People Advisor

Your Role in a Nutshell

Your purpose is to provide high-quality, responsive advisory support to ensure our team is proactively promoting a progressive and positive culture. You will support our managers, helping them navigate the complexities of people management while driving engagement and retention. You will balance a pragmatic, problem-solving approach with a deep focus on data-driven insights to help Hippo scale effectively.

Key Accountabilities:

• Employee Relations & Manager Support: Manage a varied caseload of ER issues (probation, absence, grievances) end-to-end, translating policy into practical, human-centric advice for line managers.

• Policy Development: Own the evolution of our policies and procedures, ensuring they are compliant, inclusive, and easy to navigate.

• Data & Insights: Analyse people data to find the story behind the numbers, providing actionable insights to support evidence-based decision-making.

• Continuous Improvement: Identify friction points in our workflows and implement automations or process improvements to streamline the Hippo experience.

• Culture & Wellbeing: Coordinate employee surveys, manage internal communications (newsletters/All-Hands), and support the delivery of our wellbeing and DI&B strategies.

Essential Experience

• Advisory Background: Proven experience in an HR/People advisory role, specifically managing end-to-end Employee Relations processes.

• Qualifications: CIPD qualified or currently working towards your certification.

• Data Literacy: Confident in analysing people data and presenting trends or findings to stakeholders.

• Fast-Paced Delivery: Experience working in a dynamic, rapidly growing environment where you have managed multiple tasks under pressure.

• Communication: Highly developed relationship-building skills with the ability to coach managers and influence at various levels.

Desirable Experience

• Consultancy/Tech Sector: Experience working within a digital consultancy or a high-growth technology firm.

• Process Automation: Previous experience identifying and implementing HR software improvements or workflow automations.

• Culture & Engagement: Experience facilitating engagement initiatives or working closely with Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DI&B) leads.