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About the Role

This role provides HR and recruitment function cover during a maternity leave period, reporting directly to the CEO. The position involves owning the people strategy, leading the HR and recruitment teams, and overseeing in-house recruitment. It requires a blend of leadership and hands-on involvement in shaping onboarding, performance, and wellbeing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own and oversee the employee lifecycle and people experience, including performance reviews, turnover risk assessment, employee relations, compensation and benefits administration, HR policies, training, wellbeing, people metrics, 1-1s, employee surveys, onboarding, offboarding, employment contracts, absence management, and exit interviews.
• Manage and oversee end-to-end in-house recruitment, coordinating with hiring managers, owning candidate experience, liaising with external recruiters, managing the ATS, tracking recruitment metrics, writing job descriptions, shaping recruitment marketing, and conducting HR interviews.
• Line-manage and develop two direct reports (HR team member and recruitment team member) and act as the point of escalation for people matters.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading an HR / People function (Head of People, HR Manager or similar).
• Strong grasp of the full employee lifecycle and HR best practice.
• Comfortable with employment law across multiple jurisdictions.
• Familiar with how Employer of Record (EoR) hiring works.
• Confident leader who is happy to be hands-on at busy times.
• Solid recruitment experience across hiring managers, external recruiters, and interviews.
• Experience line-managing others.
• Strong interpersonal skills and discretion to work directly with the CEO.
• A self-starter who gets up to speed fast and works autonomously.
• Comfortable adopting new tools, including AI-based ones.
• Right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship).
• Ability to deal with stressful situations.
• Available for the full term, early September 2026 to mid-May 2027.

Skills

• HR
• Recruitment
• People Strategy
• Leadership
• Employee Lifecycle Management
• Performance Management
• Employee Relations
• Compensation and Benefits Administration
• HR Policy Development
• Employment Law Compliance
• Training and Development
• Team Wellbeing
• People Metrics and Reporting
• Onboarding
• Offboarding
• Employment Contracts
• Absence Management
• Exit Interviews
• HR Record Maintenance
• Candidate Experience Management
• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Management
• Recruitment Marketing
• Employer Branding
• Interviewing
• Interpersonal Skills
• AI Tools Adoption

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Fixed-term contract
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experienced

About the Company

• Applied Blockchain | Applied Edge helps regulated enterprises navigate AI and digital assets.
• We build and advise on AI systems, digital asset applications and privacy-preserving infrastructure.