VP of People

Job Description

Location: Central London

Job Type: Full time

Why join us?

If you love food and technology as much as we do, you’ll love life at Vita Mojo. We’re on a mission to revolutionise the hospitality experience for operators and their customers. Through our smart digital products, we’re powering the digital transformation of your favourite pubs, bars and restaurants. And we want a world where everyone gets the meal they’re hoping for. Each and every time.

Our Vita Mojo DNA

We’re proud to have built an award-winning digital platform. Vita Mojo is a positive, energetic and forward-thinking place to work, and when you become a Moji, you’ll be joining a supportive team who’ve always got your back. Our passion for technology and food is matched only by our support for our people.

About the role

Do you believe that work shouldn’t suck? So do we! We’re hiring a VP of People who will be the driving force behind making work more fit for humans and humans more capable of doing great work. In other words, you’ll help us build an engaged and motivated international team in a human centric way! You’ll be leading our People and Talent team and working cross functionally with the senior leadership team to take our people leadership to the next level.

At Vita Mojo strive to create an effective workplace around these principles:

• Continuous growth (one day we will be great but until then we keep working on it)
• Collaboration (while we are wired differently and lean introverted or extroverted, as humans we need to connect with each other)
• Creativity (we all want to make things, build relationships, develop ideas - is what enables us to leave a mark in the world)
• Impact (make things better for other people)

This means that we don’t subscribe to traditional (and outdated) views and models of HR. The models that guide us are EACH, People Experience and Design, and People Product Operating Model, and we're less keen about the traditional models like the Three-legged Stool or Centres of Excellence HR.

What we assume

For this role, you’ll be an expert in your field and know your craft (this shouldn’t come as a surprise!). We’ll assume a working knowledge of fundamental People areas including Employee Relations; Employment Law (including compliance); Recruitment and Talent Management; Learning & Development; Organisational Development (including mergers); People tech stack (including payroll, HRIS); Performance Management; Reward, Recognition and Appreciation; Comms and Engagement; Strategy and Planning, People Experience; People as a Product.

Where we see this role going

• You’ll be focused on developing people-centred initiatives by effectively prioritising and using data to inform and provide context within the wider business.
• During 2022 we grew dramatically and with that came building our people team. As we focus on retention and engagement during 2023, you’ll be leading the People and Talent function to support and grow our wider team.
• We expect that you’ll join us as we work through growing and embedding a learning and development strategy, levelling framework and revise our pay and compensation philosophy.
• While this role will be in a leadership position and work across the senior leadership team, we’re looking for a clear willingness to roll up your sleeves, learn from others and adapt your knowledge to our context.

The hats you may wear

• Project Manager -you have the discipline to plan and execute
• Change Manager - you bring people along on the journey
• Storyteller - you have the presentation skills to tell the story!
• CEO of your function - whether it’s budgeting or understanding the business impact of organisational changes you have a holistic view of decision making
• People Manager - leading by example as an impactful people manager
• Collaborative Influencer - constantly looking to partner across the company to deliver human-centric experiences
• Data and Systems Wrangler - use data and tech tools to their potential, not only to inform, but optimise, the work that you do on a daily basis
• Knowledge Seeker - you listen to learn

Work perks and benefits

🏆 We pride ourselves on our fantastic open, honest, inclusive culture that we have built, and continue to build. 🏗️

As a testament to this, Vita Mojo has secured a place as the UK’s Number 1 startup to work for by Tempo.

Our approach. We work on a hybrid model which means that once a week teams come into the office for an optional team collaboration day, and the other four days are spent working from home (or hot-desking in the office if that’s your jam!).

💪 We’re proud of the flexibility that we offer our Mojis (check us out on Flexa’s Global Top 100 companies!) and want to promote a positive work/life alignment. A one-size-fits-all approach won’t work for every Moji and team, and we encourage you to have conversations with your line manager and team to understand your work preferences and team needs.

The aim is to ensure that Mojis are able to maximise their potential, build trust with their teams, establish an effective work/life alignment and also meet the needs of our growing business! 🚀

💻 Your tech kit. We want to supply you with the best hardware to get the job done. We will set you up with your basic kit when you start and anything else you need once you have some time to get your feet on the ground.

🏡 Work from home kit. When you join we’ll work with you to understand your work from home needs, and get you set up to be your most productive while working from home.

🕰️ Your hours. Where possible, you set your own hours to get the work done in line with your team and company needs. If you’re an early riser, come in as early as you like; if you need to do the morning school run, come in a bit later. At the end of the day, the work needs to be done but we also need you to balance that with life.

🌵 Your work environment. Our bright and spacious offices offer lots of natural light, a jungle of plants, and different spaces to relax and focus on what you need to do.

🍑 Food and drink. We stock all the coffee and tea you can drink when in the office and we’re never without snacks!

💳 Your budget. You have a monthly £80 wellbeing and lifestyle allowance available through your own personal wallet. Spend it on anything (within reason!) that will help improve your life.

💗 Your development. We have found that Mojis who thrive at Vita Mojo embrace a growth mindset and are proactive about their development, find ways to contribute and grow in non-linear (and linear!) ways. We offer a £600 L&D budget to support you in that development and to gain the skills, knowledge and relationships you need to soar, whether at Vita Mojo or later on in your development journey.

🧠 Your mental health. Through our partnership with Spill, you can ask a therapist for advice, schedule a one-off therapy session, or use a series of therapy sessions. We also offer Mental Health Days to use in moments when you need to take a day for some additional space to refocus your energies. Personal coaching is available to all Mojis through our partnership with MoreHappi, to help you grow and reach your goals!

🌴 Your holidays. We believe in finding your work life alignment and want you to take advantage of your 25 days of leave, plus public holidays. Your holiday allowance increases after each complete calendar year of service, up to 28 days.

💚 Carer’s Leave. We understand life happens and you may need to take some time to support your loved ones. Whether that be looking after your sick dog, friends or family members. We offer one week (5 days) paid leave to all Mojis.

🐣 Welcoming a child into your life. We have enhanced Parental leave policies! Parental leave is offered to all Mojis after 3 months at the company. Parental leave is the collective term and includes maternity, paternity, adoption leave and surrogacy. Our leave policy is meant to help you navigate through this time as successfully as possible.

We recognise both the primary caregiver (the person who spends most time with the child) and the secondary (typically this is the non-birthing parent). Primary caregivers receive full pay for the first 16 weeks and 50% pay up to week 32. But need more time off? No problem, you can take up to 52 weeks (statutory) with us!

Secondary caregivers receive full pay for the first 4 weeks and an additional 2 weeks after 36 months of continuous service. It's up to you when you start your leave, we are here to support you through the whole process.

🤒 Your health. We offer 10 days of full pay sick leave.

🥳 Your birthday. We love celebrating birthdays, whether through baked goods or gifts, and you also get the day off on (or around) your birthday every year.

🍾 Your social spirit. We love socialising with our fellow Mojis, whether through monthly drinks in the office, quarterly offsite socials (both virtual and in person), celebrating milestones, or anything else that comes up, we enjoy hanging out with each other!

🐶 Dog friendly. We love our furry friends who visit the office! Calling all responsible pet owners to join us! 😊