People Operations Manager

pledge

London, UK

Posted on: 2021-11-01

Category: climate

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to understand and manage the climate impact of their products. By providing tools and infrastructure, we automate the delivery of climate solutions - such as footprint measurement, reduction and offsetting - into customer journeys.

We're on a mission to make businesses climate aware and help accelerate their transition to net zero. Pledge was founded in 2021 by early employees of Revolut and the co-founder of Freetrade.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Pledge’s first People hire, you’ll shape the People & Culture function: designing and implementing strategies, systems and processes to support the growth and wider ambitions of the business. You'll work in close collaboration with the founders as well as internal stakeholders.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

You’ll define Pledge’s People & Culture strategy
Ensure the smooth running of People Operations, including Payroll, onboarding/off-boarding and monthly metrics.
Set up procedures and policies to support our growth
Lead on performance development and talent management programmes
Provide consistent support to our colleagues, answering employee and manager questions on HR-related matters

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Previous experience in a senior People/ HR role at a start-up or scale-up organisation (preferably B2B)
An expert in mentoring, coaching and developing team members
Tech savvy with a keen interest for anything HR Tech & Systems
Exceptional verbal and written communication skill
Excellent understanding of employment law and legislation in the UK, CIPD qualified highly preferable
Ability to build, nurture relationships and interact with all levels of management
Talent Acquisition experience (Desirable)

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL

You share Pledge’s mission to help businesses make a positive environmental impact
You can work autonomously and take ownership with a high degree of integrity
You operate best without lots of bureaucracy
Proactive - you keep a pulse on the real time People situation and seek to pre-emptively address issues
You bring exceptional interpersonal communication skills and a collaborative work style with the ability to build trust and credibility with senior leaders and stakeholders
You inspire respect and admiration in those that report to you through your amazing people management skills
You approach work in a logical way and operate from first principles

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