Head of HR

Contract: Permanent, part-time (4 days a week)

Location: Based in our Dalston office with flexibility to WFH

Reporting to: CFO

Salary: £65,000 per annum (pro-rated)

About Fair Finance

Fair Finance is a social business with a mission to revolutionise finance and make it more inclusive, starting with the people others have left behind.

For nearly 20 years we have worked with hundreds of thousands of customers to help them access affordable credit, manage their finances, avoid eviction or start businesses. Our work has influenced Government policy, credit legislation and shown how Purpose and Profit can work together to change the financial system for the better. 

About the role

We are looking for a driven and capable HR professional with strong leadership skills, to provide the full range of operational and strategic HR to an employee group of approximately 40 people.

Reporting to the CFO and working closely with the CEO, this is a standalone HR role responsible for owning, coordinating, and implementing all operational HR activities associated with the employee lifecycle including but not limited to: recruitment, employee engagement, performance management, employee relations, communications, training and development and policy adherence matters.

The role will suit someone who wants to be part of an impactful and fast-moving social business that is preparing to grow rapidly. It will also suit you if you are a people person who values the human engagement of the role and is keen on working in a values driven organisation with a strong company culture focused on staff wellbeing and development, encouraging a collaborative team environment and a compelling place to work. 

  Key Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee the full recruitment cycle from: engaging with business leads, developing job descriptions, shortlisting, managing the interview process and leading the onboarding of new staff.
• Manage, update and administer all contractual documents to new and existing staff, as well as managing the leavers process.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment law.
• Review and update company employment and HR related policies.
• Provide HR guidance and help with the resolution of employee relations issues.
• HR administration, including managing and updating the Company's HR system (BrightHR).
• Oversee a culture of staff engagement and wellbeing; working with ExCo and SMT to lead improvement and ensure retention of staff.
• Manage staff attendance and promote wellbeing through training and internal initiatives.
• Support Business Heads in managing performance reviews and working with them to develop appropriate training and workforce planning.
• Build a team with a continuous improvement ethos to support the needs of a growing business.
• Regularly meet with, and provide regular reporting to ExCo, SMT and Line Managers.
• Manage, and active member of, the Company’s Remuneration & Staffing Committee.
• Work closely with the Compliance Lead to meet FCA SMCR requirements by ensuring new and existing employees are ‘fit and proper’, receive appropriate training, and undertaking regulatory referencing where required.
• Monitor and manage HR expenditure, ensuring that Fair Finance obtains best value for its processes and services.
• Responsible for Facilities, and Health, Safety and First Aid.

Skills and Experience

• CIPD qualified and a strong HR generalist with 8+ years in a HR Manager/Senior HR Manager role.
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience operating in standalone roles.
• Strong leadership and analytical skills.
• Team player with a practical, hand-on approach and can-do attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence at all levels.
• Demonstrate integrity and diligence in your methods and decisions.
• Experience of working in a start-up or a business that has gone through rapid change would be an advantage.

This job description may be amended from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the business.

Why work for Fair Finance?

• Fair Finance is a social business with ambitious plans.
• Over the last twenty years Fair Finance has helped over a hundred thousand people access affordable lending, start businesses or avoid eviction.
• Our work has helped influence Government policy and legislation.
• We have demonstrated how purpose and profit can work together to change the financial system for the better.
• We believe in employing, growing and building around exceptional people who share our values.
• We have created an environment where you can genuinely put clients before profits and make a difference to our clients’ lives.
• We will provide you with a supportive workplace surrounded by peers who want you to do well, with responsibility to make a real difference in the organisation and the opportunity to thrive and make the role your own.
• We are a diverse organisation full of people who understand the balance between achieving business objectives and our social mission.
• Our Head Office is in a shared workspace in Dalston, housing more than 300 creative businesses, social enterprises and charities.
• Hybrid working and work practice flexibility is offered.

Employee Benefits

• Annual holiday entitlement of 25 days in addition to UK public holidays.
• An additional paid day off for your birthday.
• Staff receive an additional 'WFH allowance' to allow even greater location flexibility.
• Private Health Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Staff Loan Scheme (currently interest free).
• 3% matching contribution towards a stakeholder pension.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 1^st June 2025 (11:59pm), and first stage interviews will be held w/c 9^th June 2025.