## About the Role
Block is seeking an HR Specialist / Human Resources Manager to support its HR Business Partner (HRBP) team and help deliver people programs and initiatives across the organization. The role partners closely with HRBPs and cross-functional teams to coordinate projects, support employee programs, and improve HR processes as the organization scales.
This position combines HR operations, program coordination, project management, employee support, and people-program execution. The successful candidate will be organized, analytical, highly communicative, comfortable managing multiple priorities, and able to handle confidential and sensitive employee information with discretion.
## Key Responsibilities
Execute administrative and project-based work across HR programs and initiatives.
Support the annual performance review cycle.
Support the bi-annual promotion cycle.
Coordinate and support Pulse surveys.
Facilitate employee training and onboarding activities.
Serve as an HR point of contact for employees.
Manage end-to-end project coordination for ad-hoc HR initiatives.
Support team reorganizations, talent reviews, team-building initiatives, and M&A-related HR work.
Assist HR Business Partners with creating and evaluating surveys and reports.
Build and maintain collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams locally and globally.
Partner with HR Operations, Learning & Programs, People Analytics, Office Experience, Compensation, Benefits, Talent, IT, and Security teams.
Escalate employee concerns that fall outside the role's scope.
Help employees and business leaders connect with the appropriate HR or organizational team.
Support the implementation and improvement of HR programs as the organization scales.
## Required Qualifications
3+ years of experience in HR, operations, project management, or program management.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience implementing processes designed to scale.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to build partnerships and establish rapport and credibility at different organizational levels.
Ability to work independently while managing multiple ongoing programs.
Exceptional discretion and ethics when handling confidential and highly sensitive information.
Experience working with HR systems such as Workday, Visier, or Glint.
Strong organizational and project coordination abilities.
## Preferred Qualifications
People Operations experience.
Recruiting coordination experience.
Executive administrative experience.
Experience supporting cross-functional HR programs.
Experience working with HR Business Partners.
Experience coordinating employee engagement, talent, performance, or organizational initiatives.
## Skills & Competencies
Human Resources
HR Business Partner Support
HR Operations
People Operations
HR Program Management
Project Management
Program Management
Employee Engagement
Performance Management
Promotion Programs
Employee Onboarding
Talent Reviews
Organizational Change
M&A Support
HR Reporting
Survey Management
People Analytics
Process Improvement
Process Implementation
Analytical Thinking
Problem Solving
Stakeholder Management
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Communication
Presentation Skills
Confidentiality
HR Systems
Workday
Visier
Glint
## Education & Experience The source listing does not specify a required degree or educational qualification.
Required experience: 3+ years in HR, operations, project management, or program management.
Additional experience in People Operations, recruiting coordination, or executive administration is relevant to the role.
## Work Arrangement
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: Remote
Location: Buffalo, New York, US The source states that many roles can be performed remotely from countries where Block operates.
## Company Information
Block describes itself as working to build a more inclusive economy and states that it applies these values to its workplace.
## Equal Employment Opportunity
Block states that it is an equal opportunity employer and evaluates employees and job applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.