HR Associate

Codexis, Inc.; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Codexis, Inc. is seeking an HR Assistant to support the employee lifecycle with day-to-day administrative and operational tasks. You will help ensure HR processes are organized, accurate, timely, and employee-friendly while assisting the People/HR team.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail‑oriented, and comfortable handling multiple priorities in a fast-paced biotech environment. Responsibilities include onboarding/offboarding, records management, benefits support, payroll

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of administrative, HR, or People Operations experience.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable with HR systems and spreadsheets.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Service-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable working with employees at all levels.
• Interest in developing broader HR knowledge and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support employee onboarding and offboarding, including paperwork and orientation logistics.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR systems, including personnel files.
• Serve as a first point of contact for routine employee questions.
• Assist with benefits administration, including enrollment and vendor coordination.
• Support payroll-related processes by coordinating changes with payroll/Finance.
• Assist with recruiting and hiring activities, including job postings and scheduling.
• Support HR compliance activities such as forms, notices, and training records.
• Coordinate employee programs, training, meetings, and other People initiatives.
• Prepare HR reports, trackers, and internal communications.
• Help maintain HR policies, procedures, templates, and resources.
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative HR processes.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Written and verbal communication

HR systems

Multitasking

Job description

Job Type

Full-time

Description

The HR Assistant provides day-to-day administrative and operational support across the employee lifecycle. This role helps ensure HR processes are organized, accurate, timely, and employee-friendly while supporting the broader People/HR team.

The HR Assistant provides day-to-day administrative and operational support across the employee lifecycle. This role helps ensure HR processes are organized, accurate, timely, and employee-friendly while supporting the broader People/HR team.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, responsive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Key responsibilities include:

• Support employee onboarding and offboarding, including paperwork, system updates, orientation logistics, and required documentation.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR systems, including personnel files and employee data changes.
• Serve as a first point of contact for routine employee questions and direct more complex matters to the appropriate HR team member.
• Assist with benefits administration, including enrollment, employee changes, vendor coordination, and employee questions.
• Support payroll-related processes by collecting and maintaining employee information and coordinating changes with payroll or Finance.
• Assist with recruiting and hiring activities, including job postings, interview scheduling, candidate communication, background checks, and offer/onboarding coordination.
• Support HR compliance activities, including required forms, notices, training records, employment documentation, and record retention.
• Coordinate employee programs, training, meetings, and other People initiatives.
• Prepare HR reports, trackers, communications, and other documentation as needed.
• Help maintain HR policies, procedures, templates, and internal resources.
• Identify opportunities to improve or streamline administrative HR processes.
• Provide general administrative and project support to the HR/People team.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of administrative, HR, People Operations, or related experience preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working with HR systems, spreadsheets, and other business technology.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on deadlines.
• Service-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable working with employees at all levels.
• Interest in developing broader HR knowledge and capabilities.

Salary Description

$60,000 - $85,000