People Assistant, Octopus Investments
12 Month FTC
+ Bonus + Share Incentive Plan
3+ days a week in office (Holborn, London)
Ethical Investments
Posted today
Ethical Investments
501-1000 employees
Posted today
+ Bonus + Share Incentive Plan
3+ days a week in office (Holborn, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Octopus Group is a B Corp whose mission is to invest in the people, ideas and industries that will help change the world.
Role
Who you are
- ✅ Experience in an administrative, operations or HR support role is essential
- ✅ Comfortable using MS Excel (tables, filters, pivot tables), Word and Outlook/Teams
- ✅ Experience with automation tools (Power Automate, Zapier) and AI (ChatGPT, Copilot or similar) preferred
- ✅ Experience with HRIS / LMS platforms (preferred but not essential)
- ✅ CIPD study in progress (preferred but not essential)
- We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. What’s the worst that can happen?
- This role will evolve as we grow and develop. So, if you are looking for a challenge in a fast paced and dynamic business, we can deliver on that
What the job involves
- The People Assistant plays a key role in delivering operational excellence across the People function
- You’ll provide administration and operational support across HRBP, L&D, Payroll and Talent, maintain accurate HR data, support onboarding/offboarding and own operational tasks that improve employee outcomes
- This role offers broad exposure to the full People lifecycle and a clear development path into People Operations, HRBP or Talent specialisms
- The People Assistant sits within the wider people team and collaborates with key stakeholders such as HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition , Finance (for payroll and benefits coordination), IT (for system and equipment setup), and department managers who rely on HR support
- People Operations & Administration: Manage end-to-end onboarding and offboarding, maintain HRIS records and documents, and provide daily admin support to the HRBP team
- Employee Experience: Coordinate welcome sessions, inductions, and HR-related events to create a positive employee journey
- L&D, Talent & Payroll Support: Partner with L&D on training logistics and records, assist Talent with interview scheduling and candidate communications, and payroll related administration
- Continuous Improvement: Drive efficiency by supporting automation projects, maintaining internal process documentation, conducting audits, managing vendor relationships and suggesting improvements
- People Leadership Support: Assist People Leadership with project coordination, admin tasks, meeting scheduling, team events, and expense tracking
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Octopus is a group of companies investing in innovative ideas from various industries. The Octopus Group incorporates Octopus Energy, Octopus Real Estate, Octopus Investments, Octopus Ventures and Octopus Labs.
Across its financial services business, the company cares as much about the impact its investments have as it does about the returns it generates for its investors.
Since its inception, the company has grown significantly and has more than 3 million domestic customers and now actively operates in 18 countries.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
10 people
Jessica Bourdon-Pierre, Portfolio Manager
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Flexible working
"Your job and your life can be organised flexibly. I do school runs and finish early to get family time and catch up in evenings on missed time. "
Company benefits
- Critical Illness Cover & Death In Service
- Health Insurance
- Pension Plan
- Performance Bonus
- Share Incentive Plan
- Hybrid Working (3 days in the office, 2 days remote)
- Childcare Vouchers
- Sick pay
- 'Take what you need' Annual leave
- £3000 Bike to Work Scheme
- Employee Discount Portal
- Professional Development & Training
- Monthly 'Drink Up'
- The Greatest Christmas Party Ever
Company values
- Be Helpful: We like people who behave like it’s always day one and who remember that without our customers there is no business.
- Be Straightforward: We like people who have opinions and who express them in a way that’s respectful and easy to understand
- Be Bold: We like people who make decisions quickly and who are OK changing their mind if it turns out there’s a better way of doing things
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Simon Rogerson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at Octopus Investments for 20 years, first as Chief Executive and co-founder for 19 years and then as Executive Chairman for 1 year.
Chris Hulatt
(Co-Founder)Previously Investment Manager at Mercury Asset Management for 2 years and Non Executive Director at ClearlySo for 4 years.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Octopus Investments
Daniel Chapman-Harris (Head of Learning & Development, Head of D&I Steering Group)
- 50/50 gender split across all senior leadership roles (currently 47% female / 53% male)
- 15% of managerial roles and above will be held by people from an ethnic background (Currently 8%)
- We partner with Black Young Professionals network, Investment 2020, Work180, Women in Finance, 10,000 Black Interns and more to promote D&I at Octopus and in the Investments industry
- We host events aimed at women in the financial services industry and how we can attract & support people in this space
- We host internal D&I events on how to support ethnic backgrounds in the workplace, Neurodiversity and more!
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