Human Resources (HR) Manager

Much Better Adventures; Greater London; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

MBA trip

UK pension 8%

Private medical insurance

Team meetups

Home office budget

Job summary

Much Better Adventures is hiring an HR Manager to run day-to-day people operations for a fully remote, UK-based team. You will partner with leadership on employee relations, performance, salary benchmarking, and development while keeping policies simple and compliant for a dispersed workforce.

You will own core HR processes, lead payroll coordination with Finance, and shape our people plan, events, and engagement in a high-growth, mission-led environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a generalist HR role as lead or primary contact.
• Experience running onboarding, performance cycles, and records management.
• Payroll processing alongside Finance.
• Strong understanding of UK employment law and ER cases.
• Comfort with AI-assisted HR processes and remote work.
• Experience managing data in HRIS/ATS tools such as Charlie HR and Workable.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day people operations and advise managers on HR matters.
• Own HR processes, policies and systems for a remote team across locations.
• Plan and deliver team meetups, travel, gifts, and communications.
• Support salary benchmarking, development, and engagement initiatives.

Skills

Generalist HR

HR lead

Onboarding

Performance reviews

Payroll

UK employment law

HRIS & ATS

Charlie HR

Workable

AI in HR

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

Charlie HR

Workable

Job description

At Much Better Adventures, we exist to make it easier for people to get outside, challenge themselves, and come back changed. We're a fully remote, mission-driven B-Corp, building the global leader in positive impact outdoor adventure travel.

This is not your typical junior HR role, it's a rare opportunity to be part of a mission-led, VC backed, high growth business. You will have direct access to leadership, the opportunity to learn and grow rapidly, and earn high autonomy.

We're looking to build a people experience that matches the adventures we sell: purposeful, well run and genuinely energising. You'll be the go-to partner for our managers and team across the full employee lifecycle, keeping our remote-first culture strong as we grow. It's a hands-on role with real scope to shape how we hire, develop, reward and look after our people.

About The Role / What We Are Looking For

As HR Manager, you'll run day-to-day people operations and act as a trusted advisor to managers and leaders on everything from employee relations to performance and development. You'll own our core HR processes, policies and systems, keeping them compliant, simple and fit for a remote team spread across locations.

You'll lead the planning and delivery of inspiring, adventurous team meet ups to keep the team connected. You'll also have a direct line to our Leadership Team, supporting them with administrative and organisational tasks such as travel bookings, staff gifts and incentives, team stash, comms and equipment.

Alongside the operational work, you'll help deliver our people plan, including performance cycles, learning and development, salary benchmarking and engagement.

Requirements

Must-Haves

• 3+ years' experience in a generalist HR role, with experience being the lead or main day-to-day HR point of contact
• High confidence running core people processes such as onboarding, annual performance review cycle, employee record keeping, absence and leaver management
• Proven track record of planning, supporting and running inspiring team events such as squad team meetings, annual planning meetups, and leadership offsites.
• Experience as the main HR lead for monthly payroll processes alongside Finance
• Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and confidence handling uncomplex employee relations cases end to end
• Strong judgement and discretion, with the ability to support managers directly with a range of people tasks, and give clear, practical advice
• Uses AI daily to make people operations processes more efficient
• Organised, efficient and comfortable supporting the LT with admin tasks big or small, sometimes at short notice
• Highly skilled with HRIS and ATS tools (e.g. Charlie HR, Workable) and keeping people data accurate
• Excellent written and verbal communication, suited to a fully remote, async-friendly team
• Low-ego, flexible, proactive, positive can-do attitude

Nice-to-Haves

These aren't essential, so please don't feel you have to tick every box.

• CIPD Level 5 or above (or working towards it)
• Experience in a scale-up, B-Corp or purpose-led business
• Experience building L&D programmes for employees
• Experience supporting people in more than one country or employment model (e.g. contractors, EOR)
• A passion for the outdoors, travel, and/or conservation and sustainability

Benefits

• Salary: £30,000 – £45,000 (dependent on experience)
• 38 days holiday per year (including public holidays)
• Competitive package based on your experience and UK benchmarks
• Fully remote and flexible working
• A free MBA trip in your first year
• 30% employee discount + 15% friends & family discount on trips
• Generous 8% matched pension scheme (UK only)
• Fully funded private medical insurance with AXA
• Budget for home office setup or co-working space
• 16 weeks fully paid parental leave (primary caregiver) or 4 weeks (secondary caregiver)
• Regular team meetups and adventures (which you will help plan!)