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Second Nature
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London, Greater London
Head of People
Overview
Job Description
Obesity has become a global epidemic; in the UK, we spend 9 billion a year alone on diseases like type 2 diabetes (thats 10% of the NHS budget). Whats shocking is most of this is preventable through sustained lifestyle and habit change. Enter Second Nature. Were here to help people take control of their health. By bringing together behavioural science, technology, and incredible people, our grand mission is to eradicate the global epidemic of chronic lifestyle diseases once and for all. Our digital habit change programme delivered digitally through mobile and web apps helps people to improve their lifestyle, lose weight, and ultimately reduce their risk for conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Were also one of the few consumer health brands that are also actively commissioned by the NHS (for us, its to help people living with type 2 diabetes). Our Stage We have just closed our Series A fundraising (Dec 2019). We have a team of 75 people, which will continue to expand over the coming years. You can find out more about working with us here and here. The Role Were looking at hiring an experienced Head of People to lead a newly formed People function. Over the last couple of years, weve doubled the team size and worked really hard to put in the structures in place across the entire employee lifecycle. Were looking for someone with experience of running an HR & People function to own & develop them into world-class structures. We have an exciting dynamic within the business from a people perspective. We have a central function that builds, markets and maintains the platform, this is 30 people. We also have 45 highly qualified coaches that help our customers every day with managing their own lifestyle goals. The growth and support profile for each group looks different, and its incredibly important for the success of the business that we get both right. In summary, youll own everything from Talent Acquisition to People Engagement and be the beating heart of the culture in the business. Requirements Skills we think you need * The ability to build world-class people structures, including such things as: * Career progression frameworks * People engagement strategies * The ability to build development programmes that support people on their first day, the first time they start managing, all the way through to supporting the leadership team and the founders. * The ability to look at our future and build a people strategy that supports not only the team we have now but the team we have in 12, 24 & 48 months. * The ability to deal with complex people situations companies as they arise with compassion and decisiveness. The experience wed like you to have * Youve run HR or People functions before in a small fast-growing environment. While we dont think you need to have lead functions five times over, its important youve owned the entire function and been a manager of people before. * Youve implemented best in class structures across the whole employee lifecycle, not only within HR, but also L&D and Talent Acquisition. * Youve got a CIPD qualification or at least 7 years + in an HR role The behaviours that are important to us are outlined here We've spent a long time thinking about our culture and the company we wanted to build. Ultimately, you will have a major impact on these behaviours being lived and breathed everyday!