Human Resources Assistant Jobs in Austin, TX

Position Summary

At UPLIFT Desk, we’re not just building ergonomic workstations—we’re shaping how people work and live. As the ecommerce industry leader in height-adjustable desks, we’ve grown by delivering innovative, customer-focused solutions that promote health, productivity, and well-being. Our success is rooted in our core values: Customer Obsession, Innovation, Accountability, and Results Oriented.

As the People Operations Coordinator – Recruiting, your primary responsibility will be recruiting exceptional talent across the organization while creating an outstanding candidate experience from first conversation through onboarding. You'll partner closely with hiring managers to understand their business needs, identify top talent, and guide candidates through our hiring process.

In addition to recruiting, you'll own the daily and monthly People Operations responsibilities that keep our department operating efficiently. This role is ideal for someone with a strong recruiting foundation who enjoys building relationships, improving processes, staying organized, and wants to build a long-term career in People Operations.

Success in this role comes from building trusted relationships, exercising sound judgment, and continuously improving recruiting and People Operations processes while creating an exceptional experience for candidates, hiring managers, and employees.

What You'll Bring

• 2+ years of experience managing full-cycle recruiting with responsibility for sourcing, screening, interviewing, coordinating interviews, and partnering with hiring managers.

• Proven ability to build strong relationships with hiring managers while providing an exceptional candidate experience.

• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and make thoughtful hiring recommendations.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.

• Exceptional organization, prioritization, and follow-through while managing multiple open positions and competing priorities.

• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify opportunities to simplify and improve recruiting and People Operations processes.

Bonus Points For

• Experience supporting a fast-paced, high-growth organization.

• Experience supporting onboarding, benefits administration, HRIS maintenance, or other HR operational responsibilities.

• Experience recruiting for multiple departments and varying skill levels.

• Experience using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

• Experience creating or improving recruiting and onboarding processes.

• SHRM-CP, PHR, or HR-related education.

What You’ll Do

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for a variety of positions across the company, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, coordinating onsite interviews, reference checks, offers, and onboarding.

• Deliver a professional, responsive, and engaging candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand business needs and identify candidates who align with both the position and UPLIFT Desk's culture.

• Coach hiring managers throughout the recruiting process by providing guidance on candidate evaluation, interview planning, and hiring best practices.

• Coordinate new hire onboarding to ensure employees have a successful first-day and onboarding experience.

• Manage daily, weekly, and monthly People Operations responsibilities, including HRIS updates, reporting, employee documentation, and administrative processes.

• Support employee benefits administration, new hire paperwork, and other People Operations programs.

• Maintain accurate recruiting and employee records while ensuring confidentiality and attention to detail.

• Continuously evaluate recruiting and HR processes, recommending and implementing improvements that increase efficiency and improve the employee experience.

• Partner closely with the Director of People Operations on department initiatives and special projects.

• Build trusted relationships across the organization while providing outstanding customer service to leaders, employees, and candidates.

Benefits

• A merit-based environment that rewards growth and accomplishment regardless of seniority

• Generous paid time off

• 4% 401K company matching with instant vesting (after one year)

• Excellent group health insurance available to employees and dependents, including domestic partners (medical plan, 2 dental plans, and a vision plan to choose from)

• Flexible spending account (FSA) for health care and child care costs

• Company-paid & Supplementary Life Insurance; Long-term & Short-term disability

• Free UPLIFT Desk (after one year)

• 50% discount on all UPLIFT products

• Free healthy (and not so healthy) snacks and drinks

• On-the-job training and skills development

• A supportive and engaging work culture that promotes healthy living

Position Details

• Compensation: $65,000-$75,000 DOE

• Type: Full-time

• Employee Status: Regular

• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm, 40 hours per week

• Location: Austin, Texas

About UPLIFT Desk

As a fast growing, mid-sized Direct To Consumer (DTC) brand company, it’s our mission to deliver sincere, world-class customer service. We provide optimally designed, quality office solutions to customers. We focus on happier & healthier customers and employees!

UPLIFT Desk has revolutionized the way people shop for office furniture. It all starts with our award winning UPLIFT Standing Desk, made even better when accessorized with our entire UPLIFT office furniture line. Our product line includes most furniture an office could need. We design office products that optimize customers’ comfort, health, and productivity. Our Product Development team focuses on designing the highest quality ergonomic office furniture. Then our Content team's ecommerce website offers customers the ability to configure products specifically to their needs. Our amazing Order Processing and Warehouse teams make sure we have inventory and ship orders the same day. Customers receive award winning support from our Sales and Customer Service and Warranty teams. We offer the best 15 year warranty in the business! Our Interior Design and Contract Sales teams specialize in large office furniture layouts for commercial buildings that serve most Fortune 500 companies.

Award winning UPLIFT Desk is loved globally!

• Rated Best Standing Desk by New York Times Wirecutter 9 years in a row

• Hundreds of thousands of happy customers around the world sit and stand at an UPLIFT Desk

• Google reviews - 4.9 rating with thousands of reviews

We value our environment:

• We plant 5 new trees in U.S. National Forests for every solid wood desk sold. By partnering with the National Forest Foundation, we're able to plant tens of thousands of new trees each year

• Solar powered operations: Our Austin facilities produce over a megawatt of electricity through roof-mounted solar panels on three large warehouses

• We use sustainable materials in our products. Some examples are:

• Bamboo Desktops, Drawers, & Motion Boards: The world's fastest-growing plant, Moso bamboo is a grass that grows as quickly as an inch an hour

• Eco Curve Desktops: Eco Curve desktops use 100% recycled MDF and have the lowest carbon footprint in the industry due to not using edgebanding, backer boards, adhesives, or solvents

• Rubberwood Desktops: Pará rubber trees produce 99% of the world's natural rubber latex. The rubber production lifespan of these trees is exhausted after about 25-30 years. Our rubberwood desktops give the trees a second life

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

UPLIFT Desk believes in building an organization whose staff reflects the true diversity of our community. We hire, promote, and reward employees based on results and professional performance. UPLIFT Desk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, creed, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, partnership status, ancestry, disability, or veteran status.

To all recruitment agencies: We do not accept agency resumes. UPLIFT Desk is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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