Pledge is a climate infrastructure platform making it simple for businesses of every size to integrate carbon measurement & offsetting tools into their customer experience. The initial focus is set on high-emitting use cases such as logistics and transportation. The team is on a mission to make businesses climate aware and help accelerate their transition to net zero.
Pledge was founded in 2021 by early employees of Revolut and the co-founder of Freetrade. Investors include climate and b2b technology investors Visionaries Club, Lowercarbon Capital as well as the founders of Checkout.com and Unity.
As Pledge’s first People hire, you’ll shape the People & Culture function: designing and implementing strategies, systems, and processes to support the growth and wider ambitions of the business. You'll work in close collaboration with the founders as well as internal stakeholders.
You’ll define Pledge’s People & Culture strategy
Ensure the smooth running of People Operations, including Payroll, onboarding/off-boarding, and monthly metrics.
Set up procedures and policies to support our growth
Lead on performance development and talent management programmes
Provide consistent support to our colleagues, answering employee and manager questions on HR-related matters
Previous experience in a senior People/ HR role at a start-up or scale-up organisation (preferably B2B)
An expert in mentoring, coaching and developing team members
Tech-savvy with a keen interest for anything HR Tech & Systems
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Excellent understanding of employment law and legislation in the UK, CIPD qualified highly preferable
Ability to build, nurture relationships and interact with all levels of management
Talent Acquisition experience (Desirable)
You share Pledge’s mission to help businesses make a positive environmental impact
You can work autonomously and take ownership with a high degree of integrity
You operate best without lots of bureaucracy
Proactive - you keep a pulse on the real-time People situation and seek to pre-emptively address issues
You bring exceptional interpersonal communication skills and a collaborative work style with the ability to build trust and credibility with senior leaders and stakeholders
You inspire respect and admiration in those that report to you through your amazing people management skills
You approach work in a logical way and operate from first principles
Stock options - we are all owners of Pledge
Competitive salary
25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
Pension plan
Private health insurance
Flexible and remote working arrangements
All the tech you need to perform
Yearly offsite and team building events