People and Talent Partner (Maternity Cover)

Kitt

Kitt designs and operates workspace for the world’s most vibrant brands. From managing the design and build, to creating an elevated ongoing experience, we create spaces that are worth leaving home for.

The Role

Covering our Head of People for 14 months (2 month handover period), you’ll be responsible for the employee lifecycle for a team of 55 FTEs. You’ll be recruiting top talent across our diverse range of teams, from hiring property sales people through to multiskilled tradespeople – you’ll need to be able to adapt to multiple roles and styles of hiring. Aside from recruitment, you’ll also be responsible for people operations, including but not limited to contracts, employee relations and payroll.

You will be:

• Supporting and guiding managers through employee relations processes such as performance management.
• Providing people & talent support to managers and the leadership team.
• Leading on recruitment across all teams ensuring both a great hiring manager and candidate experience.
• Taking an active role in driving and supporting company culture by coordinating team socials and regularly gathering feedback and finding new ways to bring teams together.
• Managing the upkeep of our HRIS (HiBob) and ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation.
• Managing the upkeep of our ATS (Workable).
• Responsible for onboarding new employees from both an employee and manager experience perspective.
• Running our annual engagement survey and interpreting the results in collaboration with our leadership and management team.
• Supporting the annual review of both compensation and benefits within pre-arranged structures.
• Proactively monitoring market changes from candidates and your wider network to ensure Kitt remains competitive.

About you

• You’re ruthlessly organised with meticulous attention to detail and the ability to prioritise in a busy and changing environment.
• You have a solid foundation as an HR Generalist and are confident managing the full employee lifecycle.
• You’re an established recruiter, with proven success in sourcing both active and passive candidates, ideally with experience in hospitality (hotels) or facilities management hiring.
• You’re well versed in using ATSs (we use Workable) with experience balancing automation and a people-first focus.
• You’re looking for a hybrid position with the opportunity to grow into a long-term hybrid role.
• Radically candid – you are able to construct specific and actionable feedback and deliver this to candidates and stakeholders at all levels, as well as coaching others to do the same.
• As a natural communicator, building relationships comes easily to you.
• You’re ambitious and target-driven, always looking to exceed expectations.
• You have an infectious enthusiasm and are able to inspire and motivate other members of the team.

Why Kitt?

The world of work has shifted forever. As people everywhere prioritize purpose over paychecks, company culture is in the spotlight. Many companies operate in bland, cookie-cutter offices, but we’re leading this change.

Real company culture can only be built in-person, in the real world – and for it to be authentic, it needs its very own, personalised space. That’s why we create offices as unique as the brands and people who work there. We’re long-term culture partners to our clients, long after they’ve signed the lease and chosen the paint colors.

We’re disrupting an industry that has long needed a shake-up, and with our sights set on helping every brand find their dream home, the future of office space and culture is in very good hands.

Interview Process

1. One-way video interview
2. In-person interview including a task with Lizzie and Simon Warner (VP Business Operations)
3. Final interview with Steve Coulson (CEO & Co-Founder) & Lucy Minton (COO & Co-Founder)

We’ll Kitt you out

• Starting salary of between £48,000 – £60,000
• 28 days holidays a year plus Bank Holidays
• Parental leave: up to 12 weeks paid parental leave for the primary caregiver
• Pregnancy loss support leave
• Regular socials. We love a good party.
• Free weekly lunch, bi-weekly breakfast and daily snacks
• Team socials on a Thursday
• Octopus MoneyCoach
• Workplace Nursery Benefit
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Season Ticket Loans
• Plumm – to support your mental health and wellbeing