Talent Acquisition & People Operations Coordinator
Coordinate recruiting, sourcing, interviews, and onboarding while supporting core people operations and employee programs at a satellite software startup.
What You’ll Do
- Source candidates across LinkedIn, professional communities, job boards, referrals, university networks, and other relevant talent channels.
- Build and maintain targeted candidate lists for current and future roles, especially across technical, operational, and mission-aligned talent.
- Support outbound recruiting campaigns, including candidate research, outreach drafts, response tracking, and follow-up.
- Coordinate interviews across candidates, hiring managers, and interview teams.
- Communicate with candidates throughout the hiring process with warmth, clarity, and professionalism.
- Maintain accurate candidate data and keep recruiting systems organized and up to date.
- Support job postings, applicant tracking, resume review workflows, and recruiting operations.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, target profiles, and sourcing priorities.
- Support the onboarding experience for new hires by coordinating logistics, preparing documentation, and helping employees get set up for success from day one.
- Assist with employee lifecycle administration, including maintaining records, supporting personnel changes, and helping ensure people operations processes remain organized and compliant.
- Help plan and coordinate company events, team programs, and offsites that strengthen culture, engagement, and connection across the organization.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience in recruiting coordination, sourcing, people operations, HR administration, talent acquisition support, or a similar role.
- Comfort identifying and engaging candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, databases, communities, referrals, or other sourcing channels.
- Strong research, organization, and follow-through skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in candidate-facing communication.
- High attention to detail and discretion when working with confidential information.
- Comfort using tools such as applicant tracking systems, Slack, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar platforms.
- Interest in startups, aerospace, software, or mission-driven technology companies.
Nice to Have
- Experience sourcing for technical, engineering, product, operations, aerospace, or software roles.
- Familiarity with Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, HireEZ, or similar recruiting tools.
- Experience supporting outbound recruiting campaigns or onboarding processes.
- Interest in building inclusive, thoughtful, and scalable people practices.
Compensation & Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.
- 4% 401(k) matching.
- Unlimited PTO with a requirement to take 15 days off; follow most US federal government holidays.
- Quarterly health & wellness benefits.
- Annual 4-day company offsite.
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