People Practices Advisor driving engagement and providing employee support in corporate services workgroup. Focusing on onboarding, training, and development programs for employee satisfaction.
About the role
- People Manager at Pirate Studios focusing on employee support, recruitment practices, and growth strategies. Ensuring a positive work culture and managing diverse HR functions.
Responsibilities
- Translating the care, creativity and attention we give our customers into how we support our employees.
- Building strong relationships, listening to what our people need, and turning insight into practical solutions.
- Taking ownership of the employee journey end to end, from attracting talent to onboarding experiences.
- Leading evolution of recruitment practices reflecting the company's values and creativity.
- Ensuring HR systems continue to deliver value through continuous automation.
- Processing fully automated payroll across the UK and potentially in Ireland, Germany, and the US.
- Supporting performance, employee relations, development and engagement with managers.
- Managing apprenticeship programmes including funding and progress monitoring.
- Working closely with the People Director to deliver people strategies that support growth and ambition.
Requirements
- Strong end-to-end HR generalist experience, gained at Advisor, Manager or Business Partner level, with the confidence to support the full employee lifecycle in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and partner effectively with managers and leaders at all levels.
- A people-centred, customer-first mindset, with the ability to translate organisational values into meaningful employee experiences.
- Proven experience leading and evolving recruitment and onboarding practices, with a focus on candidate experience, inclusion and continuous improvement.
- Experience administering payroll and employee benefits, ensuring accuracy, consistency and compliance.
- Strong organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail, including experience managing payroll and Employer of Record (EOR) platforms.
- Confidence working with HR systems and people data, using insight to improve processes, inform decision-making and drive consistency across the business.
- An interest in, or practical experience of, using AI and automation within HR, with curiosity around how emerging tools can improve efficiency, insight and employee experience.
- A proactive, forward-thinking approach, with the curiosity and confidence to challenge how things are done and drive positive change.
- Experience designing, launching and evaluating development programmes, including apprenticeships (desirable).
- Exposure to, or working knowledge of, US, German and Irish employment law would be beneficial.
Benefits
- Hybrid working: based in our Bristol office two to three days a week, with flexible working requests very welcome.
- Flexi Fridays, giving you a little extra breathing space at the end of the week.
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
- Duvet days, because sometimes rest really is the most productive thing.
- Work from anywhere for up to 30 days a year.
- Two paid volunteering days each year to support causes that matter to you.
- Four weeks of fully paid sick leave, because your health comes first.
- Family-friendly leave, including six months of fully paid maternity and adoption leave, and eight weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
- Paid time off for fertility treatment, recognising that life doesn’t always fit around work.
- One week of fully paid compassionate leave when you need it most.
- Income protection for added peace of mind.
- Critical illness cover to support you through the unexpected.
- Life insurance
- Private dental care as part of your benefits package.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Nursery Benefit scheme
- Access to the Yulife app- including 24/7 Virtual GP & EAP
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