Offboard Operations Specialist (Americas)
✨ One platform, a whole world of opportunity
The best jobs are often restricted to a few wealthy cities, but talent exists everywhere. Oyster set out to change this by launching a global employment platform that enables companies to hire, pay, and support talent anywhere.
We’re proof that a strong, engaged culture doesn't require an office. Since January 2020, Oyster has:
🌏 Built a distributed team of 400+ across 60+ countries
👩💻 Featured in Forbes as #9 in FlexJobs Top 30 Companies for remote jobs
🌈 Formed a diverse leadership team and a workforce that’s 60% female
🏆 Earned top employee engagement scores
🦄 Raised $286 million; valued at $1.2 billion
💚 Achieved B Corp status in 2023
Our momentum shows the power of global employment, and we’re just getting started! If you want to help us drive change and work remotely, we’d love for you to apply!
👩💻 The Role
Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster’s positions are fully remote and you can work from home. Forever.To create the best experience for our new hire this role requires you to be based within UTC -5 /-8 as you will be supporting the Americas region.
Oyster is looking for an Offboard Operations Specialist to join our Lifecycle Operations Department to help us deliver a fantastic support experience to our growing number of customers and team members.
Your role is dedicated to educating and guiding customers about offboarding, so they feel supported and informed about the local requirements and steps. You will be part of our business’s frontline team and someone our customers interact with daily.
Key Responsibilities
You are the face and voice of Oyster to our customers and team members when they need support and guidance about the offboarding process and usage of the Oyster platform. You are facilitating the important, and sensitive phase of their journey where companies, local employers, and team members part ways;
Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with customer service colleagues, HR, finance, product, and legal experts to resolve queries and then share your knowledge with the whole customer-facing team to create a great experience for our customers, and to keep the streamlined process.
Respond to and resolve requests raised accurately and in line with agreed service levels, using a range of tools, including the Oyster ticketing platform (Zendesk) and internal resources, e.g., Help Centre articles, macros, internal FAQs;
Maintain and help to develop our self-service tools and knowledge bases externally and internally so that we can help the customer help themselves as much as possible.
Core Requirements
2 years of hands-on experience in a support or administration role in a HR or People function
An empathic and human-centred approach to supporting customers; you always want to go the extra mile to ensure that the customer is happy and they feel supported
Passionate about creating and sharing knowledge to build a fantastic support experience for your colleagues and our customers
First class attention to detail and reasoning with extreme organization and a proven work ethic
Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with customer service colleagues
Comfortable with a high pace work environment and changing customer priorities
Excellent interpersonal skills, determination and tenacity, along with a sense of humor
Remote-first advocate and passionate about creating change in the future of work landscape
Driven by the social impact mission and desire to use skills to influence global change and employment opportunities.
You'll also need
A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
Fluent English language skills
How we work together at Oyster
Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We make it happen. We drive change. We build and give trust, and we are a united team.
Our mission is to create a more equal world, one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission, and that doesn’t just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work.
We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work and share our practices in the Oyster Public HQ to help other global teams learn from our experiences.
How YOU work
With diverse locations, cultures, and needs, we created How YOU Work; a program supporting your whole human experience at Oyster:
Work from anywhere: Oyster has no borders or HQ. As long as work is timely, your team is supported, and you're authorized to work where you live, you can work from anywhere.
Paid time off: Enjoy 40 days off per year (including holidays and vacation), or more if required by your country.
Mental health support: Access Plumm, our mental well-being service.
Wellbeing allowance: Each month, receive a wellbeing allowance in your ThanksBen wallet. Spend it on a wide range of options; see the benefits catalogue for ideas.
Flexible parental leave: All new parents are eligible for at least three months’ paid leave, with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally.
WFH stipend: Receive a stipend for your laptop and home office equipment to get you set up quickly.
✨ The best jobs should be available to everyone
We embrace diverse perspectives and intentionally build our product and company with an inclusive, global mindset. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every criterion, and are committed to a trust-based, thriving environment.
Oyster is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process, please email jobs@oysterhr.com with the subject line: Interview Accommodations.
Our available positions are on our careers page. Our team will only contact you from an @oysterhr.com email, and we will never ask for money as part of an interview process or job offer. If you receive a suspicious email about Oyster jobs or are directed to a site other than www.oysterhr.com/careers, please report it via our Compliance and Ethics Helpline.