People Operations Coordinator

COMMUNICATIONS INSTALL SOLUTIONS INC; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Free food & snacks

Paid time off and company holidays

Training & development

Wellness resources

Opportunity for advancement

Job summary

Communications Install Solutions (CIS, Inc.) is seeking a People Ops Coordinator in Burlingame, CA to support onboarding through offboarding, maintain HRIS records, and help optimize People processes. You will be the backbone of the People team, ensuring accurate data and a smooth employee lifecycle.

Ideal candidates are detail-oriented and comfortable handling confidential information in a fast-growing company.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in HR, People Ops, recruiting coordination, or related administrative role.
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable managing confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Proficiency with common productivity tools (Google Workspace or Microsoft 365).
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, growing environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate onboarding activities including paperwork, account setup, welcome materials, and first-week scheduling.
• Manage offboarding logistics, including exit paperwork, equipment returns, and access removal.
• Maintain accurate employee records in the HRIS and ensure data integrity across systems.
• Process employee lifecycle changes (promotions, transfers, terminations) in HR systems.
• Support payroll and benefits administration by keeping data accurate and up to date.
• Administer employee benefits enrollment and changes through ADP and Ease.
• Help maintain and improve People-related workflows, templates, and documentation.
• Assist with scheduling interviews and coordinating candidate communications.
• Support job posting management and candidate tracking in the ATS.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Discretion with confidential info

Written and verbal communication

Multi-tasking

Adaptability to fast-paced environment

Tools

Google Workspace

Microsoft 365

HRIS

Confluence

ATS familiarity

Job description

Benefits

• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Free food & snacks
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development
• Wellness resources

Location: Burlingame, CA | Employment Type: Full-Time | Reports To: C‑Suite (e.g., CFO)

Role Summary

The People Ops Coordinator is the operational backbone of our People team, supporting the full employee lifecycle — from onboarding through off boarding — while keeping our HR systems, records, and processes running smoothly. This is a great fit for someone who is detail-oriented, loves building efficient processes, and wants to make a direct impact on employee experience at a growing company.

Key Responsibilities

Onboarding & Offboarding

• Coordinate new hire onboarding: paperwork, account setup, welcome materials, and first-week scheduling
• Manage offboarding logistics, including exit paperwork, equipment returns, and access removal

HR Operations & Systems

• Maintain accurate employee records in the HRIS and ensure data integrity across systems
• Process employee lifecycle changes (promotions, transfers, terminations) in HR systems
• Support payroll and benefits administration by keeping data accurate and up to date
• Administer employee benefits enrollment and changes through ADP and Ease
• Help maintain and improve People‑related workflows, templates, and documentation

Employee Experience

• Serve as a first point of contact for employee questions on policies, benefits, and processes
• Support engagement initiatives, company events, and recognition programs
• Help coordinate performance review cycles and related communications

Compliance & Record-keeping

• Ensure company policies and employee files comply with relevant labor laws and regulations
• Support audits and reporting by maintaining organized, up‑to‑date documentation
• Track required trainings, certifications, and compliance deadlines
• Coordinate and help deliver employee training programs, including onboarding, compliance, and role‑specific trainings
• Draft, execute, and roll out new HR policies, and revise existing ones as needed, including those supporting SOC 2 compliance

Recruiting Support

• Assist with scheduling interviews and coordinating candidate communications
• Support job posting management and candidate tracking in the ATS

Qualifications

Required

• 1–3 years of experience in HR, People Ops, recruiting coordination, or a related administrative role
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable managing confidential and sensitive information with discretion
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with common productivity tools (Google Workspace or Microsoft 365)
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, growing environment

Preferred

• Experience with an HRIS (e.g., Gusto, Rippling, BambooHR, or similar)
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS)
• Basic knowledge of employment law and HR compliance fundamentals
• Basic knowledge in Confluence
• Experience at a startup or small company where roles are broad and evolving

Required

• 1–3 years of experience in HR, People Ops, recruiting coordination, or a related administrative role
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail li>Comfortable managing confidential and sensitive information with discretion
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with common productivity tools (Google Workspace or Microsoft 365)
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, growing environment

Preferred

• Experience with an HRIS (e.g., Gusto, Rippling, BambooHR, or similar)
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS)
• Basic knowledge of employment law and HR compliance fundamentals
• Basic knowledge in Confluence
• Experience at a startup or small company where roles are broad and evolving

What We Offer

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Opportunity to shape People Ops processes at an early stage and grow with the company
• Opportunity to grow with start up

About Communications Install Solutions (CIS, Inc.)

Communications Install Solutions (CIS) provides expert fiber infrastructure services for hyper scale data centers, colocation facilities, and AI infrastructure providers.

We deliver white glove service excellence across all aspects of critical data center infrastructure — from precision fiber splicing and GPU cluster builds to ongoing project management and technical support.

Our mission is to deliver reliable, scalable, and standards-compliant deployments for the world's most data‑intensive environments.