Senior People Experience and Recruitment Manager (3 days a week Maternity Cover 11/12 Months)

This is a part-time maternity cover role (3 days a week).As Senior People Experience and Recruitment Manager, you’ll be both a planner and a hands-on operator. With the support 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 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.Responsibilities

Evolve and implement a People plan aligned to business priorities; scalable and adaptable as priorities change (quarterly updates).Lead recruitment end-to-end: partnering with hiring managers, designing fair and effective hiring processes, and keeping candidate experience at the center.Provide expert support on complex employee relations, 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 cyclical people processes: performance management, salary reviews, engagement surveys, organisation/talent reviews as needed, without causing distraction.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.Qualifications

You’ve operated confidently and self-sufficiently as a Senior People Partner / HRBP or equivalent in a similar context.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 LandD to compliance.You’ve been in a standalone or small-team setup.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.Nice to have

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.Benefits

Competitive salaryHighly flexible work culturePrivate healthcareLife insurance coveragePension matched up to 6%Generous time off: 25 days of annual leave, plus a personal day for occasions, extra days based on tenure, and 4 additional days at year-end for a company-wide shutdownEquipment: A MacBook and the tools you need to do your best workInclusive and supportive culture: diverse team across the UK, Europe, US, India, and CanadaLocation

London, England, United Kingdom

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