People & Culture Manager

Job Title: People and Culture Manager

Department: Management

Location: Bournemouth

Salary: £24k p.a for 22.5 hours per week (£40k FTE)

Term: Permanent

Qualification: A CIPD qualification or equivalent occupational experience

Would you like to be part of something special? Welcome to Quantum

We’re an independent brand experience agency using innovation, creativity and behavioural science to create impactful campaigns for the world’s most ambitious brands.

Who we’re looking for…

A People and Culture Manager who thrives on offering exceptional and best in class HR service which covers the full employment life cycle. You will be equally happy getting your hands dirty with the nitty gritty and enjoy being able to step out and think more holistically and strategically. You are the ambassador and champion of our values and Culture and the driver of our strategic people plan.

Our values

· We expect you to be totally obsessed with all thing’s People & Culture

· You’ll be expected to inspire the team every day

· You’ll be able to make the complex simple and check your ego at the door

· You’ll never settle for average and have a growth mindset!

You should apply if you have…

● The drive of a thought leader, developing progressive people strategies and company cultures, and an active member of the HR/People community.

● Natural coaching and facilitator abilities, you know how to get the best out of people and appreciate the uniqueness of everyone in the team. People naturally seek your advice and trust your guidance.

● A motivated, passionate and a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, you're confident to make decisions and know when to seek input from others.

● Experience in balancing day-to-day operational necessities with the bigger picture more strategic work streams. Juggling is your thing!

● The ability to build strong relations internally and externally and at all levels, intrinsically discreet and trustworthy.

● Full believe in human potential, and support everyone to be their best selves.

The role entails:

● Maintain and strengthen a company-wide people-first culture, ensuring our people feel valued. You will do this by fostering and championing a culture of inclusion, collaboration, community, growth mindset and high performance.

● Be our Cultural Ambassador, ensuring company buy-in to our purpose, vision and values.

● Working with the Managing Director take an active role in developing our employer brand so that we attract the best talent and make our people proud to say they are part of the team.

● Help to develop a growth mindset within the agency, to demonstrate people leadership capabilities.

Strategic people plan

● Work with the Managing Director on the strategic people plan which will support ambitious growth to achieve its long term goals and aspirations, planning, prioritising and owning the projects streams and activities which will bring this plan to life.

Talent attraction, development and retention

● Own and develop our talent attraction, development and retention approach which will fully support our talent requirements as we grow, ensure there are clear development opportunities available for our team and support our people to feel valued and fulfilled.

● Plan to resource effectively in line with our growth plans so that we are proactively ensuring that we have the right skills in the agency at the right time.

● Accountable for the end-to-end recruitment process you will work with the hiring individual/team to set a clear plan and process for each role to be hired.

● You will support and help to lead our performance-driven culture by championing our performance management approach of continuous development.

● Assist in the identification of relevant and appropriate training options to support our people’s development and PDP activities.

Best in class HR service

● Responsible for establishing people focused, best practice HR fundamentals which live and breathe our values.

● Manage all employee relations issues with sensitivity and in a timely manner, ensuring that our people understand where to find our policies and procedures. Our people will feel confident in your knowledge, ability and personal approach when raising sensitive issues.

● Ensure that our internal policies and procedures are fit for purpose and in line with legal requirements, whilst reflecting our values and culture.

● Stay ahead of legal updates and changes, ensuring that we review and update our policies and procedures as required and communicate to our team as appropriate.

● Collate monthly payroll information for the Finance Officer.

● You will chair the H&S task force whose accountability lies in ensuring that we are working within a safe environment and ensures we are legally compliant in our duty of care.

What we can offer you

● Salary – £24k based on 22.5 hours per week (£40k equivalent) This could be 3 days or split over 4/5 days depending on your circumstances.

● 22 days holiday per year (FTE) + Bank Holidays, Christmas shut down and your birthday

● Enhanced Maternity and paternity benefit

● Enhanced Sick Pay

● Private Medical Insurance

● Medical Cash plan

● Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

And undeniably a great culture…

● Training & development: If it helps you help the business, it’s worth it! Various internal and external opportunities, such as: professional memberships, online training & subscriptions, mentoring & coaching, professional certifications and more! Plus, immediate employee membership to Alliance of Independent Agencies network and training on day one.

● Flexible start and finish times – start between 8 and 10am to suit you!

● Socials – amazing teammates, the running club, monthly events: kayaking, pub quiz’s, laserquest, etc.

● Lots of Little extras – a well-being channel, breakfast bites, impromptu lunches, beach location, spontaneous ice-cream van visits, Illy coffee machine, and more! Not to forget – a bonus day off for Christmas Eve 2024!

If you want to be part of a hardworking, fast-paced, and fun agency – send us your LinkedIn link and 3 reasons why! To careers@wearequantum.co.uk