HR Associate (Full Time, Remote Position)

Are you looking for a fully remote position supporting an international team of vibrant, smart, and friendly professionals? Due to rapid growth, VeraSafe is seeking an exceptional Human Resources Associate to support our team of more than 50 staff members. The ideal candidate will have 8-12 years of work experience (and at least 3 in a Human Resources role) and be interested in expanding their HR career in a supportive and fast-paced environment. Above all, this role demands excellent organizational abilities, attention to detail, and written and oral communication skills.

You will primarily be supporting our internal HR team to ensure the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of the HR department run smoothly. This is the junior role on our HR team, and you will be reporting to one other HR professional, located in the Czech Republic, and the Head of HR, located in South Africa. You’ll also have the opportunity to collaborate closely with our Recruiting team.

Note: We may ask you to participate in a short skills assessment as a first step in the selection/interview process.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Assist in full-cycle HR responsibilities from onboarding to offboarding
• Draft various HR contracts and letters (e.g., offer letters, employment contracts, extended leave letters, etc.)
• Assist in onboarding new team members to our HR management system, Rippling
• Facilitate communication with new joiners prior to their start date
• Setup and monitor the progression of numerous onboarding projects in our project management system
• Answer benefits related inquiries from the team
• Assist with the administration of professional development trainings
• Ensure annual holiday calendars accurately reflect VeraSafe’s observed holidays
• Setup annual performance evaluation cycles in Rippling
• Add payroll exceptions to VeraSafe’s Payroll Exceptions Register
• Assist with offboarding departing team members

Soft Skills Required:

• Exceptional attention to detail
• Fluent in English
• Be a team player with a positive attitude; interested in contributing to a growing enterprise and willing to work with an international team
• Highly organized / structured work ethic and top-notch organizational skills
• Tech-savvy and comfortable using a variety of software applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication (i.e., you need to be able to write like a pro, and know your audience)
• Ability to work independently, collaborate with teammates, and fully deliver on all commitments
• Must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment
• After learning through experience, we’ll welcome your ability to think outside the box and innovate

What you’ll gain from joining our team:

• Freedom of working remotely
• Professional development growth opportunities
• The chance to have a long-lasting impact on a small but growing international business
• Work in an open environment with a friendly team that respects your ideas and contributions
• Fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Occasional opportunities to travel internationally, primarily for team retreats

VeraSafe’s Excellent Benefits Include:

• Work from almost anywhere with Wi-Fi
• Paid annual leave
• Paid sick leave
• Flexible use of paid family responsibility leave
• Paid holidays
• Retirement plan contributions
• Life insurance
• Eligible for annual bonus
• Reimbursement for certain personal flight tickets
• Income replacement insurance
• Flexible working schedule in some roles
• Choice of Mac or PC company laptop
• Optional IT Hardware Buyback program
• Occasional opportunities to travel in Southern Africa, North America, and Europe

About the Company and the Team:

VeraSafe’s mission is to provide the world’s best privacy and data protection advice, with a human touch. Through our global team of certified privacy professionals, cybersecurity experts, and privacy attorneys, we are dedicated to making data privacy compliance simpler and more accessible for businesses of all sizes. Our clients include the Global Fortune 10 and SME’s alike.

We have always been and will continue to be a remote team. We offer our team members a comfortable, flexible work life. We collaborate closely (you won’t feel like you’re working in isolation) and you’ll learn from our experienced team spread around the globe. We do top-notch work for interesting clients, yet we pride ourselves on recognizing that our team members also have lives outside of work.

Our HR Privacy Notice is available at the following link: https://verasafe.com/legal/human-resources-privacy-policy/