Administrative Assistant - Human Resources

Position Objective:

The Administrative Assistant in Human Resources (HR) is a remote entry-level role ideal for anyone seeking to learn and grow their skills and join the world's largest animal rights organization. This full-time work-from-home role offers benefits, paid holidays, sick time, vacation time – and more!

The best candidate will be a "people person" who applies their positive attitude to enthusiastically help staff members and support our HR Department with projects and assignments. The administrative assistant will take charge of various behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and will shine their creativity in the HR department by working with PETA Animal Rights Interns, applicants for employment, and staff members.

What your day will look like:

• Putting to work your writing and problem-solving skills to correspond with staff members, interns, and applicants to assist with routine queries, provide valuable training, and throughout troubleshooting because ‘Happy, Helpful, HR’ is our motto.
• You'll handle a large amount of confidential information, while assisting with personnel matters, supporting department functions, and more.
• We’ll come to you for help with the PETA Life Instagram Twitter accounts, and you will help to run the PETA LinkedIn account. Come ready with some ideas to highlight our organization’s culture and staff.
• Interns with PETA and the PETA Foundation are accepted on a rolling basis, you will collaborate with the intern program manager to recruit interns, help coordinate one-of-a-kind learning opportunities throughout the internship, and serve as a mentor for interns.
• The above doesn't cover everything but gives the gist of the position. There will be more that comes up, so expect to help with other miscellaneous projects assigned by the supervisor.
• Around here, animal rights training and professional development are a top priority. You’ll work on assignments creating helpful a knowledge base for staff members and interns.
• You will be responsible for a number of administrative tasks, such as surveying staff members, organizing meetings, processing invoices and company forms, and maintaining files and databases. So, you’ll get the chance to experience a little bit of everything that we do.
• Welcoming aboard new staff members and helping to set them up for success will be a primary responsibility! This includes hosting New Hire Orientations, requesting and collecting new hire forms, and ensuring that New Hires are ready to begin. From I-9’s to offer letters, and entering a New Hire into our HR platform, you will be responsible for creating a solid first day.

• The strongest candidate will be one who has demonstrated thorough knowledge of animal rights issues and PETA campaigns. You should support PETA's philosophy, be able to advocate PETA's positions on issues professionally and be committed to the objectives of the organization.
• Working in an environment with quick timeframes isn't for everybody, and the pressure will be heavy most of the time, so candidates must have great time-management and organizational skills.
• To make big things happen for animals, we work in a variety of software programs including Office 365, Zoom, our HR Information system, an invoice payment website, and a task management platform. We’re looking for someone willing to learn how to use new software applications and apply newly acquired skills to successfully complete assignments
• Naturally, you'd need to be committed to the objectives of the organization, and living a vegan lifestyle would be part of this. Because of our public-facing role as the HR department, we also strive to maintain a professional appearance.
• Most of all, you must have the drive to help animals and support a team working for their liberation around the world.
• Having at least one year of experience with public speaking, correspondence and/or representing a company publicly is helpful, but as long as you are willing to learn, we’re happy to teach!
• You'll need solid writing skills, including excellent grammar and sentence structure in order to best serve the needs of applicants, interns and staff members!

The hourly pay range for this position is $15.00 - $19.06 per hour. The ultimate hourly pay within this range that will be offered to a qualified candidate will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and the cost of living in the area in which the candidate will live and work.

A list of benefits available to qualified employees is available here.