HR Operations Specialist

Operations – HR Operations    ·      San Francisco, California      ·       Full time

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (https://www.czbiohub.org) is a one-of-a-kind independent nonprofit research institute that brings together three powerhouse universities – Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco – into a single collaborative technology and discovery engine. CZ Biohub itself supports some of the brightest, boldest engineers, data scientists, and biomedical researchers to make breakthroughs in medicine and develop new technologies, frequently in collaboration with our partner universities. We are guided by our values of scholarly excellence; disruptive innovation; hands-on engineering/hacking/building; partnership and collaboration; open communication and respect; inclusiveness; and opportunity for all.

Our Vision

• We pursue large scientific challenges that cannot be pursued in conventional environments
• We enable individual investigators to pursue their riskiest and most innovative ideas
• The technologies developed at CZ Biohub facilitate research by scientists and clinicians at our home institutions and beyond

Diversity of thought, ideas, and perspectives are at the heart of CZ Biohub and enable disruptive innovation and scholarly excellence. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive organization where all colleagues feel inspired and know their work makes an important contribution.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an outstanding HR Operations Specialist to join our Human Resources/People team, reporting to the Associate Director, HR Operations. The HR Operations Specialist is responsible for maintaining and administering processes and systems related to onboarding, compensation, benefits administration, leave administration, immigration, policy administration, reward programs and offboarding. The successful candidate would be organized, detail-oriented, is an effective communicator, enjoys data and problem solving to develop streamlined processes to enable people to do their best work.

You will 

• Oversee benefits administration to assist employees with enrollment, process contributions and answer employee questions about our plans
• Communicate any plan changes to employees, hold annual open enrollments and onboard/offboard employees from plans
• Champion collaborative cross-functional relationships with other operations teams, payroll and hiring managers to ensure the successful onboarding and offboarding of new employees and contingent workers
• Execute mobility and immigration programs and work with Immigration law firms on various visa applications 
• Maintain current and compliant employee data and analysis and assist with evaluation and implementation of an internal HRIS
• In partnership with Associate Director, HR Operations, manage and administer all compensation-related matters (merit, promotions, bonuses), salary surveys, etc.
• In partnership with Associate Director, HR Operations, ensure People Operations audit and control processes are developed and followed in compliance with federal and state laws, internal policies and procedures
• Assess areas of opportunity, determine approach, compile and analyze data and prepare reports/recommendations to define people operations strategies related to people systems and processes
• Administer and provide input into the organization’s HR policies and procedures
• Maintain a solid, efficient HR infrastructure that supports the work of the CZ Biohub
• In partnership with Associate Director, HR Operations, develop creative and innovative solutions to complex employment arrangements
• Continually look for ways to further enhance HR’s support of the organization
• Be an ambassador of company culture and drive initiatives to constantly build upon and improve culture

You have

Essential –

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent
• 3-5 years’ experience in HR
• Demonstrated experience in the various HR functional areas, especially compensation, HRIS, benefits and payroll
• Ability to work at all levels of the HR “stack” – strategic, operational, and tactical
• Critical thinker with success in developing innovative solutions to organizational issues
• Ability to thrive in an unstructured environment
• Independent self-starter, with the ability to effectively work collaboratively across disciplines
• Ability to manage multiple, complex issues and prioritize projects concurrently
• High integrity and highly aligned with the mission and CZ Biohub values
• Demonstrated credibility and integrity in communications (interpersonal, verbal, and written)

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub requires all employees, contractors, and interns, regardless of work location or type of role, to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination, including a booster vaccine dose, if eligible, by their start date. Those who are unable to get vaccinated or obtain a booster dose because of a disability, or who choose not to be vaccinated due to a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance must have an approved exception prior to their start date.

Examples of CZ Biohub publications and projects relevant to this posting: (not comprehensive)

• The Tabula Sapiens: A multiple-organ, single-cell transcriptomic atlas of humans – https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-495/full
• Upper airway gene expression shows a more robust adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in children – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35803954/
• OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization – https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi6983
• Molecular hallmarks of heterochronic parabiosis at single-cell resolution. Nature. 2022 Mar;603(7900):309-314. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04461-2. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
• Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly. Science. 2022 Mar 4;375(6584):eabk2432. doi: 10.1126/science.abk2432. Epub 2022 Mar 4.
• CZID: Metagenomic analysis –  https://czid.org
• NAPARI – https://napari.org/stable/
• Systematic functional interrogation of SARS-CoV-2 host factors using Perturb-seq – https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.15.500120v1
• DaXi-high-resolution, large imaging volume and multi-view single-objective light-sheet microscopy – Nat Methods. 2022 Apr;19(4):461-469. doi: 10.1038/s41592-022-01417-2. Epub 2022 Mar 21.

What We Provide

• Resources to disrupt and innovate at the frontiers of our knowledge of biology and disease
• A collegial and collaborative environment consisting of diverse expertise
• Existing collaborations within CZ Biohub: Technology Platforms (Bioengineering, Computational Microscopy, Data Science, Genomic Sequencing, Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics), Infectious Disease, and Quantitative Cell Science
• Access to collaborators, resources and facilities at our three partner universities (Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco) and at partner organizations in the Bay Area and beyond
• Competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with the experience

Benefits

We offer a robust benefits program that enables the important work Biohubbers do everyday. Our benefits include healthcare coverage, life and disability insurance, commuter subsidies, family planning services with fertility care, childcare stipend, 401(k) match, flexible time off and a generous parental leave policy. In addition, we honor our commitment to career development and our value of scholarly excellence through regular onsite opportunities to learn from the world’s leading scientists.

CZ Biohub is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity of thought, ideas and perspectives. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive organization where all Biohubbers feel inspired and know their work makes an important contribution. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this Web site or directly to managers. CZ Biohub does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. CZ Biohub will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with CZ Biohub.

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