People & Culture Officer (Talent, Performance & Systems)

Core Responsibilities

Recruitment & Talent Execution

• Coordinate and execute recruitment processes, including candidate screenings, interviews and assessment processes to ensure a high-quality candidate experience.
• Support the implementation of the updated recruitment framework, strengthen the hiring pipeline and build a reliable pool of candidates for critical roles.
• Manage the Applicant Tracking System (Pinpoint) and coordinate interview schedules and candidate communications to ensure a seamless hiring lifecycle.
• Embed Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) principles into all hiring workflows and candidate evaluations.

Foundational Support, Policy Application & Inbox Management

• Manage the P&C shared inbox, acting as a reliable operational point of contact for staff questions and process guidance.
• Apply established policies in low-complexity scenarios and daily tasks.
• Create simple "how-to" guides, checklists, and clear, user-friendly procedures.
• Provide guidance on staff questions and process-related concerns, identifying and escalating highly sensitive cases to the relevant People & Culture director.

Performance & Staff Lifecycle Support

• Coordinate and support the execution of performance review cycles, including managing review tools and documentation to ensure consistent and timely completion.
• Coordinate and execute the administrative and systems workflows for staff onboarding and offboarding, ensuring a smooth and consistent experience throughout the staff lifecycle.

Systems, Efficiency & Process Management

• Manage and optimize core People & Culture systems and tools - including ATS (Pinpoint), Knowledge Management System (Notion), and Project Management Tool (Asana) - to drive efficiency and streamline workflows.
• Gather, collate, and analyze data from various P&C systems to identify trends and provide accurate reporting for recruitment metrics and performance calibrations.

Skills and Competencies

Required Experience

• Full-cycle recruitment, including directly conducting candidate screenings and interviews.
• Frontline employee support, managing shared inboxes, and applying internal HR policies.
• Administering performance review cycles and coordinating staff lifecycle processes (onboarding/offboarding).
• Managing administrative processes and HR systems with high attention to detail.
• Working in remote, international, fast-paced, and highly collaborative environments.
• Experience handling sensitive and confidential information, such as performance data and employee relations, with sound judgment.

Skills & Qualities

• Strong interpersonal and candidate assessment skills, coupled with high emotional intelligence.
• Clear, empathetic, and professional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex policies into simple, user-friendly guides.
• Exceptionally organized with strong follow-through, process discipline, and reliability.
• Calm, responsive, and solutions-oriented under pressure, capable of addressing and resolving low-stakes team conflicts.
• Comfortable managing multiple workflows simultaneously across recruitment, performance, and daily staff queries.
• Strong systems mindset with an orientation toward driving efficiency and streamlining workflows.
• Collaborative, low-ego, and highly dependable team player.
• Able to work independently, proactively manage priorities, and accurately judge when to escalate high-risk issues.

Strong Plus

• Proficiency using Pinpoint (or similar global ATS), Notion, Google Workspace and Asana.
• Demonstrated experience embedding Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) principles into hiring and candidate evaluation workflows.
• Experience extracting, collating, and analyzing data to provide reporting on recruitment metrics and performance calibrations.
• Familiarity with global or multi-country remote team dynamics.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary for this role is based on location and experience. Candidates will be provided with an accurate range in local currency.

• EMEA: 54,000-62,000 GBP (UK) or 60,000-75,000 EUR (Western Europe & Africa)
• Americas: 90,000-103,000 CAD (Canada) or $70,000-$85,000 USD (USA, Central & South America)

The development of our staff is paramount. To support this, we include these benefits:

• 5 weeks paid vacation per year
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Up to 3,000 USD for training and development per year
• Up to 1,500 USD for language development per year
• Workspace support, including reimbursement for home office or co-working expense

Our Recruitment Process

Avaaz undertakes a comprehensive recruitment procedure designed to select the most talented candidate for any given position. The recruitment process is comprised of the following steps:

• Application Review
• Screening Call
• Exercise
• Interview 1
• Interview 2
• Offer Call