Office & People Operations Coordinator
People & HR, Operations
Creve Coeur, MO, USA
Office & People Operations Coordinator
Role Summary
The Office & People Operations Coordinator provides administrative, operational, and employee support across the organization, serving as a key point of coordination for both office operations and human resources activities. This role helps ensure a welcoming, organized, and efficient workplace while supporting core People Operations processes such as onboarding, employee records, HR communications, scheduling, compliance tracking, employee events, and general administrative support.
This position is ideal for a highly organized, service-oriented professional who enjoys variety, handles confidential information with discretion, and takes pride in creating a positive employee and visitor experience.
Core Responsibilities
Office Administration
- Serve as a primary point of contact for office-related needs, visitors, vendors, and general workplace inquiries.
- Help maintain a professional, organized, and welcoming office environment.
- Coordinate office supplies, equipment, mail, shipping, meeting spaces, and general office logistics.
- Support vendor relationships related to office services, facilities, supplies, maintenance, and other administrative needs.
- Assist with scheduling, preparing materials, and coordinating logistics for meetings, events, interviews, and employee gatherings.
- Partner with building management, facility contacts, or internal stakeholders to address office maintenance or workplace needs.
- Support internal communications related to office updates, events, closures, visitor procedures, or workplace guidelines.
- Assist with invoice processing, purchase requests, expense documentation, or budget tracking related to office operations, as needed.
People Operations / HR Coordination
- Support the onboarding process by coordinating new hire paperwork, schedules, communications, orientation logistics, and first-day preparations.
- Assist with offboarding activities, including checklists, exit logistics, equipment return coordination, and documentation.
- Maintain accurate employee records and HR files in accordance with company procedures and confidentiality expectations.
- Support HR system updates, employee data entry, reporting, and routine audits to help ensure information is accurate and current.
- Help track required employee acknowledgments, training completion, policy updates, and other compliance-related activities.
- Support recruiting coordination, including interview scheduling, candidate communication, meeting logistics, and applicant tracking updates.
- Assist with employee engagement activities, recognition programs, culture initiatives, wellness events, and internal celebrations.
- Respond to routine employee questions or direct employees to the appropriate People Operations resource.
- Handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
- Provide administrative support to the Senior Director of People Operations and People Operations Manager as needed.
General Administrative Support
- Prepare, proofread, organize, and distribute documents, presentations, reports, forms, and correspondence.
- Maintain calendars, schedules, files, trackers, and recurring administrative processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve administrative workflows, employee experience, and office efficiency.
- Support special projects related to People Operations, employee experience, compliance, office operations, or organizational initiatives.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and details.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Professional, approachable, and service-oriented demeanor.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and integrity.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office or similar productivity tools.
- Comfortable learning and using HR systems, applicant tracking systems, payroll platforms, collaboration tools, or other business software.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry, documentation, scheduling, and follow-up.
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively with team members and employees at all levels.
- Reliable onsite presence and ability to support daily office operations in St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee.
Experience
- 2 or more years of administrative, office coordination, HR support, recruiting coordination, employee services, or related experience.
Required Competencies
- Organization and follow-through
- Confidentiality and discretion
- Customer service mindset
- Communication
- Attention to detail
- Adaptability
- Problem-solving
- Collaboration
- Professional judgment
- Initiative
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree or equivalent experience preferred.
License/Certification
- HR-related coursework/certification is a plus but not required.
Preferred
- Prior experience supporting an HR, People Operations, Talent, or Employee Experience function.
- Experience with onboarding, employee records, recruiting coordination, or HRIS data entry.
- Familiarity with employment documentation, confidentiality practices, and basic HR compliance processes.
- Experience coordinating meetings, events, employee activities, or office operations.
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, communications, or related field.
- Experience working in a professional services, corporate office, healthcare, or similar business environment.
- Comfort working with employees, candidates, vendors, and visitors in a front-facing or service-oriented role.