People Operations Contractor

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In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

We are seeking a People Operations contractor to support high-volume, detail-oriented execution across the employee lifecycle. This role will extend team capacity, with a primary focus on onboarding, offboarding, and employee lifecycle operations for EMEA and APAC.
This scope is shared with the People Ops Generalist. Responsibilities may flex based on coverage and priorities, and the contractor will partner closely with the broader People Ops team on handoffs and escalations.

• Onboarding operations

  • Approve and/or enter new hires in our HRIS and PEO platform, including one-time payments and equity.

  • Ensure onboarding forms are complete in Workday to support payroll and benefits setup.

  • Complete right-to-work checks for EMEA and APAC hires.

  • Onboard contingent workers to Workday and the Vendor Management System.

• Offboarding operations

  • Partner with People Partners on EMEA and APAC terminations (in Workday and our PEO platform) by approving terminations, coordinating required documentation, and ensuring payments are entered on time.

  • Create offboarding checklists to kick off stakeholder tasks.

  • Draft offboarding documents and send via DocuSign.

  • Offboard the contingent workforce in Workday.

  • Enter severance payments in Workday for payroll processing.

• Ongoing employee lifecycle operationsDraft salary certifications for employees in EMEA and APAC.

  • Complete employment verifications.

  • Manage fixed-term and contingent worker contract extensions for EMEA and APAC (including Globalization Partners).

  • Input and/or approve employee data changes in Workday and the PEO platform.

  • Prepare a monthly spreadsheet for EMEA and APAC payroll processing (for example, flag data changes, new hires, terminations, one-time payments, and other items for Payroll).

  • Triage and respond to questions submitted to our ticketing system within expected SLAs.

  • Support the probation review process by monitoring in-progress Workday items and following up with People Partners and managers for completion.

• Experience in People Operations, HR Operations, or a similar role, with hands-on process execution and case management.

• Strong working knowledge of Workday (HCM) and comfort operating across multiple People tools and systems.

• Experience supporting international employee populations and partners, especially in EMEA and APAC.

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive employee data with discretion.

• Ability to context-switch and navigate country-specific nuances.

• Strong written communication and consistent follow-through with cross-functional partners (People Partners, Payroll, Legal or Employment Counsel, and vendors).

• This role will handle sensitive employee data. Access and permissions will be provisioned using least privilege, and all work must comply with internal confidentiality and security requirements.

• You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you’re curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results.

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

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