People Specialist, Employee Experience

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We're growing fast, and we're looking for exceptional people to join us on this incredible journey. Check out our culture guide to learn more about what it's like to work at Bench and read more about our business here
- **What makes this an exciting opportunity?**
- The People Specialist, Employee Experience is an integral part of our Bench People team. The People Team is a warm and caring bunch, obsessed with creating an incredible place to work for our Benchmates. Check out our culture guide We're also one of the most critical functions in our business.
- The People Team are the advocates for Benchmate experience, thoughtfully designing a top notch experience from beginning to end. This is where you come in We are reimagining the way we work at Bench. We're making intentional decisions about how we support connection, productivity, and development across the organization, in an equitable way, and in a way that ensures our Benchmates are able to work hard and have fun.
- It's a really exciting time to join this team We are on board a rocket ship and have big ambitions for the experience we want to create for our Benchmates. Luckily we have a stellar group of humans to support you to achieve big things.
- **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