People Operations Manager

Greenbelt Alliance; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Employer‑Paid Health, Dental, and

Vision Insurance policies; Life policy

50% Employer‑Paid insurance for depend

ents

Generous Paid Time‑Off including up to

14 paid holidays off

Professional development and training

Job summary

Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a People Operations Manager to champion our values, oversee HR and day-to-day operations, and maintain a positive organizational culture in Oakland, CA. The role covers onboarding, payroll, staff development, and office management with emphasis on inclusive processes.

The candidate will collaborate with leadership to optimize people operations, communications, and efficiency across the organization, while ensuring compliance with employment laws and internal

Qualifications

• Experience in human resources, office management, operations, administration, team-building, and staff engagement.
• Experience promoting positive staff relations and organizational culture.
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail, focusing on efficiency and effectiveness.
• Willingness to continually improve processes and systems, and be a team player.
• Exceptional communication skills and emotional intelligence, with self-awareness and acute preceptiveness.
• Ability to strategize creatively and think critically, overcoming obstacles and offering sustainable solutions.
• Self-starting work ethic, comfortable working both collaboratively and independently.
• Familiarity with software tools such as Google Suite, Asana, Coda, Slack, Salesforce, Zoom, Quickbooks, BILL, Divvy, Classy, Insperity, Workable, TimeCamp.

Responsibilities

• Oversee full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, retention, development and exit processes, working with leadership and HR resources.
• Serve as key point for employee relations, announcements and staff engagement while ensuring compliant practices.
• Coordinate staff professional development opportunities and all-staff trainings.
• Manage office environment and inventories, licenses, and digital collaboration platforms.
• Lead bi-weekly payroll preparation and review monthly staff expenses with Finance.
• Streamline HR, development, and operations processes for efficiency.

Skills

Human resources

Office management

Staff engagement

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Process improvement

Team player

Strategic thinking

Tools

Google Suite

Asana

Coda

Slack

Drive

Zoom

Salesforce

Quickbooks

BILL

Divvy

Classy

Insperity

Workable

TimeCamp

Job description

Greenbelt Alliance is hiring a People Operations Manager to champion our values and ensure efficient operations. This role will focus on maintaining a positive organizational culture, managing human resources, and overseeing day-to-day operations support.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for someone who is eager to support the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding/offboarding and professional development, as well as office management, administration, and organization-wide communications.

Key Activities

• Oversee full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, retention, development and exit processes, working closely with the Deputy Director and a third-party HR Professional Employer Organization.
• Serve as key point person for employee relations, including org-wide announcements, staff engagement, interpersonal dynamics, guidance and compliance with employment law, regulations and processes, ensuring an equitable and inclusive office environment.
• Coordinate staff professional development opportunities, including all-staff trainings that strengthen our organizational success and adhere to our values.
• Manage office environment, maintaining office and technology/equipment inventory, license renewals, virtual office platforms, subscriptions and protocols for team effectiveness (e.g., Zoom, Slack, Drive, CODA).
• Lead preparation of bi-weekly payroll, ensure compliance with timesheets; review monthly staff expenses and reimbursements, working closely with the Sr. Finance & Grants Manager.
• Streamline processes and systems to improve efficiency and productivity in human resources, professional development, and organizational operations.

Requirements

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in human resources, office management, operations, administration, team-building, and staff engagement.
• Experience promoting positive staff relations and organizational culture.
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail, focusing on efficiency and effectiveness.
• Willingness to continually improve processes and systems, and be a team player.
• Exceptional communication skills and emotional intelligence, with self-awareness and acute preceptiveness.
• Ability to strategize creatively and think critically, overcoming obstacles and offering sustainable solutions.
• Self-starting work ethic, comfortable working both collaboratively and independently.
• Familiarity and experience using any of the following software is a plus: Google Suite, Asana, Coda, Slack, Salesforce, Zoom, Quickbooks, BILL, Divvy, Classy, Insperity, Workable, TimeCamp.

Benefits

• 100% Employer‑Paid Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance policies; Life insurance policy also provided.
• 50% Employer‑Paid insurance policies for dependents.
• Generous Paid Time‑Off package, including Vacation Days, Sick Days, and Floating Holidays. Up to 14 paid holidays off, including Winter Break.
• Professional development and training opportunities.

Base pay range

$80,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Human Resources

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting