Join the 4th Best Employer in London to work for and create a place where people can do the best work of their lives. We do that by making sure we have the best people practices in place as we grow – so every team and all our people are set up for success.
Our work is connected to every team at tails.com – it’s challenging and rewarding in equal measure. The tools and processes we build and champion are not only changing the world of pet food for good, but creating a working environment that’s a turning point in our team's careers.
Sound like a team you want to join? Here’s how you’ll make a difference:
Changing the world of pet food for good
We’re tails.com, a dog food subscription company with a big difference. We create truly tailored food for each and every dog we serve. We start by asking people a few simple questions about their dog. Then we use that information to create their dog’s unique tails.com recipe – so their dog gets exactly the nutrition they need, in the taste they love, delivered to their door every month. It’s clever stuff.
We’ve got ambitious plans. Having created an entirely new category in pet food, we’re now scaling fast in the UK and Europe – backed by Purina, one of the world’s largest pet food companies. You’ll join a bunch of smart people working towards the same goals – and a bunch of smart-ish dogs, all working on their own thing.
Together, we’ll change the world of pet food for good.
The role
We’re looking for a People Assistant who will support tails.com with ensuring our people processes in the UK and the Netherlands run like clockwork. This role provides a great foundation if you are interested in pursuing a career in HR/People. It is also a really exciting moment to join tails.com as we continue our international expansion.
As People Assistant, you’ll support our People Partners and Senior People Analyst by:
- Ensuring all HR records are up-to-date, in accordance with our company policies and legal requirements
- Preparing employment contracts
- Supporting our Senior People Analyst with payroll for a growing team of over 350 people. This includes correctly capturing pay reviews, maternity leave, sick leave etc.
- Coordinating our employee of the month award
- Managing and be the subject matter expert in our HR system (bob)
- Capturing and processing employee benefits
- Supporting for our share award scheme
- Owning and keeping up to date our internal employee website
You’ll report to the Head of People (Henrik). Your contractual place of work is Richmond. As we are a hybrid workforce, working partly at the office and partly remotely, we will discuss the right balance between them two when you start.
We’d love to hear from you if you:
- Are highly organised
- Have impeccable accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong written comms skills
- Thrive in a fast-paced and rapidly-growing environment
- Bble to deal with confidential and sensitive information
- Good IT skills (Google Suite)
- Proactive, can-do attitude
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience of managing payroll and/or people processes
- Have a good understanding and knowledge of employment law and procedures
- A relevant qualification, e.g. in Human Resources, Management or Psychology
- Experience of managing a HR system (we use bob)
Our Commitment
We’re proud to be an active equal opportunity employer. We want to give everyone a fair chance to join us in changing the world of pet food for good. We do this by conducting a structured recruitment process for all candidates, as well as actively promoting our roles to communities that are under-represented at tails.com.
During your interview process you’ll meet some of our team with varying levels of responsibility and experience. We want to give every candidate a fair interview process and if you need any reasonable adjustments made, please let us know.
What's in it for you?
- You’ll get a competitive salary, reviewed annually, and from day one will be a shareholder in tails.com.
- We value flexibility, and have embraced a hybrid working environment with flexible core hours (speak to the hiring manager for this role to find out about the norms for this team)
- We’re proud to be on a high growth trajectory and offer the chance to work in an environment and with a team that will constantly challenge, support and develop you.
- You’ll start on 25 days of holiday which will increase in the time you’re with us. On top of this, we offer optional unpaid leave and a paid volunteer day each year.
- For expectant parents, we have extended maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay.