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Specialist, People + Culture

Job Description

The Specialist, People + Culture is a full-time, early-career role reporting to the Senior Director, People + Culture. This position plays a key role in enhancing our vibrant workplace, where our core values of Joy, Welcoming, and Elevation shape everything we do. As a part of the team, you will help foster an environment where our people thrive and our culture shines, continuing to make our organization a sought-after place to work.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Employee Engagement + Belonging
    • Collaborate with the Senior Director, People + Culture to enhance internal culture, drive employee engagement, and execute initiatives like the annual all-staff retreat.
    • Oversee and support a positive, inclusive workplace aligned with our core values of Joy, Welcoming, and Elevation.
  • Talent Recruitment + Development
    • Work under the direction of the Senior Director, People + Culture to manage the entire employee life cycle, from hiring, recruiting and onboarding to offboarding, and assist in organizing training and development opportunities.
  • Human Resources
    • Assist with various administrative tasks such as preparing reports, handling correspondence, and maintaining HR databases.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Key Attributes/Skill Set (Must Have):

  • 0-2 years of professional experience
  • Empathetic, relationship-oriented, communicative, passionate, creative, and always willing to improve
  • Committed to work focused on community-building, belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Excellent attention to detail, prioritization and time management skills. 
  • Understands the confidentiality and discretion needed in an HR role

Benefits Package: 

The starting salary for this position starts at $48,000 plus the following benefits: 

  • Health insurance — medical, dental, and vision insurance currently through Aetna; OneTable pays 85% of the healthcare premium for each employee and 50% for dependents. 
  • 5% retirement match after 13 months.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits, a flexible or health spending account (FSA or HSA), short and long-term disability, and life insurance. 
  • Time off:
    • Paid time off (PTO) for personal, sick days, and vacation. 
    • The office is closed for all major Jewish holidays and most federal holidays.
    • OneTable offices are also closed the July 4th week and December 25 – January 1. 
    • As an organization rooted in the mission of spreading Shabbat, we know the importance of having time on Fridays to start winding down and preparing for our favorite weekly holiday. The OneTable offices close at 4:00 pm (local time) every Friday and at 12:00 pm on the first Friday of each month.
  • Optional and discounted identity theft protection, legal assistance program, pet insurance, travel insurance, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity insurance, and more. 
  • This position is an exempt salaried position, which is not eligible for overtime.

Location:

OneTable offers a flexible hybrid work policy that allows you to work from anywhere in the United States. Full-time employees may choose to work from an office space (provided by OneTable) or fully remote.

 

Start Date:

Immediately

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Application Process:

  • Review of applications will begin immediately and continue on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 
  • Submission of a Cover Letter and Resume outlining your interest in OneTable and how your qualifications match the job description.
  • 2-3 rounds of interviews with members of the OneTable team.
  • Applicants who move forward may be asked to submit work samples of their past writing. 2-3 professional references will also be required. 
  • There may be additional conversations with colleagues with whom they would be working.

Note: OneTable seeks to increase equity in its hiring and therefore to mitigate the inside edge sometimes given to those who have relationships with “field insiders,” OneTable does not accept informal recommendations from individuals with personal connections to our staff or Board members and cannot factor such referrals into selection of candidates for interviews.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer

We deeply value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from backgrounds typically underrepresented in Jewish institutions. This includes Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian people, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds.

The organization provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, citizenship or immigration status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, national origin, disability condition, marital status, status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. In addition, the organization affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity as it applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.