People and Culture Generalist

Department: People and Culture (HR) | Reports to: Head of People and Culture

Work arrangement: Full time, remote within the United States | Classification: Exempt

Benefits: Full benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) with an employer match; paid time off; and paid holidays. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and applicable plan terms.

Position scope: HR service delivery, recruiting backup, and progressive support for smaller fractional HR engagements

About Jambalaya Group

Jambalaya Group is not your typical consulting firm—and we like it that way.

For more than 25 years, we have helped financial advisory practices build stronger businesses through consulting, coaching, training, and hands-on implementation. We recently transitioned to new ownership and are in a significant growth phase, building on a strong foundation while continuing to evolve how we serve our clients, develop our team, and grow our business.

We are a highly collaborative team that believes great consulting requires both strategy and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get the work done. We think deeply, move quickly, care about the details, and build meaningful relationships with our clients. Excellence matters to us, but we also believe doing great work should be fun.

Our values shape how we work:
- Act with Intention. Start with insight. Lead with purpose.
- Care Deeply. Build meaningful relationships and cultivate genuine connections.
- Make It Fun or Make It Stop. Energy, humor, and joy are part of how we win.
- Be Bold. Build bridges. Be resilient. Reinvent.
- Be Aggressively Authentic. Be real. Speak real. We are what we consistently do.

We are looking for people who connect with those values—not just people who can recite them.

Jambalaya is growing quickly. That creates tremendous opportunity—and it also means things move fast.

We collaborate constantly. We change course when new information tells us we should. We expect people to bring ideas forward, challenge thinking respectfully, help one another, and jump in when something needs to get done.

We’re serious about the quality of our work without believing we have to be serious all the time.

If you enjoy building relationships, solving people problems, thinking strategically, getting your hands dirty, learning constantly, and working with a team that cares deeply about both its clients and one another, you may feel very at home here.

Position purpose

The People and Culture Generalist delivers practical HR support to Jambalaya Group’s clients. The initial focus is completing compensation and benefits research, role descriptions, employee handbooks, career development materials, and responsive support for day-to-day employee and workplace questions.

The position works closely with the Head of Human Capital to understand client needs, prepare recommendations and deliverables, and coordinate implementation. Relationship building, careful listening, sound judgment, and dependable follow-through are central to the role.

As experience and familiarity with Jambalaya Group’s consulting approach develop, the specialist will assume greater responsibility for supporting smaller fractional HR engagements. The position also provides backup to the recruiting team.

Primary responsibilities
- Compensation support: Research market compensation, identify comparable positions, document sources and assumptions, and prepare salary comparisons and draft recommendations for review.
- Benefits support: Gather and compare benefits information, assist with benefits-related client questions and employee communications, and coordinate follow-up with benefits providers or other resources as needed.
- Role descriptions and organizational clarity: Gather information about client positions and develop responsibilities, qualifications, reporting relationships, and measures of success.
- Employee handbooks and policies: Prepare and update handbook and po