People Operations Generalist - Columbus, OH

Performance Academies; Canal Winchester (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life/Disability insurance

Voluntary benefits

Holidays

PTO & personal days

Job summary

Performance Academies in Canal Winchester, OH is seeking a seasoned People Operations Generalist to manage payroll, benefits, and HR compliance. This hands-on role provides responsive support to employees and leaders while building robust People Operations processes.

You will work closely with the Director of People Operations, Accounting, and school leadership to maintain accurate employee data, deliver timely services, and continuously improve processes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 5+ years in payroll/benefits.
• Experience with high-volume employee transactions and leave management.
• Experience with HRIS conversion preferred.
• Excellent data accuracy and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Onboarding and offboarding of employees.
• Semi-monthly payroll administration for approximately 500 employees.
• Benefits administration including leave administration.

Skills

Service orientation

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

HRIS

Payroll software

Job description

Shape the Leaders of Tomorrow:

Join the Team at Performance Academies!

At Performance Academies, we do more than just teach—we educate the whole child. Our mission is to build future-ready students through a unique, high-performing blend of rigorous academics, daily structured fitness, and intentional character education.

Guided by our core principles of Knowledge, Strength, and Values, we provide a safe, disciplined, and supportive environment across our K-8 and High School campuses. We are looking for passionate professionals who want to help our students develop strong minds and bodies, ready to lead with purpose.

We believe great schools are built by great teams. Teachers collaborate regularly, support one another, and are united around high expectations for students and each other.

We are seeking a seasoned Human Resources Professional to join our team in supporting our educators and administrators.

POSITION: People Operations Generalist

LOCATION: Central Support Office - Canal Winchester, OH

NOTE: THIS IS A 100% ONSITE ROLE

The People Operations Generalist is a hands-on, team member-focused role that serves as a primary point of contact for payroll, leave management, benefits administration, employee lifecycle transactions, and HR compliance. This position provides responsive, knowledgeable support to employees and leaders while ensuring that People Operations processes are completed accurately, consistently, and on time.

The People Operations Generalist must be able to assess situations quickly, apply sound judgment, independently resolve routine matters, and recognize when an issue should be escalated to the Director of People Operations. This role works closely with the Director of People Operations, Accounting, school leadership, and other organizational partners to maintain accurate employee data, deliver reliable People Operations services, and continuously improve processes throughout the organization.

Core responsibilities for this role may include:

• - Employee lifecycle administration, including all onboarding and offboarding of employees.
• - Semi-Monthly payroll administration for approximately 500 employees, including creation of SOP documents to support formalization of process improvement.
• - Employee Benefits administration, including leave administration.

This position will have a central role in building out a robust People Operations structure supporting a growing organization. If you like building, documenting and optimizing processes, this could be the role for you.

Qualified applicants should have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and at least five years' demonstrated experience working with payroll and benefits administration.

Experience with HRIS conversion and/or high volume employee transactions is preferred.

Essential attributes for the right candidate:

• Strong service orientation and a genuine commitment to providing employees with responsive, respectful, and accurate support.
• Demonstrated ability to assess situations, exercise sound judgment, independently resolve routine issues, and appropriately escal...
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to complete high-volume, deadline-driven work accurately.
• Strong organizational and follow-through skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and recurring deadlines.

What We Offer

We are proud to offer a total compensation package that supports the health, wellness and livelihood of our staff.

All health benefits begin day one of employment!

• Medical Insurance (three plan options)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company-Paid Basic Life, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance,Accident, Critical Illness and Hospitalization Coverage available
• 13 observed holidays
• PTO & personal days

Join the BEST school in the Neighborhood!

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.