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The People & Culture Department

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What we do​

People Operations is a complete overhaul of traditional "HR", and is vastly different. In the People & Culture Department, we follow a People Ops approach to inform everything that we do.

As compared to traditional HR, which is typically very focused on hiring and policy enforcement, is quite siloed, and is traditionally more reactive, People Ops is involved across all business segments, is much more proactive, and manages, among other things:

  • Building culture-based, flexible, informed policies and processes that serve to enhance how we operate (and improve our culture)
  • Crafting and maintaining an attractive, enjoyable, respectful, and growth-oriented culture for all to enjoy
  • Managing interpersonal matters, and ultimately working to ensure that everyone collaborates well together, towards our shared goals
  • Hiring candidates who fit our goals well, and who will be fulfilled in their respective roles
  • Full-scope onboarding, with the goal of ensuring that those who join Team OET are equipped to thrive
  • Learning & Development
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Performance (and improvements)
  • Strategic planning from a People perspective
  • Any other People-related matters

Contact us for the following​

  • Culture-related queries
  • Process and policy queries
  • Contract queries
  • Payroll queries (some of these will be diverted to Finance and/or Remote)
  • People management coaching / guidance
  • Interpersonal issues
  • Leave queries
  • Onboarding
  • Hiring
  • Changes of personal information
  • Access to a particular Google Drive file or folder
  • Questions about your role
  • Questions about our reporting and communication structure
  • Questions about company-wide tools, including Remote, Discord, Google Workspace, and Navan
  • Any other random questions you may have, where you're not sure who to ask

Our Head of People, Quintin, is here for the whole team! Just send him a message on Discord, or email him (quintin.coetzee@openenergytransition.org).