People & Talent Manager

About Eden Buying or selling a home is one of life’s biggest milestones - yet conveyancing can still feel complicated, slow and unclear. Eden is changing that. We’re building a digital-first experience powered by exceptional people, designed to make everything simple, clear and fast. We're at an exciting stage in our journey. Today we're a team of around 30 people. Over the next two years we expect to double in size as we continue to scale our technology, operations and customer experience functions. To support that growth, we're looking for a commercially-minded People & Talent Manager to own and evolve our people agenda. The Opportunity This is a high-impact standalone role at a pivotal stage in Eden's growth. Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll lead all aspects of people, talent and culture across the business. You'll be responsible for attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people while building the structures, processes and ways of working that will support Eden as we scale. This is not a role for someone who wants to specialise in one area of HR. Nor is it a role for someone who relies on a large HR team to deliver. We're looking for someone who enjoys operating independently, taking ownership and driving outcomes. You'll need to be equally comfortable discussing organisational priorities with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team as you are personally delivering recruitment campaigns, supporting with people issues, improving systems and building scalable processes. The successful candidate will combine strong HR fundamentals with excellent recruitment capability, commercial judgement and a builder operator mindset. You'll enjoy creating structure where needed, solving problems pragmatically and helping a growing business navigate the opportunities and challenges that come with scaling. This role offers significant visibility, influence and autonomy, alongside the opportunity to grow with the business as Eden continues its ambitious expansion. What Success Looks Like Over the next 24 months you'll: Help scale the business from approximately 30 to 60+ employees Build a people function that supports growth without creating unnecessary bureaucracy Strengthen Eden's ability to attract and hire exceptional talent Establish robust people processes and systems that scale with the business Develop leadership capability across the management team Create a high-performance culture aligned to Eden's ambitions Become a trusted advisor to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team Why Join Eden? Direct partnership with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team Significant autonomy, ownership and influence Opportunity to shape the people function and culture of a growing business Broad role spanning talent, people, culture and organisational development Fast-paced, ambitious and collaborative environment Opportunity to make a visible impact on business performance and growth Genuine scope to grow with the organisation as Eden continues to scale Responsibilities Talent Acquisition & Employer Brand Own and deliver recruitment across the business, from workforce planning and sourcing through to offer management and onboarding Partner with hiring managers to identify talent requirements and define effective hiring strategies Personally drive sourcing and headhunting activity for key and hard-to-fill roles Build talent pipelines to support planned business growth Ensure a high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment process Develop Eden's employer brand and employee value proposition Manage relationships with recruitment partners where required Own and continually improve the applicant tracking system People Operations Act as Eden's trusted people lead, supporting leaders and managers across the full employee lifecycle Maintain and develop people policies, processes and frameworks that are fit for a scaling business Ensure compliance with employment legislation and HR best practice Oversee onboarding and offboarding processes Manage HR systems, employee records and people data Coordinate payroll activities alongside Finance Drive automation and continuous improvement across people processes Leadership, Performance & Culture Partner closely with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team on organisational priorities and business challenges Use people metrics and insight to identify risks and opportunities, providing the CEO and SLT with insight from people reporting Coach and support managers on leadership, performance and employee relations matters Lead and evolve performance management processes Lead employee engagement initiatives and action planning Support organisational change and business transformation activity Strengthen internal communications and employee experience Learning, Development & Growth Introduce scalable learning and development initiatives that support business growth Support career development and progression across the organisation Contribute to succession planning and leadership development Essential Strong generalist HR experience across the full employee lifecycle Experience operating as the lead HR contact for a business, division or business unit Strong recruitment and talent acquisition experience, including direct sourcing, headhunting and end-to-end hiring Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decision-making Strong employee relations experience and confidence managing complex people matters Experience building or significantly improving people processes, frameworks and ways of working Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice Experience working within a growing, changing or entrepreneurial environment Comfortable operating as a standalone contributor without a supporting HR team Strong organisational and project management skills Experience using people data and insight to support business decisions CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience) Desirable Experience within a scale-up, technology, professional services or private equity-backed business Experience implementing HR systems, ATS platforms or people technology Experience developing employer branding and employee value proposition initiatives Working at Eden is different - we invest heavily in culture, wellbeing and support. You'll enjoy: Financial & Career Salary - £55k to £60k (dependent on experience) Bonus: up to 17% of base salary based on performance metrics Significant investment in your learning and development Home working setup Flexibility & Wellbeing Hybrid working - at least 2 days per week in office 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays Option to buy or sell 5 days of annual leave 3-day company shutdown between Christmas and New Year (reserved from annual leave) Private health insurance Group life assurance Wellbeing fund that contributes £25 per month towards an activity that promotes your mental or physical wellbeing Monthly pastoral 1:1 support #J-18808-Ljbffr