Hybrid Operations Generalist

at Hadean

• Job title: Operations Generalist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Operations Coordinator handling people administration, event planning, and office management for a defense tech company. Supporting recruitment, compliance, and daily operations in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• People administration support across the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment coordination, onboarding, offboarding and internal changes
• Plan and coordinate company events, socials, meetings and conferences, including scheduling, logistics and catering requirements
• Attend and help run on stand events on occasion (some travel may be required)
• Maintain and update our HR systems and employee records with high attention to detail.
• Own people specific compliance requirements, including security clearances and right to work
• Be the point of contact for Finance, ensuring clear communication so they get the information they require regularly and on time
• Support the wider Ops team as the business grows and changes, jumping into projects and lending a hand
• Oversee the maintenance of our office and managing day-to-day office operations, including managing vendor relationships and ensuring a safe and clean work environment
• Be the hands on point of contact and face of the company for many external stakeholders, including answering phones, greeting visitors and handling enquiries, delivering a great experience

Requirements

• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Detail oriented and thorough
• Confidence using tools such as Google Workspace, spreadsheets and collaboration/project tracking tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - ability to communicate to all levels of the business
• Proactive, positive and adaptable - thrives in a fast-changing environment. Thrives on feedback and setting development targets
• Strong EQ/ Emotional Intelligence, balancing employee feedback with Company requirements
• Desirable: experience in an operations, people admin, office management or coordination role (especially within a startup, scale-up or fast-paced environment).

Benefits

• Hybrid working with 4 days per week in our fantastic office in Shoreditch, London
• Share options
• Private Health Insurance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Enhanced parental leave
• 3 extra days off at Christmas (on top of our standard 25)
• L&D budget