People and Culture Manager

Core responsibilities:

• Serving as a cultural steward for GFI and implementing initiatives that foster a work environment where employees feel valued, engaged, included, and empowered to succeed.
• Providing internal training and enablement to employees on various people and culture topics, emphasizing continuous learning, and facilitating supervisor training sessions.
• Managing employee engagement surveys, pulse surveys, and annual performance review processes in Culture Amp.
• Providing employee relations and performance management guidance to employees and supervisors.

This role creates positive change by fostering an engaging and supportive workplace culture at GFI, enabling employees to thrive while advancing the organization's mission to transform the global food system through alternative proteins, addressing climate, health, food security, and biodiversity goals.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 5 years of related, progressive people and culture generalist or management experience.
• Prior experience developing presentations, facilitating engaging employee and supervisor training sessions, and creating informational guides.
• Familiarity with employee experience and performance management system administration.
• Proven experience successfully handling employee relations and performance management questions or issues.
• Demonstrated cultural competence and ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and project management skills with strong attention to detail.

Benefits include: working from home; paid employee base medical coverage; dental, vision, and other medical insurance options; a 401(k) plan with employer match; 14 paid holidays; personal, sick, and vacation time; paid family/parental and medical leave; lifestyle spending account; opportunity for advancement; and, respectful and collaborative culture.

The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals by advancing plant-based, fermentation-enabled, and cultivated meat as essential solutions to meet climate, global health, food security, and biodiversity goals.