People & Culture Assistant
About The Position
We are looking for a People & Culture Assistant who loves supporting people, coordinating culture initiatives, improving internal systems, and keeping the behind-the-scenes details running smoothly so everyone feels supported, celebrated, and set up for success. This role requires someone who can communicate with warmth and professionalism, keep operational details from slipping through the cracks, and bring real care to the everyday employee experience. The ideal candidate treats onboarding like a first impression that matters, gets excited about streamlined SOPs, organized systems, thoughtful employee communications, and culture programs that make people feel genuinely appreciated. This role is for someone who finds satisfaction in updating internal processes, managing employee communications, supporting the employee lifecycle, tracking leave, organizing engagement activities, and handling confidential information properly. At AlgaeCal, we are driven by the mission to end the fear of bone loss with the world’s only clinically-supported natural solution.
Requirements
- Emotionally intelligent, adaptable, and people-smart
- Communicate professionally with executives, teammates, vendors, new hires, and departing employees
- Know when to be warm, when to be direct, when to follow up, and when to listen
- Genuinely enjoy helping people succeed
- Naturally build systems, maintain structure, and improve processes
- Understand that culture lives in the small moments
- Understand that onboarding is more than paperwork and passwords
- Proactive
- Follow up
- Communicate clearly
- Keep projects moving without needing constant reminders
- Take ownership and make things happen
- Track deadlines
- Remember follow-ups
- Update documents
- Close the loop
- Maintain confidentiality and professionalism
- Build trust through consistency and reliability
- Look for ways to create smoother experiences for both employees and leadership
- Humble, put the team and others’ needs ahead of your own
- Hungry to learn more
- People smart, a great teammate
Responsibilities
- Coordinate culture initiatives
- Prep a new hire’s first week (onboarding admin, training coordination, values introductions, IT setup, company and product education, internal SOPs)
- Update internal processes
- Answer culture inbox questions
- Support employee lifecycle
- Track leave
- Organize engagement activities
- Keep confidential information handled properly
- Manage employee communications
- Support OH&S
- Support office management needs
- Maintain structure and improve processes
- Keep files organized
- Keep leave tracking updated
- Ensure internal documents are accurate
- Document processes
- Document SOPs
- Optimize workflows
- Refine internal processes
- Help teams operate more efficiently
- Ensure the office is organized
- Ensure the right supplies are available
- Handle event details
- Prepare rooms
- Think through the little things
Benefits
- Generous healthcare package
- Monthly team events and activities
- Flexible Stat Holidays with the option to bank days for later use
- Weekly team lunches
- Casual dress code
- Incredible dog friendly, Yaletown office one block from SkyTrain
- Above-market pay for the right person
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
