HR Business Partner

Goalbook is seeking an HR Business Partner to partner directly with managers and team members, ensuring critical people processes run with consistency and integrity. This mid-level role focuses on manager coaching, employee relations, and process ownership, offering a strong growth path within a mission-driven organization.

Our Mission and Values

Goalbook's mission is to empower teachers to transform instruction so that all students succeed. Our work is grounded in the values of Relationships and Growth, creating an environment that fosters human connection and continuous professional development. We balance business performance, mission impact, and team experience.

The Role

This HR Business Partner role sits at the intersection of manager coaching, employee relations, and process ownership. You will support managers in navigating performance, feedback, and team dynamics, serve as a first point of contact for employee concerns, and own core people systems like performance cycles. This role is not focused on HR operations, which are handled by a dedicated HR Operations team.

What You’ll Do

Manager Partnership and Coaching

• Partner directly with managers on performance conversations, feedback, and team effectiveness.
• Coach managers through challenges such as underperformance, team dynamics, and development planning.
• Help managers translate company expectations into actionable guidance for their teams.
• Support preparation for calibration and ensure alignment in performance assessment.

Employee Relations and Support

• Serve as a first point of contact for employee concerns, questions, and early-stage grievances.
• Navigate sensitive situations with care, sound judgment, and clear documentation.
• Support conflict resolution and help address issues early.
• Partner with the Head of People on complex or high-risk cases.

Performance and Engagement Systems

• Drive execution of performance review cycles.
• Track progress, ensure completion, and maintain calibration documentation.
• Identify inconsistencies or risks and surface them to leaders.
• Own engagement survey logistics and ensure follow-through on action plans.

Leave, Accommodation, and Policy Guidance

• Serve as the primary consultative partner to managers and employees navigating leaves of absence, accommodations, and policy-related questions.
• Provide clear guidance, set expectations, and support decision-making.
• Partner closely with the HR Operations team.
• Ensure a consistent, compliant, and supportive experience.

Process Improvement and Execution

• Identify patterns across teams (performance gaps, engagement risks, inconsistency in application).
• Recommend and implement improvements to strengthen clarity and fairness.
• Own follow-through, tracking, and project management.
• Support administrative and operational needs of the People function.

What We’re Looking For

Experience

• 2-4 years of experience in HR, People Operations, or HRBP roles.
• Experience directly supporting managers on performance and employee relations.
• Experience running or supporting core people processes (performance cycles, engagement surveys, or leave/LOA coordination).

Strengths

• Strong judgment in sensitive and ambiguous situations.
• Ability to coach managers with candor and care.
• High attention to detail with strong follow-through.
• Ability to influence without formal authority and hold others accountable.

Mindset

• Belief that clarity is a form of care.
• Value for consistency and fairness across the system.
• Comfort shifting between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
• Motivation to support both people and business outcomes.

Benefits

• Compensation range: $80,000 - $120,000, based on experience and location.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Safe Harbor 401k matching.
• Flexible time off policy.
• Goalbook Family and Medical Leave.
• Goalbook Universal Basic Income.
• Annual Goalbook Profit Sharing.
• A motivated, passionate, and fun team environment with opportunities for career growth.

Contact

Submit your application addressed to Kristin Andrews, including your cover letter, resume, LinkedIn profile, and how you heard about us. This is a remote position, ideally based on the West Coast, but other locations will be considered.

Goalbook is committed to building a diverse team and is an equal opportunity employer.