People ops and experience partner, Seccl
Maternity Cover, 15 Months Fixed-Term Contract
£45-55k
2-3 days a week in office
The embedded investment platform
Be an early applicant
The embedded investment platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
£45-55k
2-3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s helping more people to invest – and invest well.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re passionate about combining people, process and culture to make a real impact, this is a fantastic time to join us
- You have experience owning people operations across key moments in the people lifecycle
- You are highly organised and enjoy bringing structure, consistency and pace to processes in a scaling environment
- You are confident managing people systems and tools, ensuring accurate data, smooth workflows and a great user experience
- You have a detail-oriented mindset and take pride in delivering compliant, high-quality operational foundations
- You are a fellow process improvement geek, always looking for smarter, smoother ways of working ‘never settling’
- You are people-first in your approach, combining empathy and clear communication when supporting people and leader queries
- You have a data-driven mindset, using people metrics and insights to spot trends and suggest meaningful improvements
- You are comfortable working in a regulated environment and understand the importance of policies, confidentiality and compliance
- You have experience working in a regulated environment, ideally within financial services, and are familiar with SMCR requirements – ideally Enhanced scope
- You enjoy improving people experience through engagement, onboarding, wellbeing and inclusive ways of working (experience delivering DE&I or listening initiatives is desirable)
- You have experience and are comfortable owning elements of office operations and health & safety, helping create workplaces that are welcoming, safe and reflective of our culture
- If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We’d love to hear from you!
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a People ops and experience partner to join our People team at Seccl on a maternity cover contract for around 15 months
- We'd love for this maternity cover to start some time in April, but are flexible as aiming for a longer lead time to ensure our processes are covered
- Reporting into our Head of people and working closely with our People adviser and the wider business, you’ll play a key role in strengthening our people operations as we scale
- This is an exciting opportunity to take real ownership of the moments that matter across our people lifecycle; from onboarding and reward to systems, policies and engagement - helping us build the foundations for continued growth while keeping our culture at the heart of everything we do
- Our People team is at the centre of shaping what it feels like to work at Seccl
- We’re focused on creating a seamless, inclusive and high-trust people experience, supported by strong operational foundations and insight-driven decision making
- As we continue to grow, this role will be instrumental in evolving our people processes, embedding scalable ways of working, and delivering key initiatives across engagement, performance, reward and compliance
- Owning the day-to-day delivery of people operations across the full people lifecycle, including payroll and benefits
- Acting as a trusted point of contact for people queries, providing clear support on policies, systems and processes
- Managing our people systems such as BambooHR, Culture Amp and PayFit, ensuring accurate data, smooth workflows and compliant records
- Maintaining and evolving our people SharePoint hub making it a trusted and accessible resource for our people and leaders
- Using people data and feedback to spot trends and deliver insight-driven improvements across onboarding, engagement and retention
- Owning our monthly payroll and benefits, partnering closely with Finance and external providers to ensure everything runs smoothly
- Owning the upkeep of people policies, templates and SMCR-related processes in partnership with our compliance team
- Supporting the delivery of key people programmes such as performance review cycles, engagement surveys, wellbeing initiatives and hybrid ways of working
Application process
- Interviewing is a two-way thing, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you. Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious. In general, you can expect the interview process to look a bit like this:
- First stage – 45 mins competencies-based interview with the current People ops and experience partner
- Second stage – one hour technical interview or assessment with the Head of people
- Final stage – 30 mins bar-raiser culture-based interview
- We'd love for this maternity cover to start some time in April, but are flexible as aiming for a longer lead time to ensure our processes are covered
- ⏳ We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out and you should expect to hear back from us within one to two weeks of applying
Our take
Seccl is an embedded investment platform revolutionising how companies offer investment services. With its API-first technology infrastructure it helps financial professionals and businesses launch and manage investment platforms easily. By simplifying old, clunky processes, Seccl gives firms the tools they need to offer customers a seamless, digital investing experience - whether it's for financial advisers, neobanks, or fast-growing startups.
Since being acquired by Octopus in 2019, Seccl has seen impressive growth. Now supporting over 190,000 investors as well as managing more than £13.4B in funds through its platform. With this, Seccl is well on track to power even more businesses and as it continues to grow, its mission to disrupt the industry with smarter, scalable solutions is only growing in momentum.
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Company benefits
- Flexible/hybrid working: We don’t prescribe when or how many days you come into the office. It’s what you deliver that’s important
- Events and socials: Twice-yearly all-company offsites, regular team socials and plenty of non-work activities – from gigs to sporting activities – to get stuck into
- Private medical: Access GP and other health and dental appointments work through private medical insurance
- Focus on mental health: Your wellbeing is more important than work. We offer free and confidential access to therapy if you need it
- Long-service award: A month’s fully-paid sabbatical when you’ve worked here for eight years (we’re part of Octopus, after all)
- The usual stuff: 27 days’ holiday (plus religious holidays and your birthday), Cycle2Work scheme and workplace pension
Company values
- Never settle
- Take ownership
- Be generous and candid
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
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Leadership
David Ferguson
(CEO)Joined Seccl in 2022 as CEO. Prior to that, they spent 15 years as the CEO of Nucleus Financial Group.
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