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# People Operations Coordinator at Harrison Street

- **Company:** Harrison Street
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $75k–$100k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/harrisonst/b030b273-308b-44b5-8188-cfa88bf7118a

## Job description

Harrison Street Asset Management ("HSAM") is a leading global alternative investment management firm focused on real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies across North America and Europe. Headquartered in Chicago, Toronto, and London with offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the firm has over $108 billion in assets under management on behalf of institutional investors and registered investment advisors globally.

Founded on a culture of innovation, HSAM is an early mover in alternative real estate and mid-market infrastructure. Today, the firm’s global team, consisting of more than 520 professionals, is committed to creating long-term value through deep sector expertise and forward-thinking strategies.

Harrison Street is seeking to hire a Coordinator to join our People Operations team that will focus on the day-to-day operations of the People Operations team, ensuring smooth execution of core people processes across the employee lifecycle. This role is detail-oriented, highly organized, and service-focused, with regular interaction with employees, managers, and external partners. The PO Coordinator plays a critical role in maintaining accurate data and delivering a positive employee experience.  This role is ideal for a highly organized, service-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys supporting a broad range of initiatives.  This position will be based in the firm’s Chicago office.

Responsibilities:

Operations & Administration

- Perform all onboarding and offboarding processes, including pre-hire documentation, orientation scheduling, providing system access, and new employee communications.
- Manage employee data changes including promotions, transfers, organizational changes and terminations
- Serve as primary administrator for the HRIS, ensuring data accuracy and integrity
- Act as the first point of contact for general People Operations inquiries regarding policies, programs and processes
- Maintain accurate employee personnel files and records across HRIS, benefits, and payroll systems
- Generate regular and ad hoc employee reports for the People Operations team and other teams, as needed
- Prepare employment verification letters and other People Operations related documentation
- Assist with offboarding activities

## Benefits & Payroll Support

- Support benefits administration, including enrollments, life events, and employee questions
- Partner with Payroll to ensure accurate employee data, deductions, and changes

Projects & Team Support

- Support People Operations projects such as system implementations, mergers/integrations, and process improvements
- Assist in preparing presentations
- Conduct orientation for all new hires
- Provide backup support to other People Operations team members during peak periods, including primary backup for Payroll and Benefits

Requirements:

- 2–4 years of experience in an HR coordinator, HR operations, or HR administrative role
- Working knowledge of HR processes, benefits, and basic employment regulations
- Experience using HRIS and payroll systems (e.g., ADP, Workday, BambooHR, or similar)
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High level of discretion and professionalism with sensitive information

## Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
- Experience supporting a multi-state or growing organization

Harrison Street is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.

If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions, please contact our ADA Accessible Line at (312) 920-0500 or careers@harrisonst.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Harrison Street does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Harrison Street will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Harrison Street.

## About Harrison Street

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Harrison Street is a global alternative investment management firm specializing in real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies for institutional and private wealth clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (owned by Colliers International)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States (additional principal offices in Toronto and London)
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Christopher Merrill, Christopher Galvin, Michael Galvin

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Financial services – alternative asset management (real estate, infrastructure, credit)
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (1,200+) and Registered Investment Advisors (300+)
- **Mission**: To build long-term investor relationships through tailored solutions, strategic leadership, and a global team committed to delivering lasting value.

## Products & Services
- **Real Estate Strategies**: Closed-end and open-end vehicles focused on highly differentiated assets (e.g., student housing, senior living, life sciences).
- **Infrastructure Strategies**: Investments in essential infrastructure assets across North America and Europe.
- **Credit Strategies**: Real estate credit solutions including direct lending and structured credit.
- **Private Wealth Platform**: Specialized vehicles designed for Registered Investment Advisors and high-net-worth individuals.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / AUM**: US$100 billion in assets under management (Q4 2025); another source reports $108 billion.
- **Key Metric**: Not disclosed revenue (private company) – AUM is the primary metric.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Colliers International (parent company), 1,200+ institutional investors, 300+ RIAs.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Workforce expanded to 600+ employees across 19 global offices.
  - Operates in 9 countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates).
  - 11-year recognition as a “Best Places to Work” winner.
  - Recent hiring for roles in digital assets, AI engineering, and infrastructure.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep expertise across market cycles** – founders and leadership have decades of experience building global investment platforms.
- **Differentiated asset focus** – invests in highly specialized, non-core real estate and infrastructure segments that are less correlated to traditional markets.
- **Global, integrated platform** – 19 offices enabling local market knowledge and sourcing capabilities.
- **Long-term, transparent relationships** – fiduciary mindset with over 1,500 institutional and advisory clients.

## Strategic Focus
- **Continue scaling across real estate, infrastructure, and credit** – diversifying product offerings and geographies.
- **Expand private wealth channel** – growing distribution to Registered Investment Advisors.
- **Innovation through technology** – recent job postings for AI Engineer and Data Engineer roles indicate a push toward digital transformation.
- **Talent development** – investing in internship programs, leadership training, and diversity initiatives to build a sustainable pipeline.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, transparent, and accountability-driven. The firm ranks as a “Best Places to Work” for 11 consecutive years.
- **Growth opportunities**: Broad training programs (leadership, career strategies, work/life integration) and intentional development from intern to executive level.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive package covering financial well-being, health, professional growth, and work-life balance, including a dollar-for-dollar charitable match.
- **Community engagement**: Company-wide volunteer events and employee-driven giving programs.
- **Office & flexibility**: Roles range from on-site (Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles) to potential hybrid; primarily in-office culture for investment and asset management teams.
- **Diversity & inclusion**: Strategic partnerships with organizations supporting underrepresented and under-resourced individuals; a commitment to diversifying the industry’s talent pipeline.

## Sources
1. [harrisonst.com – Culture](https://harrisonst.com/culture/) (600+ employees, 19 offices, best places to work)
2. [harrisonst.com – Team](https://harrisonst.com/team/) (senior leadership, founders)
3. [linkedin.com – Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/harrison-street) (employee count, industry, recent growth)
4. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/harrisonst) (open positions, on-site/remote indicators)
5. [wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Street) (AUM $100B, founders, parent company)
6. Additional search result (AUM $108B trade name, 600+ employees)

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