About the role
You will own the full employee lifecycle for a growing remote team: hiring, onboarding, contracts, policies, performance, employee relations and leavers. You will keep us compliant with UK employment law.
What you will do
- Own the employee lifecycle from onboarding to leavers
- Write contracts, policies and the employee handbook
- Advise managers on performance, absence, grievance and discipline
- Lead workforce planning and hiring with managers
- Coordinate payroll inputs and HR systems
- Report HR metrics to leadership
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years in HR, including 3+ years as an HR manager
- CIPD Level 7, or Level 5 with Chartered membership (Chartered MCIPD)
- Current UK employment law knowledge (contracts, right-to-work, TUPE, disciplinary)
- HR policies and handbooks you wrote
- HR systems and payroll processes
- English at CEFR C1 or above (IELTS 7.0 or equivalent)
Expert knowledge
- UK employment law in depth: unfair dismissal, redundancy, TUPE and the ACAS Code
- Right-to-work checks and sponsor licence duties
- Performance management frameworks and fair, documented processes
- Reward design: pay bands, benefits and pay equity
Preferred qualifications
- Remote or international teams
- Mental Health First Aid certification
- Scaling a technology company
Before any offer we verify your certificates, qualifications, references and right to work in the UK. Security roles also need background screening (BPSS) and may need security clearance.
SOWTK is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of every background and do not discriminate on any characteristic protected by the Equality Act 2010.