People & Talent Generalist (1099 - Mat Leave Cover)

ArcherReview

3d•Remote

About The Position

Archer Review is seeking a fully remote People & Talent Generalist to provide hands-on maternity leave coverage from April through August. This contract role will support the day-to-day rhythms that help our team operate smoothly, communicate clearly, and deliver a strong employee experience across the full people lifecycle. The right person is organized, responsive, comfortable working independently, and able to jump into both people operations and recruiting to support the needs of the team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing detail-heavy operational work with high-touch employee support. You will partner closely with hiring managers, IT, vendors, and the broader G&A team to keep critical processes moving and ensure employees and contractors feel informed, welcomed, and supported in a remote-first environment. Contract Type: 1099 Duration: 4 Months from April-August 2026 Hours: 30-40 hours per week Rate: $40/hr

Requirements

Relevant experience: Demonstrable experience as an HR generalist, coordinator, or equivalent position. Bonus points for experience in a fully remote, small-medium sized business.
Operational excellence: Strong attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple recurring processes, deadlines, and handoffs without losing accuracy.
Communication skills: Clear, thoughtful written and verbal communication skills, with the judgment to handle employee-facing communication professionally and warmly.
Employee-first mindset: A passion for creating an exceptional experience for our employees, contractors, candidates and partners.
Remote work fluency: Comfort working across distributed teams, coordinating asynchronously when needed, and keeping people informed without creating confusion or delays.
Contract readiness: Able to step into a time-bound contract role, ramp quickly, and operate with a high degree of ownership from April through August. We are open to this role being between 30-40 hours per week for the 4-month duration.
Tech stack familiarity: We use Rippling, Monday and Slack as our primary tools in the People Ops team. Experience with these tools is preferred, although not required if you’re comfortable in similar platforms and keen to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

Onboarding and offboarding: Lead employee and contractor onboarding and offboarding from start to finish, including checklist management, documentation, approvals, communications, and coordination across internal stakeholders.
Systems and access setup: Partner with IT to ensure laptops, accounts, permissions, and core systems access are set up and removed accurately and on time.
New hire experience: Work with hiring managers to coordinate first-day and first-week activities, ensuring each new team member has a thoughtful, organized start and knows where to go for support.
Ship new hire swag: Work with our vendor to ship swag to new employees during their first week.
Employee support: Serve as a responsive and helpful guide for employees and contractors during key lifecycle moments, answering questions, following up quickly, and creating a positive experience.
Internal communications: Own the monthly employee newsletter, town hall coordination, company calendar invitations, and other recurring people communications that help information flow transparently across the company.
Recognition and remote culture: Highlight wins, milestones, and moments of appreciation in ways that strengthen connection and visibility for a distributed team.
People operations administration: Lead and support recurring people operations processes such as payroll & 401(k) administration support, benefits enrollment, PTO tracking, time tracking, and related documentation.
Data accuracy and compliance support: Maintain organized records, track deadlines, and help ensure people processes are completed accurately, consistently, and in line with internal requirements.
Recruiting coordination: Support the People Operations team and hiring managers with recruitment activities such as drafting job postings, screening applications, scheduling and organizing interviews, and keeping candidates moving through the process.
Cross-functional partnership: Collaborate effectively with managers and team leads to troubleshoot issues, close operational gaps, and keep people-related workstreams running smoothly during the leave coverage period.
Generalist support: Pitch in on the wide range of work that naturally comes with a People & Talent function, including documentation updates, reporting, process improvements, ad hoc employee requests, and special projects as needed.