Meridian is seeking a dynamic HR Generalist, Talent & Engagement to help drive an exceptional employee experience through innovative recruitment, seamless onboarding, and impactful engagement initiatives. In this role, you'll collaborate across the organization to foster a diverse, inclusive, and vibrant workplace culture that attracts, develops, and retains top talent.

This position offers flexibility to work in a hybrid capacity near our Washington, DC or Frisco, CO offices, or fully remote. Quarterly travel to Meridian workplaces is required to support key responsibilities, including team events, onboarding, and engagement activities.

About Meridian: Meridian is a nonprofit consultancy that engages in dynamic problem solving with global leaders in business, government, civil society, philanthropy, and beyond. We bring people together, helping them navigate the dynamic variables that shape any collaborative search for solutions—from individual relationships to geopolitical considerations. Our work spans industries and sectors and includes projects focused on agriculture and food systems, climate change, forests, oceans and coasts, resilience, and science and technology, among others. Across these areas, we build and support partnerships that address our world’s complex challenges. 

About the Role:

The HR Generalist, Talent & Engagement plays a key role in ensuring Meridian continues to be a place where people thrive. In this position, you’ll lead our recruitment efforts to attract top talent, help design thoughtful onboarding experiences, and implement employee engagement initiatives that strengthen our internal community. You’ll also serve as a trusted resource for staff and managers, supporting employee relations, performance management, and professional development across the organization.

This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional who is passionate about building inclusive workplaces and wants to directly shape organizational culture. You'll collaborate across teams, contribute creative ideas to strengthen employee engagement, and help ensure Meridian’s people strategies reflect our commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI).

This position is ideal for driven candidates who want a high energy job with a purpose and would like to support big change from behind the scenes.  

What We're Looking For:

• 3–5 years of experience in HR, talent management, or employee engagement
• Proven skills in recruitment, onboarding, and employee relations
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving abilities
• Commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI)
• Experience with HR systems (HRIS/ATS) and Microsoft Office 365 (Teams/SharePoint)

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The starting pay range for this position is $67,429 - $80,915 per year. This is a salary, exempt position. In following our commitment to principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, maintaining pay equity when hiring is extremely important to us. For this reason, all staff at Meridian are paid a minimum of $50,000 per year and compensation offers are non-negotiable.

Meridian is dedicated to advancing our employees’ professional growth, supporting employee wellbeing, and helping them meet their healthcare and retirement needs. Meridian employees receive competitive benefits including:

• A dynamic, inclusive, and flexible work environment
• Structured professional development opportunities
• Medical, dental, and a variety of voluntary insurance coverages for employees, partners, and families
• Generous vacation and sick leave, plus 12 holidays (fixed and floating)
• Employee Assistance Program
• DC Office Employees Only – Metro expense reimbursement for commute into work
• Remote Workers Only – home office internet allowance

The deadline to apply is Thursday, April 3, 2025. 

Please submit the following application materials to be considered: 

• Cover Letter – 1 page -   Drawing from your personal and professional experiences, please explain how you hope to contribute to Meridian in this role. 
• Resume – 1-2 pages -   Detail relevant education, training, experiences, and accomplishments. 
• Three Professional References  

We thank all applicants for their interest and will be in contact only with those chosen for an interview. Please direct any additional questions about the position to HR@merid.org.  

Effective collaborative decision-making involves bringing together participants with diverse backgrounds and differing viewpoints. As an organization, we seek staff that reflects and values that same diversity; successful Meridian team members are experienced working in multicultural settings and welcome new opportunities to widen their own perspectives.  We bring integrity, inclusiveness, and respect for differences to every project we undertake. We are working to ensure that Meridian possesses the expertise needed to partner with—and build trust among—marginalized and disenfranchised communities, while advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) within our organization and our work. 

Accommodation 

Meridian Institute complies fully with the relevant Disability Acts and Laws in local countries. If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Meridian Institute, please contact us at hr@merid.org. 

COVID-19 Consideration 

At this time, Meridian Institute requires that all employees be fully vaccinated, including booster shots. In circumstances where an applicant communicates that he or she is not able to be vaccinated for COVID-19 because of a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance or because of a disability, then Meridian, in accordance with applicable law, will engage in the interactive process to determine if a reasonable accommodation is feasible that will not pose an undue hardship or create a direct threat to safety. 

Equal Opportunity Employment 

Meridian recognizes that our work is made stronger and more impactful by the contributions of diverse groups from around the world. At Meridian, we welcome people from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, national origin, creed, class, ancestry, or other grounds. 

Meridian Institute is a participating employer in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security program, E-Verify.