Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary

About the Role
40 million people wear spectacles in the UK alone, but the optical industry hasn’t changed enough in three centuries. Products are tired, standards are mediocre, and the experience is dull. Cubitts is on a mission to change that and build the world’s most customer-centric spectacles company.

The People Manager (maternity leave cover) plays a crucial role in attracting, developing, and retaining top talent at Cubitts. Focused on building high-performing, engaged, and well-supported teams, this role partners with managers across the business to nurture talent at every stage of the employee lifecycle.

As a key people generalist, you will ensure the seamless and effective operation of the People function while collaborating closely with the Senior People Manager and Head of People to drive the People strategy and achieve departmental goals.

Key responsibilities include:
- Managing the end-to-end recruitment process, partnering with hiring managers to develop effective strategies for timely hiring of high-quality candidates.
- Driving innovative attraction efforts using ATS, social media, and referrals while supporting the People Team in enhancing the Employer Value Proposition (EVP) and employer branding.
- Ensuring a seamless and engaging candidate experience from application to onboarding, working with hiring managers to provide the best possible welcome to new joiners.
- Implementing succession planning initiatives by maintaining talent pipelines and tracking high-potential employees.
- Supporting development programs to ensure employees have clear growth pathways and career progression opportunities.
- Providing logical and sound employee relations advice to People Leaders and supporting training to equip managers to be confident people managers.
- Staying informed of employment legislation changes to ensure compliance.
- Facilitating the creation and implementation of the Cubitts Employee Survey, supporting managers to drive positive change.
- Supporting pay and benefits data input and processing.
- Developing clear offboarding processes to promote seamless transitions and analysing exit interview data for trends.
- Maintaining clean data, reporting, and clear data entry across all people systems.
- Working with the People team to develop meaningful KPIs to maintain and drive strong people metrics.
- Supporting the delivery of company and department goals through successful delivery of annual personal goals.

Experience
Proven success in a generalist HR role covering all areas of the employee lifecycle, with strong recruitment experience.

About you
- Naturally empathetic with a strong sense of doing the right thing to support employees at all levels.
- A strong can-do attitude, willing to roll up sleeves and embrace the variety of daily challenges.
- Keen to develop and grow your people skills.
- Organised with excellent written and spoken communication.
- Thrives working in a small, dynamic team.
- Naturally curious with a strong understanding of the business and each job role.
- Good project and change management skills.
- A thoughtful leader who gets things done.

Our Values
Pioneers
We improve things by doing them better or more simply, celebrating both innovation and failure.
- Challenge yourself and your team to think outside the box.
- Innovate and improve.
- Lead by example, using initiative to keep things moving forward.
- Be courageous and supportive, encouraging risk-taking and learning from mistakes.
- Be an infectious, positive force regardless of challenges.
- Push yourself and your team to learn and grow personally and professionally.

Proud
We take pride in doing things properly, even when exhausted.
- Lead by example with deep commitment to high standards.
- Encourage and support your team to strive for consistency, quality, and attention to detail.
- Always go the extra mile for yourself and your team.
- Inspire and support your team to find the best outcomes and exceed expectations.

For all
We treat everyone with warmth, respect, and without ego.
- Be humble and empathetic, fostering unity and inclusiveness.
- Share challenges and encourage your team to overcome them together.
- Communicate openly and honestly, listening and respecting all points of view.
- Identify, develop, and celebrate individual and team strengths and achievements.