People Lead / Head of People

• Design and implement a best-in-class recruitment and probation process that is lightweight yet ensures excellent talent acquisition.
• Own and run some of the recruitment processes - from screening to offer and probation checks.

• Advise and advocate for current and future people and recruitment strategies to the CEO’s Office, balancing short-term needs/resources with long-term growth.
• Own the implementation of those strategies across the organisation.
• Hold leaders and hiring managers accountable.
• Set up key analytics to measure people and organisational performance, feeding insights into data-led strategy.

• Build and run an excellent people department that adequately supports the company’s growth and high expectations, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ensure you and your team have full context on what is happening across the company
• Manage and mentor the People team to deliver at a high standard and scale effectively.

• Coach and support managers on employee relations issues, stepping in to manage directly if necessary.
• Ensure HR policies and systems are compliant, practical, and supportive of company culture.

• 7-10+ years of HR/talent experience, with a proven track record of leading both strategy and execution.
• Broad HR Generalist background with start-up scaling experience.
• Full-cycle recruitment expertise, from sourcing and employer branding to closing senior-level hires.
• Experience designing and implementing talent programs (onboarding, performance management, learning & development, DEI).
• Smart, pragmatic, and data-driven with the ability to influence leadership.
• Low ego, hands-on, and willing to do what it takes to deliver great results.
• Strong communicator with the ability to craft data-driven arguments.
• Ability to work with and understand perspectives of both creative and technical people

• Experience in start-ups and scaling environments (rapid growth, ambiguity, building from scratch).
• Comfortable operating in a “messy” 50-150 person company, with the judgment to know when to implement structure and when to stay lean.
• Exposure to larger organisations is a plus, bringing best practices while understanding how to adapt them to a high-growth, evolving company.
• A strong academic background is a plus

• Competitive salary
• Healthcare: Private healthcare offered as standard.
• Holidays: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, growing by 1 day per year spent with us.
• Remote work: Three days a week in our London studio, two days flexible (team lunch at a top Hackney eatery if you come in on the flexible days).
• Ffern membership: All of our team are members of the Ffern ledger.
• Team dynamic: Fun, low ego and sociable team with regular meals, breakfasts, drinks and outings.
• Beautiful work environment: Two sunlit studio spaces off Columbia Road with state-of-the-art kit, MacBooks and breakout areas.

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