People & Culture Manager - 4-Day Week & Hybrid

WeBuyVintage; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day working week

Bright Exchange discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Online learning platform - BrightHR

Job summary

WeBuyVintage, a fast-growing UK jewellery and antiques buyer, seeks a People & Culture Manager to lead day-to-day HR operations and strategic People initiatives from our Cambridge office. You will manage the employee lifecycle, HRIS (BrightHR), reporting, and documentation while shaping culture and engagement across offices in Cambridge, Leeds and Darlington.

Reporting to the Head of People, you’ll drive programmes on engagement surveys, performance reviews, values, and benefits, collaborating

Qualifications

• Previous experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments, ideally in start-up or scale-up.
• Experienced HR/People generalist at senior level (People & Culture Manager or HR Manager).
• Comfortable building and improving People processes beyond established ones.
• Good knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Strong HRIS experience with data ownership and process improvement.
• Comfortable working with People data, reporting and HR metrics.
• Experience delivering People, culture, engagement and employee experience initiatives.
• Enjoys contributing to company culture and employee experience.
• Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities.
• Capable of independent ownership and hands-on contribution.

Responsibilities

• Manage the employee lifecycle and ensure People processes run smoothly.
• Be a central point of contact for day-to-day People queries (HRIS, onboarding, policies).
• Own the day-to-day management of our HRIS (BrightHR) and system adoption.
• Produce and maintain People reporting, dashboards and HR metrics.
• Maintain HR documentation, templates, policies and records.
• Partner with Head of People on a programme of People & Culture projects over the next 12 months and beyond, including surveys and reviews of company values and benefits.
• Help bring culture and values to life through People initiatives that strengthen engagement and connection.
• Support Social Committee and company events across offices.
• Support internal People communications to keep staff informed and connected.
• Identify opportunities to improve and simplify People processes and employee experience.

Skills

HR generalist

UK employment law

HRIS experience

People analytics

Onboarding

Employee engagement

Data reporting

Independent working

Tools

BrightHR

Job description

WeBuyVintage, a fast-growing UK jewellery and antiques buyer, seeks a People & Culture Manager to lead day-to-day HR operations and strategic People initiatives from our Cambridge office. You will manage the employee lifecycle, HRIS (BrightHR), reporting, and documentation while shaping culture and engagement across offices in Cambridge, Leeds and Darlington.

Reporting to the Head of People, you’ll drive programmes on engagement surveys, performance reviews, values, and benefits, collaborating