HR Lead

Some important notes about this role!

-Our intent is for this employee to stay with the company for years. Opportunities for growth in responsibility and compensation will be available based on performance. If this does not fit what you are looking for, please do not apply.
-This role will work US hours, from approximately 9am-5:30pm Pacific Standard Time (with some flexibility).
-The top qualities we are looking for in candidates are: outstanding (fluent or near-fluent in a business setting) written and spoken English skills; excellent attention to detail and organization; coachability, flexibility, and desire to learn.
-Candidates must be comfortable with a one-month paid work trial at part-time hours. After the one month, the candidate will transition to the full-time role with the company. If you are not comfortable with this, please do not apply.
-Time tracking will not be required in the role after the one-month trial.
-We do not expect you to know how to perform all responsibilities from day one. You will be trained on your assignments. What we do expect is for you to be eager to learn, and follow instructions with strong organization and attention to detail.

We are hiring a highly organized, detail-oriented Human Resources (HR) Lead with excellent
English language skills (spoken & written) to support a fast-growing, multi-location franchise education
business in the U.S. The candidate must be available during US hours.

This is not a basic VA role — you will act as the operational backbone for HR, recruiting, payroll
coordination, onboarding, compliance, and related HR systems across multiple
locations.

Your job is to reduce chaos, streamline workflows, and ensure clean execution across
HR as we scale. The successful candidate will be ready to operate in a fast-moving startup setting, ready to help build an HR function (not just follow existing systems/processes), in an environment with some ambiguity.

Key Responsibilities

Recruiting

• Talent Pipeline Development
• Recruiting Platform Management
• Initial Candidate Screening

HR Operations & Employee Lifecycle

• Manage onboarding for new hires
• Maintain employee records and ensure all documentation is complete and compliant

with California employment laws

• Support offboarding processes

Payroll Coordination (Paylocity)

• Prepare and coordinate payroll runs
• Handle off-cycle payroll adjustments, corrections, and updates
• Maintain employee data
• Work with U.S. payroll provider (Paylocity) to resolve issues

Systems & Benefits Administration

• Support Paylocity setup and ongoing maintenance (T&L, policies, configurations)
• Assist with benefits coordination
• Troubleshoot system issues and follow up persistently until resolved
• Help document and improve HR/payroll workflows

Compliance

• Assist with: Workers Comp audits & similar compliance items
• Maintain compliance tracking (deadlines, filings, documentation)
• Conduct basic research on HR/payroll/legal requirements as needed

Reporting & Process Improvement

• Maintain clean tracking sheets for: Payroll status, Onboarding progress, Compliance

items

• Identify inefficiencies and propose improvements
• Help build simple, scalable SOPs for all recurring tasks

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 5+ years experience working in Human Resources and/or Recruiting roles.
• Availability during US hours (ideally with prior experience working US hours)
• Excellent spoken and written English communication (clear, concise, professional)
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Experience working with U.S.-based businesses (required)
• Familiarity with: Payroll systems (Paylocity strongly preferred); HR processes

(onboarding, terminations, employee records); Google Suite (Google Sheets, Google
Docs)

• Able to work independently and drive tasks to completion without handholding

Application Instructions
-Use 7 Apply Points
-Title your application as follows: "[INSERT YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME] Interested in HR Lead role with Bought In"