Bench Accounting Looking for People Specialist, Employee Experience at Vancouver, BC Full Time

What you’ll get up to:

• Develop and implement strategies and programs to enhance employee experience, engagement, and the overall happiness of our Benchmates
• Support bringing our People strategy to life and building an environment where our Benchmates can thrive, stay connected, and collaborate, no matter where they choose to work.
• Partner cross functionally with People Operations, internal managers and team leads to introduce new internal People programs/offerings, enhance internal engagement, support change management, and other key engagement initiatives across Bench
• Develop and manage a schedule of annual employee engagement events at Bench, design and execute those events (remote and in person), and lead related internal communications including announcements, event notices, FAQs, and invitations
• Create and use surveys to measure employee engagement and roll up completed survey results to help People Operations, internal managers and team leads create culture and engagement actions plans based on findings
• Foster continuous improvement of the best in- class remote and hybrid workplace practices, ensuring they align with DEI at Bench and work against systems of racism and discrimination
• Assist our People Operations team with the optimization and delivery of employee milestones and touchpoints, within their employment journey, including creating an exceptional onboarding experience for our new Benchmates, where they feel supported and included from day one
• Use your project management skills to assist in project planning & reporting on deliverables

What you need:

• Have a people-centered approach: You are welcoming and love meeting new people. You’re an active listener and understand the importance of listening to everyone’s point of view
• Strong attention to detail: you get that the details really matter. You’re known as someone who catches the small but important detail errors.
• Prioritization champion : You’re highly organized and know that prioritization and reprioritization are key to delivering in a fast paced and ever changing start-up environment.
• You’re resilient: You are comfortable with changing priorities and are willing to get stuck in to help wherever and whenever needed if it helps us make a difference for our Benchmates.
• Love to bring people together: You are typically the one in your friendship and/or family group that organizes social activities and gatherings and you always look for ways to be inclusive to everyone.
• Growth mindset:You have a desire to learn and want to be the driver of your own development. You are proactive in asking for help and advice when you need it and appreciate that feedback is a gift.
• A+ Communication Skills. You’re a spokesperson for our remote-first environment. You seek to really truly listen to understand. You communicate complex ideas into small digestible pieces, knowing that communication is all about your audience.

It could be an even better fit if you have:

• Experience with event planning
• Project management experience

What you’ll get:

• At Bench we share information freely and openly whenever possible. The salary range for this role is $54,400 – $68,000 per year, depending on experience,
• In addition, we offer an extended benefits package that includes paid vacation, unlimited paid flex days, stock options, and full health, dental, and vision.
• You’ll get unlimited access to Bravely, our confidential, on-demand, 1:1 professional coaching service, and access to Inkblot Therapy, our virtual counselling service to support mental wellbeing.
• Bench has a number of Affinity Groups – groups of people who have shared identities and experiences! The purpose of these groups is to support underrepresented Benchmates and amplify their voices.
• Bench is now a fully remote organization and will provide a Home Office Setup Fund, to ensure that you have everything you need to work comfortably from home, from day one.
• We will be providing alternative solutions to bring teams together for collaboration and connection.
• We currently focus our hiring efforts in the following provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
• You will also have the opportunity to work internationally for up to 90 days per calendar year.

Everyone has their own unique talents. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d be a great fit for this role in your application.

We believe that unchecked biases disproportionately impact the most marginalized people in society—including but not limited to BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+ people, immigrants, and people with disabilities. We strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or other marginalized communities because we believe that without you, we are all less. At Bench, we don’t stand for tokenism. We stand for representation.