Junior People Team Business Partner | London | Permanent

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.

We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.  

Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way. 

We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.

We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!

Junior People Team Business Partner | London

We’re looking for a Junior People Team (HR) Business Partner to join our London-based People Team. This role is ideal for someone who is an established PT Advisor/Manager looking for their first step into a Business Partner role or someone who is already early into their Business Partner journey and looking for a change. 

As a Junior People Team Business Partner, you’ll work closely with leaders and teams across the studio to support people, deliver initiatives, strengthen employee experience, and help drive high performance. You’ll act as a trusted partner on day-to-day people matters, while learning how to influence and support broader organisational strategy.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to the full employee lifecycle within a fast-paced, creative, and data-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with managers to provide guidance on employee relations, performance management, engagement, wellbeing and development conversations
• Support the delivery of People Team initiatives across performance, engagement, talent development, and culture
• Benefit Management - Pensions, Healthcare, Life Assurance, Perkbox etc
• EDI - Support and implementation of initiatives, member of EDI/Social Responsibility Team
• Support employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, probation, pay reviews, promotions, and exits
• Learning and Development - Appraisal Process, Training, Fuel Lunch and Learn Sessions etc
• Competence at handling maternity/paternity leave
• Contribute to engagement survey analysis and action planning
• Use people data and insights to support decision-making and identify trends
• Support change initiatives and help embed new processes across teams
• Maintain accurate HR documentation and ensure compliance with UK employment legislation
• Data reporting - including turnover, sickness, absence and diversity stats
• Payroll - Collation of information, checking prior to sharing with external provider 
• Administration - issuing contracts, letters, other People related admin

Requirements

• Previous experience in an HR/People role (e.g. HR Advisor, Manager, Jnr BP or similar)
• Strong understanding of UK employment law fundamentals
• Confident communicator with the ability to build trust with managers and employees
• Knowledge of handling visa/immigration law
• Organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Comfortable working with data and drawing insights from people metrics
• Proactive mindset with a strong desire to learn and grow
• High level of discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information
• CIPD qualification / HR related degree

Bonus Points

• Experience in the games, tech, or creative industries
• Exposure to organisational change projects
• Experience of Canadian Law

Benefits

Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with;

• Remote working 2 days per week (Tues & Thurs in the London Studio)
• Excellent salary
• Private health care
• Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)
• Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching
• Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Social events, game launch parties, Team days and much more

Our Values

• Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity.
• Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware.
• Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together.
• Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling.
• Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations

We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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