The People & Culture Advisor leverages their understanding of the Minor Figures business and its individual people to advise on and support people related objectives, such as employee engagement and experience, learning and development, systems and processes, attraction, retention, and recognition. With a strong focus on the EMEA region, the People & Culture Advisor champions the Minor Figures culture, always role modelling our values and helping to develop an amazing place where people want to work every day. This role is a part-time position only, 3 days per week and is office based.

As any HR professional will tell you, plans and to-do lists go out the window on a daily, or hourly basis. This isn’t a straightforward role. The trajectory will change often.

Here’s an overview of what we’d like you to be doing:

• Serve as first point of contact for people queries and issues for EMEA and conduct regular 121s to maintain strong two-way communication and ensure alignment with regional goals, company updates and people development plans
• Continuously optimise and manage the onboarding process so new hires remain engaged and have a positive employee experience through their probation periods and beyond
• Manage the offboarding process including exit interviews, ensuring that learnings and feedback are incorporated to improve the business
• Support with semi-annual engagement surveys, including distributing, evaluating results and advising on action plans for improvement
• Support the annual performance review cycle, ensuring deadlines are met and process is followed
• Support and champion global learning & development opportunities, including formal & informal training, lunch & learns, guest speakers, and shadowing
• Advise on and support performance management and employee relations issues as required
• Administer monthly payroll and benefits for our EMEA team

• Organise and manage in-person and virtual EMEA events to maintain high-energy office culture, including but not limited to summer & winter parties and virtual gatherings
• Actively seek and lead opportunities for in-person and remote team engagement, seeking to energise EMEA events, meetings and gatherings
• Champion and role model MF values across all communications and activities
• Day to day office administration, including but not limited to management of lunch ordering & provisioning, mail & packages, office supplies, cleaning, fire / health & safety procedures, and risk assessments.

• Manage the distribution, updates, and returns of all hardware and software; regularly evaluate service and purchasing contracts for savings opportunities
• Maintain our HRIS and ATS system (Personio), ensuring optimisation and automation whenever possible, accurate and timely employee and recruitment data, and end user training
• Support the management, organisation and end user training for internal communication & collaboration tools, including Google Drive (shared drives), Slack (groups and channels) and any other business communication systems
• Help to maintain and distribute employee handbooks and internal HR policies, especially for EMEA & APAC
• Ensure compliance with all relevant local and nationwide legislation regarding people & talent policies, processes and procedures.

First up, we hire humans, not machines, so let’s look at the key skills we need. You’ll:

• Be an ambassador of the Minor Figures brand

• Have a sense of fun, adventure, along with a hands on & a can-do approach

• Not be phased by constant change and challenges and willing to adapt and implement solutions

• Have a willingness to help in all areas of the business when needed

• Have excellent communication skills and self motivation with an ability to grow the role with the business.

We realise that a job is more than just the take home salary each month. So what are you really getting?

As part of the MF team, not only will you have the opportunity to own your role and make it, you and us a success, you’ll also be becoming part of something very special. Minor Figures’ ethos is that everyone is welcome, as long as you leave all hang-ups, social barriers and prejudices at the door.

You’ll embark on a journey that doesn’t have a destination. It just keeps going. Your contribution will help us become the most loved brand on the planet & the number speciality coffee brand. With that, you’ll grow, develop and progress as we do and you’ll play your part in us having a planet to do this on.

As part of the Minor Figures team, you’ll have the opportunity to invest in the business, option to buy shares in the company at an agreed price. In short, Equity in Minor Figures is available for all staff members.

But of course, we look after you in the other ways that you’d expect:

• 25 days holiday allowance in addition to bank holidays

• Statutory pension contribution (dependant on location)

• Flexible working to meet the needs of the role

• 30% discount on products from our online shop

• Unlimited one to one coaching sessions with More Happi

• Unlimited access to Calm app

• All the free coffee and cold brew you can drink!

• Vegan lunches are available.

You’ll be based out of our office in East London. Work from home flexibility is supported but the office will be your base and will allow you to bring the energy and creativity to the team. 

Hours of work will generally be 9.00am – 5:30 pm but may vary with workload or by agreement.  Flexibility may be required due to travel requirements. 

At Minor Figures everyone is welcome.  We are committed to cultivating and maintaining a culture that is inclusive and diverse. We celebrate differences and continually support all members of our company to be proud of who they are. In recruiting for our team, we pride ourselves on equal employment opportunity regardless of gender, sex, age, disability, race, religion, sexuality or social class. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their abilities and effectiveness, nothing else.