Human Resources & People Operations

Rates: $200/hour

We support a variety of workplace needs around People and Culture and/or Human Resources. We bring an equity-centered approach to all of our practices, including hiring and recruitment, employee development, policy creation, compensation and benefits analysis, and more.

We value pro-worker workplaces, and have experience using Collective Bargaining Agreements to operationalize HR and managerial functions. We are very familiar with the process of negotiation and grievance support for managers who want to align their labor relations with economic justice principles.

People Operations Services

  • We handle the creation or revision of your workplace policy manual using an intersectional, equity-centered framework that still meets necessary compliance measures. We can also create all necessary coinciding forms as well as presentations regarding all policy updates so your team can be as informed as possible

  • Compensation and benefit analysis with comparison of top, median, mode, and low range pay tiers and benefits for the corresponding geographic area and budget size in your field. We use a variety of regularly published, field specific reports that we gain access to so your workplace does not have to pay for high usage fees!

  • Building a compensation philosophy and roadmap for the future that creates salary bands, and a rubric explaining the responsibilities and conditions that comprise each band. (We call this a Complex Role Matrix or CRM.) This includes a budget forecast for sustainability of your compensation structure with customized implementation advice based on your budget and capacity.

  • Creating or improving onboarding and offboarding processes

  • Independent exit or stay interviews for your team members, as well as coaching sessions on how you might implement new policies or procedures as a response to learnings from these interviews

  • Creation or revision of processes for annual and/or 90-day reviews, including 360 reviews and reciprocal feedback processes.

  • Facilitation of Board/ED reviews from creation of process to facilitation and collection of feedback.

  • Creation of employee incentive and professional development programs for your team, as well as support in kick off meetings and participation initiatives.

  • Mediation and conflict resolution is available to clients we are already working with in an HR capacity. We can also support policy creation around conflict resolution that includes mediation.

  • Monthly maintenance level HR: these contracts are built as a retainer: you pay up front for 3 hours of service per month for six months, and if you need a little extra help and support, we can assign you a team of HR advisors who will be available for occasional meetings, answer questions via email, or assist with emergent HR issues as they pop up. Any billing over the 3 hours will be billed monthly.

Hiring, Recruitment, & Executive Search

Unlike most hiring firms, we do not require a flat fee or a percentage of the incoming leader’s salary. Our focus isn’t on hiring someone so we can be paid, it’s to help our collaborating organizations find and the right candidates who are aligned with their values and goals.

Your next hire should be culture add rather than just culture fit.

Hiring & Recruitment Services

Our hiring and recruitment practices are based in equity centered outreach and scoring rubrics, allowing for more diverse, equitable, and inclusive hiring across all fields and entities we work with.

We assist in job description creation and optimization, help you develop an outreach plan, and use our specialized hiring software and partnerships with specialized job boards to share the role to a wide variety of qualified applicants.

As the applications flow in, we carefully review their application materials and steward your candidates through the screening process, keeping them as updated as possible at every step.

We can also recruit from our pool of standing candidates who have worked in fields similar to yours, or dig deeper with our recruitment software capabilities for national-level remote hires.

Our expertise lies in identifying competency-based interview questions, work samples, or scenario-based exercises so that you identify the right person for the role.

We know that hiring is a full time job, and we’re here to take the work off your plate so you can focus on your mission.

Not Sure What Services You Need?

Talk to us about an organizational assessment! We start by first understanding and analyzing your unique structure, values and organizational culture, internal practices, and any specific challenges you have. Together, we’ll determine what support you need, the services that fit your needs, and how long that support is needed.

From there, we specialize in helping you develop a plan and operationalizing equity. This means creating policies and practices customized for your workplace that align with your values, meet the human needs of your team, while still meeting the compliance regulations in your state.

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“If you are looking for a responsive firm with a dedicated staff that centers equitable HR practices, look no further. We cannot recommend WIP enough!”

‒ Nikki Madsen, Executive Director, Abortion Care Network