Climate Action

Head of People – Culture

Climate Action

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Extensive experience in all aspects of recruitment, including sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding candidates.
  • Ownership of all new vacancies, including creating and posting job specs on our Workable ATS/recruitment platform.
  • Expertise in designing and executing recruitment strategies, managing the full recruitment cycle, and utilizing various recruitment platforms.
  • Demonstrated experience working within the UK HR framework, with a solid understanding of UK employment laws, regulations, and best practices.
  • Reviewing and enhancing the current process for onboarding & off-boarding of staff
  • Support line management in the Induction and Probation periods of new employees
  • Review initiatives that reduce sickness and increase staff retention.
  • Day-to-day HR support to the business on performance management, employee relations, salary/bonus planning, and employee engagement.
  • Manage the HR Database and employee folders
  • Completion of all HR administration
  • Manage the outsourced payroll & pension scheme administration
  • Consulting with external advisors where necessary to ensure that policies comply with all relevant law and regulations.
  • Experience drafting offer letters and employment contracts
  • Support the delivery, communications, and roll-out of team building and wellbeing initiatives and company benefits/policies (flexi-time, private healthcare, coaching and mentoring)
  • Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to drive and champion change
  • Organise quarterly offsite team building events
  • Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity, and retention

Requirements

  • 10 years of professional experience with a minimum of 7 years in talent acquisition and HR.
  • Strong skills in managing employee relations, fostering a positive workplace culture, and implementing effective HR practices.
  • Experience in implementing company culture and wellness initiatives
  • Solid understanding of HR policies and procedures, up to level 5 CIPD or alternative qualifications.
  • Experience in a small business or start-up is a must!
Benefits
  • - 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • - 10 additional flexible remote working dates after completion of probation
  • - Hybrid working arrangement between our WeWork offices in Victoria and remote, with three days working in our office weekly
  • - Generous and achievable annual bonus scheme
  • - Ethical pension plan with the Peoples Pension
  • - WeWork wellbeing benefits, such as yoga sessions and meditation
  • - Barista, community bar, table tennis, showers, and the ability to bring your pet to work
  • - Benenden Health Scheme
  • - Opportunity to work with globally recognised sustainability and climate leaders
  • - Join a rapidly growing, mission-led company, making a positive impact on our planet

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
recruitmentsourcinginterviewingonboardingemployee relationsperformance managementHR administrationpayroll administrationemployment contractsHR policies
Soft skills
positive workplace cultureteam buildingemployee engagementchange managementmorale buildingproductivity improvementstaff retentionconsultationcommunicationleadership
Certifications
CIPD level 5