Zinc

People Partner 12-Month FTC (Maternity Cover)

Zinc  •  £60k - £65k/yr  •  London, GB (Remote)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

People Partner 12-Month FTC (Maternity Cover)

Department: People & Talent

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Zinc - London

Compensation: £60,000 - £65,000 / year

We're growing fast, and our People function needs to keep pace. Sophie, our People Partner, is heading off on leave for 12 months and we need someone who can step in and keep things moving from day one. You'll be the first point of contact for all People queries across the business, owning KPIs, engagement, performance reviews and ER casework. You'll report into our VP of People.

We’re looking for someone who's approachable and calm under pressure, with a coaching mindset. You'll empower managers to solve problems themselves rather than doing it for them. Comfortable working without a rigid playbook, switching context quickly between competing priorities, and confident pushing back constructively on senior stakeholders when needed. High EQ, and genuinely comfortable with ambiguity.

Given this is a maternity cover, we'd love to hear from people who can start before October to allow for a 2 week handover.

Key Responsibilities 🗝️

What You'll Own 📋
  • Act as the go-to contact for all People queries across the business
  • Own and report on People KPIs
  • Run and analyse engagement surveys
  • Own the performance review cycle
  • Handle people cases end to end
  • Deliver manager/management training
  • Shape onboarding strategy
  • Identify and implement AI/automation opportunities across People admin, freeing up time for direct partnering

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 🚀

Essential experience & skills
  • HRIS proficiency & people analytics (we use Humaans)
  • Performance review cycle management
  • Comfortable using AI/automation to reduce People admin
  • A confident, credible communicator with senior stakeholders
  • Calm under pressure
  • A coach at heart
  • Compassionate and approachable

Desirable experience & skills
  • Manager coaching/training design
  • Engagement survey tools (e.g. Culture Amp)
  • Onboarding strategy design (not execution)
  • Recruitment-tech or B2B SaaS background
  • High EQ, with strong active listening skills
  • Comfortable with ambiguity in a scale-up
  • A proactive relationship builder
  • Comfortable representing Zinc in the People space (content, community)
  • UK employment law & ER experience

What we offer 🍉

  • 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉
  • £1200 annual benefits allowance ( ThanksBen, from month 2)
  • Early finish Fridays (16:00)
  • Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️
  • 30 days to Work from anywhere 🌍
  • Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
  • Unlimited access to Spill Therapy
  • Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
  • Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
  • Celebrated Zinc anniversaries 🥳

Zinc

About Zinc

At Zinc, we believe that background checks should be instant, easy, and delightful. Yes, you read that right.

Traditional background checking providers are slow, manual, and error-prone — Zinc’s here to change that.

Here’s how it works:

Step one: Select your checks

With Zinc you get exactly the checks you want, and no extras you don’t. Make your own templates and re-use them, or use our pre-built packages to align with any regulatory check requirements.

Zinc offers global checks in over 190 countries, including:

Credit checks

Address verification

Reference checks

Qualification checks

For a full list, visit https://zincwork.com/checks.

Step two: Tell Zinc who you’re checking

Enter your candidate or employee’s name and email address, then click “Request checks.”

The rest is easy: Candidates use our mobile-friendly platform to submit any required information, referee names, and additional documents. We’ll even chase references for you.

Here’s what Becca Covill, HR Operations Specialist at Jensten, said about Zinc references:

“When we’ve used different providers, there was a lot of manual intervention required. But with Zinc, we’ve been able to put them in, click a button, and it just runs.”

To stay in the loop, just visit your Zinc dashboard and get at-a-glance updates.

Learn more about Zinc’s commitment to candidate experience here: https://zincwork.com/candidates

Step three: Get results, fast

With direct HMRC integrations and automated workflows, Zinc delivers results fast. Like, really fast.

“Obviously I recommend Zinc, but an IDSP will change your life overnight. It had instant results.” — Zander Loftus, Recruitment Manager, Hexagon Care

View results directly in the Zinc platform, or get them delivered to your ATS or HRIS. Zinc integrates with platforms like Workday, Pinpoint, Greenhouse, and more. For a full list of our available integrations, visit https://zincwork.com/integrations.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
2017
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