Fractional HR / People & Culture Partner. Founder-led Energy-Tech

Overview

In this role you partner directly with the Founder & CEO to shape the UK organisation during a growth phase. You translate business priorities into practical people plans, hiring and onboarding. You will build the people foundations that support rapid scale while preserving an entrepreneurial culture. Your work will be visible, with immediate impact on Q4 hiring and cross-functional alignment.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible, outside IR35 engagement
• remote-first with occasional West London presence
• negotiable day rate
• direct collaboration with Founder & CEO and senior team
• visible impact on Q4 hiring and team development

Responsibilities

• Shape evolving organisational structure and clarify roles, reporting lines, and responsibilities
• Support Q4 hiring by defining roles, interview and assessment approaches, and guiding hiring decisions
• Design onboarding to help newcomers understand the business, build relationships, and ramp quickly
• Establish proportionate UK people processes (contracts, right-to-work, policies, employee relations) and guide managers
• Support performance management, feedback, and maintaining pace and entrepreneurial spirit
• Partner with the Founder & CEO to translate business goals into practical people priorities
• Provide hands-on advisory support and constructive challenge during a period of change

Key requirements

• Minimum 8–10 years of HR / People experience with hands-on scale-up delivery
• Experience supporting founder-led scale-ups and working closely with a CEO
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and practice
• Comfort working as a fractional / interim / consultancy professional
• Ability to move between strategic priorities and practical people work
• Experience in recruitment and onboarding as part of People remit
• Commercial awareness and ability to align people initiatives with business goals
• Ability to operate with ambiguity and changing priorities
• Direct, warm, resilient communication; comfortable taking ownership

• listening and advisory judgement
• constructive challenge
• composure under pressure
• UK employment law
• Talent acquisition and onboarding
• Organisational design

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