People Manager

As we continue our exciting growth plans into 2024 to deliver on our ambitious goals and refreshed strategy, we’re looking for a great People Manager to join our team.

This role will manage work within the people strategy across the whole team member lifecycle, looking at how we recruit, develop, reward and retain highly engaged and talented people. You will lead HR project work, develop our processes and policies and everything else which comes with being a generalist in a people related role in a growing organisation.

The role will play an important part in developing a positive and inclusive working culture and developing a practical and engaging approach to how we embed equality, diversity and inclusion actions. As well as strengthening our employer brand, in line with our overall brand, to help attract diverse, talented and committed people who are aligned with our values.

Some key responsibilities include

• Manage and coordinate all people related activities including team member relations, recruitment and orientation, driving the process for team performance and development reviews as well associated administration

• Design and build processes to enable Fair4All Finance to manage people and related matters efficiently and reliably 

• Support managers in addressing high performance, performance-related issues and devising appropriate development plans

• Provide guidance and support on all matters related to team relations, including disciplinary and grievance procedures, absence management, and team well-being

• Lead the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring Fair4All Finance attracts, selects, and retains great talent. Including delivering a comprehensive on and offboarding programme

• Support the Director of People with the management of people policies and procedures, including reward benchmarking, team engagement surveys, wellbeing and diversity initiatives

To be successful, your experience and capability will include:

• Proven experience working on and successfully delivering against strategic people plans

• Broad exposure and hands-on experience of practical HR or people management work including developing effective processes and systems

• Passionate about recruitment and have a proven track record of sourcing great talent

• Sound knowledge of employment legislation and a practical approach to application in a fast paced workplace

• Experience of administering contracts (employment, secondments and supplier)

• Highly organised and detail-orientated, with proven ability to implement plans effectively

• Outstanding written and verbal communication

Desirable experience and capabilities

It would be great if you also have: 

• Experience working in a fast paced startup or high growth environment

• CIPD level 5 qualified or equivalent experience

Personal characteristics

• Passion for our mission to increase the financial resilience of people in vulnerable circumstances

• Able to deal with complexity and uncertainty and work under your own initiative 

• Adopt innovative and creative approaches to problem solving with multiple stakeholders

• Seek continued learning and development and enjoy developing others

• Brilliant team player – takes the initiative to support colleagues and suggest solutions

• Be great at building relationships at all levels

• Enjoy innovative and experimental ways of team working; enjoys working in a small team

Why work at Fair4All Finance

Fair4All Finance is a not for profit organisation founded in 2019 to improve the financial wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances by increasing access to fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services. 

There are at least 17.5m people in the UK in vulnerable financial circumstances, who are poorly served or unfairly excluded from mainstream financial services. That’s nearly a third of all adults in the UK.

We are funded from the Dormant Assets Scheme. The scheme is led by the financial industry and backed by the UK government. This makes it possible for money in dormant bank and building society accounts to be used to help good causes.

Our vision is of a society where the long term financial wellbeing of all people is supported by a fair and accessible financial sector. 

You can find more information on us and our work at www.fair4allfinance.org.uk.

Our Benefits include:

Financial Security:

Pension, group life assurance, critical illness, and income protection, family leave

Wellbeing:

27 days holiday plus bank holidays, agile working, health cash plan, health & wellbeing resource hub (including an Employee Assistance Programme)

Fair4All Finance is committed to being a diverse organisation that is truly representative of the people and communities we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer with an inclusive environment where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop, and all team members can contribute to their fullest potential.

Applications are welcome from people of any age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background. We are determined to ensure that all team members and applicants receive fair and equitable treatment or are not disadvantaged by any inappropriate conditions or requirements being placed on them.

When we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential team member may need to be successful. We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we reasonably can to accommodate flexible working.

Applications

Please apply through Applied by Wednesday 17 January 2024

We would recommend that if you are wanting to apply for this role, that you submit your application as soon as possible as we could close this advert sooner than the closing date stated above.

Interviews will be held in late January 2024

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role before applying, please email jobs@fair4allfinance.org.uk Please note that this mail box will be monitored over the Christmas break, so if you do have any questions or would like to know more, please get in touch!

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