Global People Partner

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Global People Partner will work with our teams in the UK, North America and Australia to develop high performing teams, optimise workflows for key people processes, implement global people projects and manage employee relations issues. An exciting opportunity to drive growth in a young, fast growing, dynamic and fun business. This is a ​part-time position of 3 ​or 4 days per week.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

As any HR professional will tell you, plans and to-do lists go out the window on a daily, or hourly basis. This isn’t a straightforward role. The trajectory will change often.

Here’s an overview of what we’d like you to be doing:

• Management of employee relations - you’ll need extensive and up to date knowledge of employment law in the UK, where the majority of our people are based, and familiarity with main elements of employment law in US and Australia
• Ownership of Reward & Benefits including payroll, bonus, pension, healthcare etc. 
• Line management of UK Office Manager/HR Administrator and dotted line management of part-time People team member in US
• Ensuring people data is up to date and workflows in our HRIS (Personio) are optimised. Regular reporting of people data to Group leadership. 
• Partnering with teams to provide coaching and advice on how to become more effective and high performing & coach managers in establishing clear goals across all teams that line up to the company objectives, building the link between high performing and goal focused output.
• Running our engagement survey using Culture Amp
• Facilitating our performance cycle - end of year reviews, goal setting, regular check-in conversations
• Ownership of our MF values and how we embed them in all of our people activities
• Supporting recruitment activity
• Member of EMEA leadership team

ABOUT YOUR TEAM

You’ll lead our small but beautiful people team working with our people specialists in the UK and US - Lizzie and Sandra. 

​You’ll work closely with a motley crew of teammates across the globe that are celebrated for their individuality in a work culture that encourages you to be optimistic, experimental and daring.

ABOUT YOU

​We want people to come into Minor Figures to be a true version of themselves every day. Every day. No matter if you're up, or if you're down, we want people that embrace every day being different. People that can bring the energy, support their team mates when the times get hard, but not hold off from asking for support themselves. 

We hire humans, not machines, so let’s look at the key skills that we love to see. People that:

• Live and breathe their authenticity and individuality in everything that they do.
• Take pride in what they do, and inspire others to do the same.
• Have a sense of fun and adventure, along with a hands on & a can-do approach.
• Not be phased by constant change and challenges and willing to adapt and implement solutions.
• Collaborate like crazy & have a willingness to help in all areas of the business when needed.
• Approach every day like it’s day one. Committed, open minded and ready to enjoy every exhilarating second.

Experience wise, let’s dive into it. You’ll ideally:

• Be an experienced People professional, comfortable working in a fast paced environment helping to coach and grow line managers and support teams to perform at their best.  
• Know how to deal with employee relations issues like underperformance, redundancy and different types of absence, and you like getting into the detail as well as coming up with creative ideas.  
• Easy to talk to, encourage people to be open with you and you have an ability to get under the skin of what people and teams need to succeed.  
• You have *significant experience as an HR business partner or similar role, ideally in a fast growing start up or scale up.  
• Be CIPD qualified is a bonus, as is having some degree of knowledge of US and Australia employment law. 

*We hear you, what defines significant? We don’t set years of experience as a benchmark, nor say any industry is more relevant than another. You are already damn significant, we just want to see a track record that meets the demands of Minor Figures and this role. You tell us why and we’re all ears, or in this case, eyes.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

​We realise that a job is more than just the take home salary each month. So what are you really getting?

As part of the MF team, not only will you have the opportunity to own your role and make it, you and us a success, you’ll also be becoming part of something very special. Minor Figures’ ethos is that everyone is welcome, as long as you leave all hang-ups, social barriers and prejudices at the door.

You’ll embark on a journey that doesn’t have a destination. It just keeps going. Your contribution will help us become the most loved brand on the planet & the number speciality coffee brand. With that, you’ll grow, develop and progress as we do and you’ll play your part in us having a planet to do this on.

And, as part of the Minor Figures team, you’ll have the opportunity to invest in the business, with the option to buy shares in the company at an agreed price. Having skin in the game and really contributing to our success. Because it’s you and us all that do make this all happen.

But of course, we look after you in the other ways that you’d expect:

• 25 days holiday allowance in addition to bank holidays
• Statutory pension contribution through Nest
• Employee share options scheme, available to all full time employees.
• 1 day paid leave to support a cause of your choice through volunteering or activism
• Flexible working to meet the needs of the role
• 30% discount on products from our online shop
• Unlimited one to one coaching sessions with More Happi
• Unlimited access to Calm app
• All the free coffee and cold brew you can drink!
• Vegan lunches are available.

YOUR COMMITMENT

You’ll mainly be working from our HQ near Blackhorse Lane in Walthamstow, but we are flexible and trust you to manage your time and to work from the location that helps you do your job to the best of your ability.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

​At Minor Figures everyone is welcome. We are committed to cultivating and maintaining a culture that is inclusive and diverse. We celebrate differences and continually support all members of our company to be proud of who they are. In recruiting for our team, we pride ourselves on equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, sex, age, disability, race, religion, sexuality or social class. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their abilities and effectiveness, nothing else.

WHAT’S NEXT

You’re sold? The coffee is brewing, you’re ready to hit send and sit back and wait for a response?

In order to make that happen:

• Submit a CV and any supporting documents to us.
• Tell us why you want to work with us at Minor Figures