
People Operations Specialist (Fixed-term)
Job Description
Posted on: August 18, 2025
About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote. We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform. If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work! This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a People Operations Specialist (Fixed-term) in our People team. In this pivotal role, you will oversee and streamline operational tasks, maintain global policies, processes, and workflows, and drive strategic goals while leveraging technology, data, and analytics. If you are passionate about people operations and ready to drive impactful change, we encourage you to apply and join our dynamic People team. This is a 12-month fixed-term role to cover a maternity leaveWhat This Job Can Offer You
- Oversee core People Operations processes, including onboarding, offboarding, employee lifecycle changes, contractor invoices, relocations, and employee queries.
- Drive utilization, adoption and optimization of the Remote platform and other technologies to streamline processes, improve scalability, and enhance data integrity.
- Provide services promptly, accurately, and while paying attention to our employees to guarantee their best performance.
- Maintain and improve global people policies, processes, and workflows for efficiency and scalability.
- Lead or contribute to strategic, cross-functional projects aligned with company goals.
- Leverage technology, data, and automation to optimize workflows, enhance data integrity, and reduce manual work.
- Provide clear documentation and act as an escalation point for complex People Operations queries.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to design solutions that enhance the employee experience
Key Responsibilities
- Proven experience in managing a high volume of tasks with a high sense of urgency, accuracy and attention to detail.
- Solid knowledge of global people policies, processes, and workflows, with a focus on compliance, scalability and a positive employee experience throughout the employment lifecycle.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement.
- Demonstrated experience in scaling operations using technology (including automation technologies, AI, HRIS, and data analytics tools)
- Experience in tracking, reporting, and overseeing HRIS data and people metrics, with exceptional analytical skills to interpret data, generate actionable insights, and create dashboards and reports to streamline HR processes.
- Impressive collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Top-notch organizational and project management skills, with a demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to work autonomously with a growth mindset, driving personal performance and development.
- Willingness to work flexible hours when needed to support global operations.
- Commitment to all of Remote's values within the team and the greater organization.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Experience in a global or multinational organization is highly desirable.
- Remote work experience is a plus but not required.
Practicals
- You'll report to: Senior Manager, People Operations
- Team: People Operations
- Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify; EMEA
- Start date: As soon as possible
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with team members (no managers present)
- Interview with Director of Global People Enablement
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check
Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries. At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change. At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis. The annual salary range for this full-time position is $26,350—$59,300 USD Benefits Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How You’ll Plan Your Day (and Life) We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async. You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs. If that sounds like something you want, apply now! How To Apply
- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
- If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter. We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to. At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here. Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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