People Partner in Richmond

We are looking for an experienced, pragmatic and hands-on People Partner skilled at providing strategically minded and delivery-focused partnering to our people leaders. You’ll play an active role in reinforcing our culture to help shape our people decisions, priorities, and performance.

The role involves:

• Getting to know our business areas inside out, acting as a trusted advisor to our people leaders.
• Providing hands-on support and expert advice to help them manage and develop their teams effectively.
• Championing a great team experience, supporting navigation of change where needed and ensuring our culture stays strong.
• Making decisions that put people first, keeping our performance on track and our values front and centre.
• Leading on key People projects and key employee lifecycle stages, from talent and compensation reviews to process improvements.
• Using data and metrics to guide our decisions, including diving into compensation data or partnering with Finance on headcount planning.

What you’ll bring:

• A solid background in generalist HR/People partnering roles, gained in similar sized and set up organisations.
• Comfortable working with different teams like Commercial, Corporate, and Tech.
• A great communicator who builds trust easily and knows how to have honest, productive conversations.
• A natural problem-solver who enjoys coaching managers and isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo.
• Knowledge of employment law and people practices including talent and reward, with experience of managing key lifecycle processes like compensation reviews.
• Ability to handle tricky situations with common sense, empathy, and a solid grasp of formal processes.
• Comfort with data and using it to help make smart decisions.
• Anticipation of when to lean in to contribute to collective people team success through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Tech-savvy, knowing your way around a spreadsheet and using HR tools efficiently.

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible core hours, giving you true work-life balance.
• Hybrid role to ensure this role works for you.
• 25 days of holiday (excluding bank holidays), increasing over time to a max of 27 days.
• 9/10 day working week to enhance your wellbeing without a reduction in pay and leave allowance.
• Optional 5 days unpaid leave and 1 paid volunteer day each year.
• Ability to work from abroad for 2 weeks every 6 months.
• Health insurance for you, paid by Tails.com.
• Extended maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay (6 months at 70% pay).
• Flexible paid care leave to support immediate dependants, people close to you and pets.
• In-house L&D team, with access to year-round courses to help drive your development.
• 50% discount on all Tails.com products.
• Discounted gym membership.

Our Commitment:

We’re proud to be an active equal opportunity employer. We want to give everyone a fair chance to join us in changing the world of pet food for good. We do this by conducting a structured recruitment process for all candidates and actively promoting our roles to communities that are under-represented at Tails.com. During your interview process, you’ll meet some of our team with varying levels of responsibility and experience. We want to give every candidate a fair interview process and if you need any reasonable adjustments made, please let us know.