People Operations Associate

Join a unique company that combines the excitement of working in a high-growth tech startup with the fulfilment of creating life-changing social impact

At Beam, you get to do work that really matters. We’re solving the world’s toughest social problems. And we’re growing fast 🚀

About the role

We’re looking for a super organised, enthusiastic and tech-savvy People Operations Associate to join the People team at Beam.

You’ll play a vital role in ensuring our onboarding and office processes run smoothly, creating an exceptional level of experience for new and current Beamers. You’ll be the go-to person for office management tasks, as well as helping new joiners get up and running with their equipment and life at Beam.

This is a unique opportunity for someone to learn rapidly in a fast-paced People team!

You’ll be

• Managing our onboarding process, including welcoming new joiners to life at Beam, ensuring their systems are set up from day 1 to begin creating impact and changing lives
  
• Keeping track of equipment and placing orders for new devices
  
• Supporting the People Operations Executive with delivering onboarding sessions
  
• Booking travel and accommodation for new joiners coming to London for their first week
  
• Managing our office processes, including team meals and office happy hours
  
• Coordinating with our office provider to resolve any office-related issues day-to-day
  
• Ordering supplies and making sure everything is well stocked
  
• Organising events and socials

You are

• Highly organised and renowned for your incredible attention to detail
  
• Self-starting and enthusiastic about operational tasks: keen to improve processes and suggest new ways of doing things
  
• Tech savvy: you don’t need to be an IT expert, but you’ll need to be comfortable working with new technologies and problem-solving
  
• Positive, can-do attitude
  
• Flexible and the kind of person who thrives on constant change and challenge as well as maintaining a strong organisational backbone of regular recurring tasks
  
• Keen to bring your true, open self to work
  

Sound like you? Perhaps you don’t feel you tick every box - that’s OK - hit ‘Apply’ if you’re excited about helping kickstart a new era of opportunity for those left behind!

About Beam

We’re a team of over 90 working from our beautiful coworking space in Shoreditch and from home. We’ve picked up an armful of awards for our work (including one from our former Queen!) We’re one of the 10 hottest startups in London, according to WIRED magazine and one of LinkedIn’s Top 15 UK Startups for 2022. We’re also proud to be rated a top company to work for Escape the City, Tempo and The Dots.

We’re committed to hiring diversely and inclusively. You don’t need a degree to work here and we love to hear from ethnic minority candidates and/or those who’ve experienced social disadvantage. 65% of the people we support are from ethnic minority backgrounds and 17% have disabilities. We believe we serve these people best when we’re a diverse and inclusive team.

Our benefits

• Starting salary of £28K-30K - highly competitive for tech for good and social impact
• EMI-qualifying share options
• Annual company retreat 
• New laptop – choose between a MacBook Air or PC
• £500 personal development budget
• 1:1 workplace coaching with More Happi
• Regular team talks from leading UK tech entrepreneurs
• Free subscription to Calm meditation app
• Discounted bike and accessories with Cyclescheme
• Discounted tech products with Techscheme
• Unlimited holiday (we recommend ~25 days + Bank Holidays per year)
• Your own financial well-being coach, through Bippit

Application process

We have a three-stage interview process, giving you plenty of time to learn about Beam while we get to know you:

1. 30-minute video call with one of our Talent Managers
2. Timed scenario-based tests, giving you a better sense of the role
3. Final interview with team members from our Leadership and People teams