Who are we?
Smarkets is a betting exchange for sports and political trading that has handled over £29 billion in volume since 2010. Our company mission is to fix the betting industry with the best products and best prices. We are upending the sports betting industry by growing a transparent platform that offers the best value for bettors, with the fairest odds, best technology and a superior customer experience.
Smarkets is a Series B tech company that brings a professional, product-led approach to our mission. We embrace collaboration, trust, innovation and scientific rigour, while we celebrate ambitious goals and passionate energy. Our culture rewards people on merit and excellence and we strive to provide a working environment where recognition, challenges, support, collaboration, interesting benefits and shared meals provided by our chefs mix together to let you unlock your potential, grow with us and become your best self.
Join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our betting trading technology landscape.
Role expectations and responsibilities
Our People team is at the heart of our business, whether it’s hiring amazing people, helping them develop or maintain great working spaces. We’ve encountered numerous challenges the past years and we are rebuilding our Team.
This is a great role for an experienced Generalist who wants to make an impact working as an integral part of the People team and reporting directly to the Head of department. You will be supporting senior leaders and colleagues in shaping and delivering solutions according to their needs and priorities. This role will support projects in all areas of the department including talent, DEI, Learning and Development, Culture, Engagement etc.
We are looking for someone excited about challenges and not scared to get their hands dirty. To succeed in this role you must be proactive, tech-savvy, agile, comfortable in the unknown and solution oriented.
Responsibilities:
- Manage our employee lifecycle from onboarding to off-boarding while providing the best employee experience
- Proactive, you will run engagement, attraction, recognition and development initiatives within the business making sure our 3 locations are constantly covered
- Culture Champion: You’ll design and implement initiatives that strengthen our company culture in line with our mission
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance
- Support Head of people in strategic projects and HR analytics
- Handling “complex” HR situations from time to time
- You’ll partner with different department to ensure a great employee experience across the entire cycle
- Work hand in hand with the HR coordinator to update and implement processes and procedures
- Maintain HR best practices in the company
Role Requirements:
- Have 5+ years of generalist experience, ideally you’ve had People/HR Manager experience within a fast-growing, Digital/Technology, FinTech or Start-Up
- Project management skills with ability to multitask and prioritise
- Ability to balance between independently managed projects and collaborative ones
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Able to deliver bad and good news as well as influencing SLT
- Proactive in identifying opportunities to improve, develop and automate
- Analytical, tech-savvy, problem solving, business acumen and decision making skills
- Organised, able to deliver at pace with high attention to detail
Our Values
- Push to win
- Make others better
- Give a shit
- Be a pro
- Bring the energy
Our values are at the heart of everything that we do. We believe these are the fundamentals to ensure we are delivering what’s expected of us in the best way possible for ourselves and for those around us.
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary package and benefits, along with a dynamic and collaborative work environment. Your work with us will make an impact and your voice will be heard.
We are a diverse team with a strong work ethic and plenty of hunger to win. We have designed our benefits offering around Health, Wealth, Lifestyle and Development.
These include:
- Stock options which vests over 4 years
- Pension scheme - An impressive pension scheme via Aviva. We will match 6% if you choose the same
- Health insurance
- Fresh fruit and snacks provided in the office everyday! (tea, coffee, soft drinks also included)
- We’re a member of a cycle-to-work scheme
- We want to continue to invest in all our employees and do so by providing a £1000 yearly education budget that can be used on courses, conferences, books or training
- 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays to enjoy - you have the choice to carry over 5 days to the next year!
- Flexible working - we want to provide a hybrid model approach to working and provide you with 2 days a week working from home.
- 20 days a year of global working - we provide the ability to work from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days a year.
- We will provide you lunch everyday in the office - you don’t need to worry about feeding your belly as we have it sorted with top quality food served by our in-house Chef Alex!
