judgmentdiscretioncollaborationcommunicationadaptabilityproblem-solving

Certifications

SHRM certification