Talent & People Operations Coordinator (Temp-to-Perm)

About the role

Under the direction of the Associate Director, People Operations, the Talent and People Ops Coordinator will help create a smooth, welcoming experience for candidates and new hires. This role will partner with hiring managers, recruiters, candidates, and members of the People team from initial screening through final-round interviews and preboarding. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about making people feel welcomed and replacing interview process jitters with compassion and kindness. The ideal candidate enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and thrives on delivering exceptional service with strong attention to detail.

Work environment

Premier Nutrition Company (PNC) is one of the fastest-growing companies in the proactive wellness space, showing clear leadership in the category of protein shakes and powders. We make the brands Premier Protein and Dymatize and are part of BellRing Brands (NYSE: BRBR). Our success is driven by our company purpose—Changing Lives with Good Energy—and a regenerative culture where employees feel connected and empowered.

We are a dynamic, hybrid workplace with an expectation that all employees come into the Emeryville office Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration, and culture-building. Our new 133,000-square-foot headquarters, opening in early 2026, will feature spacious workspaces, a gym with a rock-climbing wall, a café, free onsite parking, and ample greenery.

We were certified as a Great Place to Work™ for the 9th consecutive year in 2025 and currently rank #8 on Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces in our category. We seek individuals who thrive in a purpose-driven, autonomous environment and embody our Challenger Mindset: taking smart risks, displaying relentless hunger, and seeing themselves as builders.

Responsibilities

• Interview Coordination & Candidate Experience (60% of Time):
  • Coordinate interview scheduling across multiple roles, aligning calendars between candidates, hiring managers, and interview panels
  • Serve as a point of contact for candidates during the interview process, ensuring timely, friendly communication, including meeting and greeting candidates in the office
  • Order lunch for candidates and interviewers as needed
  • Manage travel for non-local candidates
  • Flag and help resolve scheduling conflicts
  • Prepare interview agendas, candidate communications, and interview materials; distribute to interview panels
  • Support the candidate experience from offer acceptance through the first day
• Preboarding Coordination (15% of Time):
  • Help set up the first day for new hires in partnership with the People Operations Specialist
  • Coordinate pre-boarding logistics: paperwork, background checks, equipment setup, account provisioning, and welcome communications (including delivering first-day swag)
  • Coordinate first-week onboarding sessions
  • Help deliver a warm first-day/first-week experience for new hires
  • Support collection of onboarding feedback and set up new member mix-and-mingle events
  • Coordinate and schedule employee events, including Group Onboarding sessions 2x/year, in partnership with the Culture Experience program manager
• People Admin Support (15% of Time):
  • Support the People team with scheduling and coordination of logistics for trainings and team meetings (external and internal workshops, etc.)
  • Administratively support job description updates in systems and ensure proper archival
  • Manage shared scheduling mailbox and calendar
  • Schedule 6-month check-ins for the SVP of People and new hires
  • Help answer routine employee questions and route requests appropriately
  • Partner with the People Ops Specialist to maintain and update internal People resources (Builder’s Central FAQs, upload annual holiday schedule and payroll calendars)
  • Maintain the company org chart
  • Update necessary partners on job-related changes that impact systems and access, including manager changes and terminations
  • Act as backup support to the People Ops Specialist with Paycor administration, compliance, and related system maintenance
  • Support employee lunch service administration (Fooda), including setting up new employees, removing terminated employees, and updating daily restaurant displays
  • Add company meetings, events, and holidays to new hire calendars
  • Track the list of current temporary employees
• Special Projects (10% of Time):
  • Help coordinate and support company events, team celebrations, and engagement activities in partnership with the Culture and Philanthropy Program Manager
  • Step in to support Front Office reception in the absence of the Office Manager
  • Raise your hand for projects that support your development and provide exposure to other areas of the People team
  • May support off-site coordination in partnership with other Executive Assistants

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. Preferred (but not required): coursework or internship experience in HR, business, or communications; experience helping plan events through school, clubs, or work; exposure to G Suite, Microsoft Office, or similar tools; and interest in growing in the field of HR
• Experience: 0–1 years of professional experience (internships, campus involvement, or relevant coursework welcome)
  • Strong organizational skills and comfort managing multiple calendars/priorities
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • High attention to detail and reliable follow-through
  • A genuine service mindset—you like helping people have a good experience
  • Comfortable learning new tools quickly (ATS, HRIS, scheduling software)
  • Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, or other sourcing platforms a plus
  • Must have experience calendaring interviews and/or meetings at a high volume using Microsoft applications or similar platforms
  • Demonstrated success in addressing last-minute schedule conflicts while maintaining a high level of customer service
• Skills and Mindset:
  • High attention to detail
  • Ability to juggle competing priorities
  • Strong communication (verbal & written)
  • Ability to work in an environment with multiple distractions
  • Advanced Microsoft Office suite skills
  • Ability to work on tight deadlines
  • Builder mindset with the ability to look for improvements, efficiency, and better ways to do things
• Work Environment:
  • Significant portion of the day working on a computer, reviewing data, creating reports, communicating with partners, and joining virtual and in-person meetings
  • Frequent and ongoing use of a keyboard, mouse, phone, and other office technology
  • Regularly navigate multiple systems at once, analyze detailed information, and shift between competing priorities and deadlines
  • Communicate regularly with team members, cross-functional partners, external partners, and leaders through meetings, Outlook-based email, messaging platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams), and presentations
  • Occasional movement around the office for meetings, collaboration, and team activities
  • May occasionally lift or move office materials weighing up to 10 pounds

Culture fit

You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if:

• You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture
• You like trying out novel, minimum-viable-product people-related ideas
• You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don’t make sense or would lead to a poor outcome
• You enjoy making people-centric decisions and finding ways to say “yes” as often as possible to impactful and important priorities for the business or team
• You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work
• You don’t have a big ego
• You like to get things done
• You can be friendly, vulnerable, and self-deprecating in one moment and handle a challenging, delicate people-related matter professionally in the next
• You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle

This may not be your ideal next career move if:

• You like a lot of structure, rules, and uniformity
• You prefer hierarchy and command-and-control leadership

Pay

$38/hour on a W2 basis.

Schedule

Duration: 3–6 months with potential to convert to full-time. Hybrid work schedule with in-office presence required Tuesday through Thursday.