Director of People

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Who Are We

Origami is a technology company operating in the energy sector, with an office on the Cambridge Science Park and Shoreditch in London. We are building a globally scalable technology platform that is leading the digital revolution of the energy market. We start with hiring the best people!

We have a start-up mentality and look for true team players who thrive in an environment where you need to adapt quickly to business priorities. The path to success is not a straight one, it twists and turns and there can be obstacles to overcome! We are on a game changing journey, which means every person has a unique and powerful impact on our success.

We are always on the lookout for smart, hardworking, resilient and adaptable people that can work with us on our journey and get us there faster.

What You’ll Do

People are Origami’s most valuable asset and we are looking for an exceptional “Director of People” to help make our people at Origami truly flourish.

What we are doing at Origami is challenging and ambitious, so we need the right people, the right staff development and management to deliver on our goals. We need to make sure that we hire, retain, train, support, develop and challenge all our people to maximise their full potential and ours.

Origami is building a digital platform that will help meet the global challenge of the energy transformation to net zero. An innovative, collaborative, resilient and dynamic culture is essential to help change the world – and we need a passionate senior people leader to lead the evolution of our already strong culture into a world-leading people culture that strongly reflects our ambition and commitment.

We want to establish ourselves as the employer of choice in our industry and the Director of People will play a pivotal role in achieving that goal.

Key Responsibilities

• The leader of all people related activities at Origami
• Development and implementation of our People strategy to deliver on our company vision
• Own and drive organisational design as we evolve and grow, and ensure that it remains aligned to our business strategy and operating model, as it evolves
• Build a world class people function that will prepare us for rapid growth
• Work alongside and build our Leadership team to reinforce culture
• Establish workforce planning, including global mobility to ensure that we are proactive in our staffing approach
• Lead our ED&I strategy through the culture of a company and to really stand out from the crowd and make meaningful strides
• Lead industry initiatives and make recommendations on helping us create a good-to-great path for people & employment
• Lead our approach to management of a geographically dispersed workforce
• Lead and optimise the full employee lifecycle from talent acquisition, career development through to when we say goodbye. We want all staff at Origami to enjoy their time working here and to develop enduring skills.
• Establish a powerful Alumni network for prior employees in the industry
• Lead and own all transactional HR duties, delivered with the help of other colleagues in the people function and external support as-needed
• Establish a clear ‘north star’ to our people-related processes, mapping clearly onto our other annual / quarterly / monthly business processes in the company calendar (e.g., financial year; budgeting; OKR setting; resource planning)
• Full ownership of the remuneration strategy, obtaining sign off from our board as and when required to do so (e.g. via RemCo, leading the drafting of associated board committee papers)
• Set the right tone with HR policies and procedures to be culture first, policy light/second
• Support our growth into being a high performing team
• Develop and run L&D, Performance Management, and professional development for all staff
• Implement coaching, mentoring (internally, externally) to foster ongoing learning and development at all levels of the company (paying particular attention to nurturing top talent)
• Present to internal and external stakeholders as and when required, in order to help build a leading employment brand in our target communities (e.g. tech, green energy)
• Establish and nurture a set of targeted ‘strategic relationships’ with institutions and/or channels to talent pools
• Establish a more data-driven approach to informing people-based decisions and our evolution as a business
  

Knowledge, Skills, Training And Experience - Essential

• Our ambitions are high, but right now this is a player coach role. We need hands-on approach with a small people team to support you. We need somebody that rolls their sleeves up and gets stuck in and does not delegate everything to their team.
• This role is both Operational and Strategic. To reach our ambitious goals we need someone who will be happy deal with the day to day operational activities, but also be that inspirational strategic leader. A true Player/Coach
• Experience being a Director of People with CIPD accreditation at a fast-paced Technology company where you have initiated and driven the Key Responsibilities outlined for this role
• Strong knowledge of UK HR law and cognisant of International HR laws
• Experience coming into an organisation, developing a people strategy, implementing it with quantifiable results to demonstrate success
• Experience working closely with staff across the company to foster and build the culture
• Experience establishing workforce planning to provide us with a highly proactive approach to staffing
• Highly collaborative in nature
• Ability to translate strategic goals from the Exec into their own delivery plans and then execute
• Highly pragmatic and flexible to adapt to changing circumstances
• Acts as an officer of the company, always thinking about what’s in the company’s best long-term interests
  

Knowledge, Skills, Training And Experience - Desirable

• Passionate about the environment and playing your part in the drive to NetZero through powerful Technology
• Experience, willingness, and a desire to present at conferences to represent people thought leadership that we live at Origami
• Keen to contribute to Origami’s employment ‘brand’ (e.g. by helping to create a highly engaging, targeted people section of the website and associated messaging – distilling a compelling ‘people pitch’)
  
  

What’s in it for you?

We have an open, honest and trusting culture here at Origami. Apart from the unparalleled opportunity to be at the forefront of revolutionising global energy markets, we’re proud of the culture we’ve built here, and what we offer our people to sweeten the deal.

• Collaborative work space at our Cambridge office
• We want you to work in a way that suits you! So we promote flexible working hours, working from home and an informal dress code. We are always open to hearing about new and wonderful ways of working!
• Rest and re-generate with 25 days holiday.
• Share Option Scheme. It’s important to us that everyone fully owns their role and contribution to our vision, what better way to reward this than equity in the company?
• Vitality Private Medical Insurance, a cash health plan (optical, dental, complimentary treatments etc.) and a life insurance policy worth 4x your salary.
• Cycle to work scheme, with bike storage & showers.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Refer a friend bonus of £1,500 net.
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 helpline/CBT).
• We want you to follow your passions, so take 2 volunteering days a year for the cause of your choice.
• Hack Fridays - one day a month to focus on your development and work on your creative projects.
• Stay with us for 4 years, and along with your long service award you’ll get an extra week’s holiday and £1,000 net!
  

Origami is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive employee environment which is as representative as possible of our society. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, nationality, religion or belief, gender, and sexual orientation.