People Operations Manager

The posting, as Skylight wrote it

About Skylight

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.

We're at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world.

If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we'd love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists.

The work we do matters.

About the job

Since launching several years ago, our team has grown rapidly. We find ourselves in an exciting position to further deepen our partnerships within the government contracting space, to continue to attract and retain amazing teammates, and to scale our capacity to make an even bigger difference in the world.

Currently, our company is organized into three main groups: Executive Office (sets and operationalizes the strategic direction of the company), Federal Health & Civilian (focused on federal health and civilian missions), and Defense & Security (focused on defense, national security, and public safety missions).

As Skylight's People Operations Manager, you'll report directly to the Head of People Operations and play a vital role in running the people programs our team relies on every day. In this hands-on position, you'll focus on administering benefits and leave, managing the employee life cycle from onboarding through offboarding, and keeping our people systems, records, and policies accurate and current. The work you do will have a direct impact on our ability to attract, support, and retain amazing public interest technologists.

What you'll do

Benefits and leave

• Administer our benefits programs end to end, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, FSA, HSA, and 401(k)
• Own the working relationship with our benefits broker and carriers, including renewals, plan design discussions, and issue escalation
• Run annual open enrollment, from communications and employee education through system configuration and post-enrollment reconciliation
• Administer all leaves of absence, including parental, medical, FMLA, short-term disability, and state paid family and medical leave programs
• Maintain leave tracking and reporting so business unit leaders have the staffing visibility they need without exposing confidential detail
• Partner with Finance on payroll inputs, leave-related pay adjustments, and benefits reconciliation

Employee lifecycle

• Run onboarding end to end, including the preboarding checklist, new employee orientation, I-9 verification meetings, and E-Verify submissions, and coordinate with IT so system and equipment access is ready on day one
• Run manager onboarding for employees stepping into people-management roles
• Run offboarding end to end, including the checklist, exit surveys, and state compliant final pay and benefits steps, and confirm with IT that access is revoked and equipment is returned
• Process role, project, and rep

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supporting you in a variety of ways:

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
• Paid time off, including 20 vacation days, 11 federal holidays, and flexible sick leave
• Up to 12 weeks paid time off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Business development / sales bonuses
• Referral bonuses
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
• Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

Interview tips

• Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
• Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.
• If you'd like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at recruiting@skylight.digital.

We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you're authorized to work in the U.S.

We're an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.