People Partner

You don’t need to have done everything before. We’re looking for someone curious, pragmatic and comfortable figuring things out, who knows when to run with something and when to ask for support.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with managers and leaders. Support them across performance, development, team effectiveness, organisation changes and day-to-day people topics.
• Support performance and talent. Help managers set expectations, give good feedback, address performance concerns and make thoughtful decisions about development and progression.
• Coach managers. Help managers become more confident and effective at leading their teams, including navigating difficult conversations and situations.
• Support employee relations. Manage day-to-day employee relations matters, bringing in the Head of Talent Experience for more complex or sensitive situations.
• Build and improve People practices. Take ownership of defined projects and workstreams across areas such as onboarding, performance, talent, manager capability and engagement.
• Turn direction into delivery. Take an agreed outcome or approach and work out how to make it happen in practice, bringing ideas and recommendations rather than waiting for a detailed brief.
• Use data and feedback. Help us understand what’s happening across the organisation, identify themes and use those insights to improve how we work.
• Work across the People team. Partner closely with Talent Acquisition and People Operations to create a joined-up employee experience.
• Get stuck in. We’re a small, growing company. You’ll be comfortable getting into the detail, writing the first draft, fixing something that isn’t working or picking up something that needs doing.

What Success Looks Like

• Managers trust you and come to you for support and advice on their teams.
• You’re able to manage People matters independently, while using good judgement about when to bring in the Head of Talent Experience.
• You take ownership of projects and pieces of work and move them forward without needing constant direction.
• You’re helping turn our People priorities into simple, practical things that work for managers and employees.
• You’re learning quickly, building your experience across different areas of People and becoming increasingly confident operating in a scaling organisation.
• And you’re helping us introduce the right amount of structure as we grow, without creating unnecessary process.

What We’re Looking For

• HR Business Partner, People Partner or strong HR generalist experience.
• Experience within a scale-up or fast-changing environment, within the tech industry.
• Experience working directly with managers on a range of people matters.
• Good foundations across areas such as performance, employee relations, talent and development.
• Some experience building or improving People processes, programmes or ways of working, rather than only operating established ones.
• Comfortable taking ownership and working autonomously, while knowing when to ask for support.
• Curious and keen to learn, with an interest in broadening your experience as the company scales.
• Practical and willing to get into the detail.
• Able to bring structure to something that isn’t fully defined without needing everything mapped out for you.
• Clear, thoughtful communicator with good judgement.
• Comfortable working in an environment where priorities and processes will continue to evolve.

Most importantly, you’re excited by the opportunity to learn through building. You’ll get exposure to a broad range of People work and the chance to take meaningful ownership, while working closely with an experienced People team as Applied Computing grow.