Remote Part-Time HR Associate (Contract)

Cause Capacity; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Cause Capacity is seeking a detail-oriented Human Resources Associate (Part-Time, Contract) for remote work within the U.S. You will support payroll, onboarding, offboarding, HR policy, compliance, and client-facing activities for nonprofit and small business clients.

Responsibilities include payroll administration, onboarding, benefits coordination, policy development, and training delivery, with emphasis on accuracy, responsiveness, and proactive communication.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of related human resources experience.
• Hands-on payroll processing experience.
• Current or recent experience applying California employment laws.
• Experience supporting small teams, startups, or nonprofits preferred.
• Comfortable working in a remote, fast-moving, and client-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Payroll and Benefits: Administer HRIS and payroll systems, troubleshoot issues, and help maintain accurate employee records.
• Process client payroll, conduct payroll audits, generate reports, and investigate and resolve payroll-related issues.
• Process employee compensation changes and ensure updates are reflected in payroll and HRIS systems.
• Support clients with benefits administration, annual open enrollment, and related employee communications.
• Onboarding: Coordinate the onboarding process across multiple clients, from pre-onboarding activities through completion of required documentation and system setup.
• Prepare and coordinate offer letters, background checks, new-hire communications, and employee records.
• Enter and verify new-hire information in payroll and HRIS systems and audit onboarding records for completeness and accuracy.
• Develop and refine onboarding processes, recommend best practices, and help clients create a consistent, positive new-hire experience.
• Coordinate the development and delivery of new-employee orientation and onboarding programs.
• Offboarding and Terminations: Coordinate employee offboarding, including documentation, system updates, and communication with relevant stakeholders.
• Determine final payroll requirements and process in accordance with applicable state payroll laws.
• Maintain accurate offboarding and termination records.
• Identify opportunities to improve offboarding processes and documentation.
• HR Policy: Collaborate with the HR Business Partner on HR policy development and revision.
• Support implementation of HR policies and employee inquiries regarding established HR policies.
• Compliance: Coordinate and administer required employee training, including annual sexual harassment prevention training.
• Develop and deliver virtual employee training programs and maintain related documentation.
• Help track training completion and identify outstanding compliance requirements.
• Other: Create and maintain employee files.
• Support project management activities and help keep client deliverables, timelines, and priorities on track.
• Contribute to special projects and other related work as needed

Skills

HR experience

Payroll processing

California employment laws

Remote / client-facing

Project management

Tools

Gusto

BambooHR

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Asana

Monday.com

Job description

Cause Capacity is seeking a detail-oriented Human Resources Associate (Part-Time, Contract) for remote work within the U.S. You will support payroll, onboarding, offboarding, HR policy, compliance, and client-facing activities for nonprofit and small business clients.

Responsibilities include payroll administration, onboarding, benefits coordination, policy development, and training delivery, with emphasis on accuracy, responsiveness, and proactive communication.