People & Ops Lead

Code Your Future; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Code Your Future is seeking a part-time operations role to modernise HR, finance, and safeguarding workflows while maintaining data integrity.

You will manage the employee lifecycle, oversee expenses, and support safeguarding training and policy development, all within a 12-month fixed-term contract and 24 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in operational HR, DSL safeguarding, and core financial processes.
• Experience with safeguarding best practices, Equality Act compliance, and GDPR/SARs.
• Pragmatic problem solver able to manage multiple operational streams.

Responsibilities

• HR Operations: Manage the full employee lifecycle, leave, and training management.
• Financial Administration: oversee weekly expense processing and support the annual audit.
• Safeguarding: act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and maintain policies.
• Systems & Automation: modernise internal tools and grant administration workflows.

Skills

HR Operations

Safeguarding (DSL)

Financial Processes

Compliance

Job description

• Working Pattern: Part-time (24 hours per week)
• Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term

Why is this role open?

We want to find the right person to keep our day-to-day operations running smoothly by modernising, automating, and managing our HR, finance, and safeguarding workflows.

About Code Your Future

Code Your Future trains dedicated people in poverty to change their lives by getting good jobs in the software industry. We have helped hundreds of people get jobs so far, including at companies like Google, Slack, HashiCorp, Thoughtworks, and Capgemini. All of our education is free, and we cover expenses like childcare and transportation to support people in need.

We teach part-time courses using a flipped classroom style, assigning our trainees material to learn and exercises and projects to work on. We meet in person once a week on Saturdays, and host mentoring sessions during the week, to help people with their learning. Our teaching and mentoring is primarily delivered by volunteers with a diverse set of backgrounds and skills, and our curriculum is all open source.

We sell corporate packages to companies to reach hiring and sponsorship agreements. We can create a custom training track to adjust to companies’ technical requirements.

Your Responsibilities

• HR Operations: Manage the full employee lifecycle (onboarding to offboarding), leave, and training management. Ensure compliance with the Equality Act, managing access requirements and reasonable adjustments across the organisation.
• Financial Administration: oversee regular financial approvals, weekly expense processing, and support the annual audit .
• Safeguarding: act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). Maintain safeguarding policies and ensure training is understood across our community.
• Systems & Automation: modernise internal tools and grant administration workflows to reduce manual admin tasks, whilst maintaining operational data integrity and managing secure user access across internal databases (HR, grant tracking, and community records).

Your Background

• Hands-on experience in operational HR, DSL safeguarding, and core financial processes, with a passion for designing clear, efficient workflows.
• Compliance & Safeguarding Focus: Hands-on experience with safeguarding best practices, equality legislation (Equality Act, access requirements, reasonable adjustments), and data protection compliance (working alongside our DPO on GDPR/SARs).
• Pragmatic Problem Solver: Comfortable managing multiple operational streams.

Why Join Us?

You will be playing a central role in keeping our mission running safely and effectively. You’ll have the opportunity to shape our internal processes, work closely with passionate leaders, and make a tangible impact every day.

What does the application process look like?

• You must be eligible to work in the UK - we cannot sponsor visas for this role.