Senior HR Generalist (UK)

Job Title: Senior HR Generalist (UK)
Location: Remote, work from home in the UK only. Must live within commutable distance to London.
Position Type: Full-time (40 hours)

What's the Job?

We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Generalist with a focus on event management.

In this role, you will lead our UK HR and global event management functions, ensuring that they are integrated into the company's strategic plan in order to support our growth, enhance employee experience, and optimise operational efficiency. This role will have a heavy focus on event management and workplace experience.

We are a diverse team and we strongly encourage applications from people in marginalized groups. It is essential that you value diversity and want to work alongside talented people from marginalized groups. We are explicitly a trans, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC / BAME, and disability-positive team, and you will be an active supporter of all team members.

This is a full-time remote position that will require 1-2 days per month in our London office, so preference will be given to candidates within a commutable distance to London. You must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

What You'll Be Doing

Human Resources Functions:

• Ensure that our HR practices are always compliant in the UK.
• Responsible for all aspects of the UK employee lifecycle and day-to-day HR administrative operations.
• Manage the onboarding and offboarding processes for UK employees.
• Support with talent acquisition as required, for example in writing job descriptions, scoping roles, sourcing candidates, reviewing applications, arranging interviews and managing feedback through to making offers.
• Conduct salary surveys within the UK market to advise on appropriate and competitive salary levels, and support the compensation review process.
• Administer our UK benefits and leaves of absence.
• Advise and support our managers in dealing with UK employee relations issues and reviews.

Working with the US HR Manager:

• Ensure global consistency
• Oversee the development and implementation of HR policies and programmes, including talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations, compensation, benefits, and compliance with UK employment laws.
• Drive initiatives to enhance employee engagement, retention, and professional development.
• Ensure the company's HR practices and procedures promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Coordinate the Studio's charitable donation efforts by identifying and building relationships with non-profit organizations that align with the Studio's goals and values.
• Coordinate the employee rewards program.
• Develop and maintain our handbook and policies.
• Advise on diversity, equity and inclusion, ensuring that all our policies and practices are supportive of, and accessible to, all employees.

Global Events Management and Workplace Experience Functions:

• Develop programmes and initiatives to enhance employee satisfaction and well-being.
• Plan and execute fun team-building virtual company events, such as regular happy hours, gaming sessions, talent shows, and karaoke to help build team camaraderie.
• Plan and coordinate in-person team meetups and conference attendance, including scheduling activities and booking venues, flights, hotels, etc.
• Coordinating training courses including managing course attendance and featuring internal and external speakers.
• Coordinate applications for company and individual awards in the industry.
• Monitor the health of our organization through team satisfaction surveys, and work with leadership to continuously improve overall happiness.
• Source, purchase and ship company merch and other physical goods to our team members, including managing in-person shipping and logistics requests through the London office.
• Write about Life at Uplift on our external facing blog, internal company wiki, and newsletter, highlighting individuals and their achievements.
• Shape our company culture by championing our mission and values. Be a positive force that uplifts others by maintaining a positive, professional and productive workplace environment.

Your Background

These are the things candidates really should have but can make up for in other areas. If you're missing one or two, consider applying anyway, especially if you belong to a marginalized group.

• 5+ years progressive experience working in HR in the UK including:
  • Recruitment (sourcing and hiring), benefits administration, leaves administration, and a strong understanding of UK employment law and practices
• 3+ years experience planning and executing events globally.
• Related degree in Human Resources or connected field.
• Background in tech or creative industries.
• Passionate about workplace culture, and a champion for employee and candidate experience; and a strong understanding of the factors that influence workplace culture.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment is highly desirable.
• Equally happy operating at the macro level (e.g. strategy) and the micro (e.g. administration).
• Customer service driven, and able to build strong relationships both internally and externally.
• A confident communicator both verbally and in writing, able to use your excellent interpersonal skills to influence and challenge as required.
• Proactive, positive mindset, always on the lookout for creative new ways to do things.
• A committed advocate for inclusion and for marginalized groups.
• Organised and able to manage competing priorities, with great attention to detail.
• Excellent project management skills, effectively organizing, prioritizing, and following up to ensure timely completion.
• Comfortable working in a mostly remote role and collaborating across multiple time zones and comfortable with commuting to our London office 1-2 times a month.

Bonus Points

These are things that can improve your candidacy, but none of these are necessary to apply.

• Experience in the video games industry.
• Understanding of the Roblox community.
• Experience advising and support fully remote teams.
• Experience in planning events for fully remote teams.
• Experience working with a growing organisation, or leading change in a scaling business.
• Familiarity with Google Suite, Slack, Homerun.
• Proficiency in project management tools, specifically Notion.

Request Supplementary Documents

• A copy of your CV / Resume
• A brief overview (cover letter) of why you want to work at Uplift Games

What's the Compensation?

When possible, we provide transparent estimated salary ranges to set expectations early and to respect your time. We recognize, however, that salaries vary within our various remote geographical locations. To give an indication of the salary level for this role, we estimate the annual salary will be as follows for these example locations:

Our compensation package is intended to be competitive with your local market and is negotiable.

We have a competitive benefits package. Find out more on our Why Work Here page.

I'm ready to apply.

A few reminders: you must be over 18 to apply. Though this is a remote role, you must reside in and have permission to work in the UK - London area to apply.

We're really looking forward to reading your application. Apply for this job on Homerun below!