People Operations Partner

BlueSteps Connect; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueSteps Connect seeks a People Operations Partner to support day-to-day employee questions while ensuring recruiting, onboarding, compliance, and HR operations run smoothly. This highly visible role partners across recruiting, employee experience, and core HR processes in a fast-moving environment.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years in HR, with strong communication, organization, and a practical service-minded approach, and a bachelor’s degree preferred.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of human resources experience or related field.
• Experience across recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, benefits administration, compliance, and HR operations.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment laws and HR best practices.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; service-minded approach.

Responsibilities

• Support recruiting from job posting through interview coordination and offer-stage administration.
• Guide onboarding activities: new-hire paperwork, orientation, system updates, and records maintenance.
• Serve as a go-to resource for policies, benefits, leave, and HR procedures; partner with managers on employee relations.
• Assist with benefits administration, enrollment updates, and routine HR communications and issue resolution.
• Support payroll inputs, timekeeping follow-up, and other core HR administrative processes; contribute to training and employee engagement initiatives.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Customer service mindset

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

the client is seeking a People Operations Partner to strengthen day-to-day employee support while keeping hiring, onboarding, compliance, and core HR operations running smoothly. This is a highly visible role with broad ownership, partnering across recruiting, employee experience, key HR processes, and operational support in a fast-moving environment. The role focuses on balancing structure with responsiveness, building trust with employees and leaders, and helping create a well-run, people-centered workplace across office-based and operational teams.

Key responsibilities include supporting recruiting from job posting through interview coordination, candidate communication, pre-employment steps, and offer-stage administration. The role will guide onboarding activities such as new-hire paperwork, orientation support, system updates, and maintaining accurate employee records. The People Operations Partner will also serve as a go-to resource for employee questions related to policies, benefits, leave, and general HR procedures, and will partner with managers on employee relations matters, documentation, workplace concerns, and practical people guidance.

Additional responsibilities include assisting with benefits administration, enrollment updates, employee communications, and routine issue resolution, as well as helping maintain compliance with applicable employment laws, internal policies, and organisational standards. The role will support payroll-related inputs, employee changes, timekeeping follow-up, and other core HR administrative processes, and may contribute to training coordination, employee engagement efforts, and internal communication initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 years of human resources experience, experience across recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, benefits administration, compliance, and HR operations, working knowledge of U.S. employment laws and HR best practices, strong communication and organization skills, a practical service-minded approach, and comfort supporting both corporate and frontline employee populations; a bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred.