Senior People Experience & Recruitment Manager

Unibuddy Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A forward-thinking technology company in the UK is seeking a Senior People Experience & Recruitment Manager to oversee the entire people lifecycle. You will lead recruitment processes, manage employee relations, and maintain the company culture across various geographies. Ideal candidates will have extensive HR experience, including end-to-end recruitment, and a passion for inclusion. This part-time position offers a flexible work culture and generous time off.

Benefits

Highly flexible work culture

Life insurance coverage

Pension matched up to 6%

Generous time off

Equipment like MacBook to support work

Inclusive and supportive culture

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior People Partner or HRBP in a similar context.
• End-to-end recruitment experience balancing speed and quality.
• Comfortable handling complex employee relations.
• Broad HR generalist experience in performance management and compliance.
• Experience in a standalone or small-team setup.
• Knowledge of policies and employment law across multiple countries.
• Passionate about inclusion with meaningful embedding in practice.
• CIPD qualification (level 5+) or working towards one.
• Coaching accreditation and/or qualification (EMCC, ICF, etc.).
• Experience leading small People teams while also managing hands-on tasks.

Responsibilities

• Implement a People plan aligned to business priorities.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment and maintain candidate experience.
• Provide support on employee relations, policies, and compliance.
• Coach and develop managers to be effective people leaders.
• Manage cyclical people processes like performance management.
• Analyze people data for insights to inform decisions.
• Act as a cultural facilitator to uphold company values.

Job description

Overview

Senior People Experience & Recruitment Manager

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This is a part time role, 3 days a week for 11 - 12 months.

As Senior People Experience and Recruitment Manager, you’ll be both a planner and a hands-on operator. With the help of a longstanding People Experience Advisor, you’ll oversee the full people lifecycle, from attracting and hiring great talent to ensuring our existing team is engaged, supported, and growing personally and professionally.

You’ll take ownership of the bigger, more complex challenges: developing managers, refining processes, keeping us compliant across geographies, and ensuring our culture scales in a way that feels true to Unibuddy.

This is a role for someone who thrives in a start-up environment: resourceful, pragmatic, creative, and able to make a big impact creatively and in a commercially savvy way.

What you’ll be doing

• Evolve and implement an appropriate People plan that is fully aligned to business priorities and is scalable / changeable according to changing and evolving business priorities (at least quarterly);
• Lead recruitment end-to-end: partnering with hiring managers, designing fair and effective hiring processes, and keeping candidate experience at the centre;
• Provide expert support on complex employee relations matters, policies, compliance, and global employment law (UK/Europe, US, and India);
• Coach and develop managers to be confident people leaders, ensuring they can handle performance, recognition, and development conversations compassionately and professionally;
• Drive and stakeholder-manage through cyclical people processes: performance management, salary reviews, engagement surveys, organisation/talent reviews on an as-needed, non-distracting basis;
• Keep people data front-and-centre: analyse and share insights to inform decision-making and highlight opportunities for improvement;
• Act as cultural facilitator and ambassador, making sure our values and culture are alive daily.

What we can offer

• Highly flexible work culture
• Life insurance coverage
• Pension matched up to 6%
• Generous time off: 25 days of annual leave, plus an additional special day for a personal occasion, extra days based on tenure, and 4 additional days at the end of the year for a company-wide shutdown
• Equipment: A MacBook and all the tools you need to do your best work
• Inclusive and supportive culture: We pride ourselves on our diverse team, with 55 employees across the UK, Europe, US, India, and Canada.

Qualifications

• You’ve operated confidently and self-sufficiently as a Senior People Partner / HRBP or equivalent in a similar context, role and environment - this won’t be your first rodeo.
• You have end-to-end recruitment experience and can balance speed with quality and fairness.
• You’re comfortable handling complex employee relations while keeping people experience at the forefront.
• You’ve got broad HR generalist experience, from performance management to L&D to compliance.
• You’ve been in a standalone or small-team set up.
• You can navigate policies and employment law across multiple countries.
• You’re scrappy, resourceful, and can achieve results without spending.
• You’re passionate about inclusion and know how to embed it meaningfully.
• You have a CIPD qualification (level 5+) or are working towards one.
• You have a coaching accreditation and/or qualification (EMCC, ICF, etc.)
• You’ve previously led small People teams and enjoy balancing leadership with rolling up your sleeves.