People & Culture Associate

Location: Chicago, IL or remote in the U.S.

Start Date: May 2026

Start of application review: April 10, 2026. We often close jobs early to be able to review the large number of applications.

Type: Full time

Travel: Up to 5%, dependent on need and public health consideration

About the Center for Tech and Civic Life

CTCL’s work catalyzes excellent election administration across the U.S., which impacts millions of Americans. As a People and Culture Associate, you’ll play a key role in hiring new talent to advance CTCL’s strategic goals, and you’ll support initiatives to promote positive staff experience and sustainable high performance across the organization. You’ll report to the Senior Talent Manager.

Responsibilities

• Hiring Process Support: Support People & Culture hiring processes to ensure a seamless and efficient hiring workflow.
  • Help create job descriptions and update other hiring materials
  • Post jobs
  • Set up pipelines on Applicant Tracking System
  • Evaluate applications
  • Act as a primary point of contact for applicants, ensuring they are supported and informed throughout the hiring journey.
• Administrative Support: Support People + Culture with a variety of tasks including:
  • Note taking and meeting facilitation support
  • Drafting staff-facing materials
  • Document retention and organization
  • Double checking work to maintain accuracy and efficiency
  • Providing coverage for other staff or filling gaps in department workflows
  • Updating employee records in HR systems
  • Coordinating with departments and following up with individuals to ensure required tasks are completed on time
• Staff Engagement Support:
  • Survey staff to inform People and Culture’s priorities.
  • Flag staff questions and concerns to the Senior Talent Manager/Director
  • Share out reminders to staff on Slack

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you would need some experience in all of these must-have areas:

• Solutions-oriented: You proactively develop solutions to challenges and push to get past roadblocks. You are willing to iterate and optimize over time.
• Equity Consciousness: You have skills and experiences that help you understand people who face barriers accessing public services. For instance, you may be multilingual or have experience making products accessible and supportive to people with disabilities.
• Curiosity: You are committed to learning new things and developing new skills.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills: You can present complex concepts in a way that is easy to understand. You document and share project plans that promote alignment with collaborators.
• Independent time management and coordination: You are thoughtful with your time management and pay attention to detail. This shows in the quality of work you produce. You have experience coordinating with collaborators in order to plan and finish projects within a set amount of time. You can do all of this in a virtual work setting.
• Interpersonal Skills: You enjoy helping people. You're able to build connections with people, anticipate their needs, offer the right remedies at the right time, and leave them feeling supported and respected, all in a virtual setting.
• Integrity: You can be trusted with confidential organizational and staff information.
• Mission Alignment: You are enthusiastic about making elections more secure and inclusive. You believe in democracy and care about voting.

Experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, employee engagement, and plain language writing are all plusses, but not requirements for the role.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited vacation and sick days, 2-week winter break, and federal holidays
• Flexible work schedule
• Annual employee allowance and professional development stipend
• Employer 401(k) contribution matching up to 4%
• Local coworking space stipend for remote staff