People and Culture Manager

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide.

About the role

As People and Culture Manager, you will be responsible for the smooth running of the People function at Global Canopy. Working closely with the Leadership Team and colleagues across teams, you will be at the heart of an ever-more inclusive culture at Global Canopy.

You will lead on People initiatives that create stronger relationships, more effective learning and professional development, and better delivery of our work and positive impact as an organisation. You will bring strong influencing and relationship-building skills and deep technical expertise to ensure that we can recruit, retain, develop, support and deeply engage the people we rely on to deliver our vital work for forests, nature and human rights.

Requirement

To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the most: 

• People-first approach to HR management
• Personable approach with demonstrable evidence of developing and sustaining positive working relationships at all levels within an organisation
• Experience of managing human resources work across organisations, with a good understanding of HR procedures and legislation in the UK
• Motivated by our work on environmental issues 

Essential behavioural competencies: 

• Leading with warmth 
• Able to handle difficult situations sensitively and confidentially, and be perceived as positive/constructive by colleagues
• Initiative & ability to manage own workload, and deadlines
• Ability to lead change by influencing and supporting others
• Creativity
  

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity statement on our website. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our recruitment processes. 

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin America and South East Asia. We welcome applications from people from these regions.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone who requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require any additional support.

How to apply

All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter as two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and highlighting your suitability for the position and why you are interested.

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