US People Coordinator

Your Journey

Sweaty Betty delivers the perfect fusion of fitness, functionality and fashion –what we like to call “beautiful technical.”  We design product that goes beyond the gym or studio, an authentic London-cool outlook on style, and a culture that recognizes it’s all good fun… we exercise to look and feel good (not necessarily to find enlightenment), and know that the best workouts are shared with good friends and are followed by a glass of wine or cake (or both). 

Founded by our Creative Director, Tamara Hill-Norton, in 1998 in London’s Notting Hill, Sweaty Betty now has 44 stores in the UK and 8 (and counting) in the US.  We are poised for explosive growth in the US over the next five years and there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.

Our people are our most important asset. Every employee is chosen for their passion and capabilities, for their desire to push boundaries, and of course for their love of living the Sweaty Betty lifestyle. This is a crucial role in the business as you will be a guardian of the company culture, responsible for taking a people-first approach to your work and maintaining HR best practices.  You will be able to have a direct impact on the ability of our team to support the needs of a rapidly growing business.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting to the People Manager you will be responsible for:

People Support

• People Admin – create and distribute employment-related correspondence (applications, forms, offer letters and other orientation materials)
• Assists with processing new hires, terminations and any other employee events in our Payroll and Timekeeping systems
• Reorganize and maintain employee files, both digitally and in paper form
• Benefits - Administering health & welfare plans, including enrolments, changes and terminations
• Employment law – keeping track of employment legislation, regulations, policies & procedures
• Act as an impartial source of advice & guidance to employees in relation to work related questions and issues
• Provide friendly and empathetic support to employees experiencing personal difficulty, support & coach managers through straight-forward people management issues, escalate to the People Manager when necessary

Recruitment

• Provide day-to-day support throughout the recruitment life-cycle including and not limited to: scheduling interviews, maintaining and updating the applicant tracking system (Tribepad), and preparing offer letters
• Create, update, and maintain job postings on external job board websites
• Scheduling meetings and interviews as requested.
• Maintaining excellent communication with the Recruitment Advisor in the UK to ensure consistent recruitment practices and templates where possible

On-boarding & Development

• Being an induction & on-boarding champion within the Support Office, ensuring that managers deliver impactful inductions for all new team members
• Facilitate the WOW day and other ad hoc training as and when required, which will include emailing participants, arranging travel, refreshments and lunch
• Administer the bi-annual performance review processes, collating completed forms and providing the central People team with training needs requests.

Engagement

• Events management – organize our season launches, office meetings and other scheduled social events
• Take the lead on surprising & delighting our office teams with ad hoc treats and events that support the Sweaty Betty lifestyle
• Make sure that we celebrate success within the Support Office – manage the budget for individual rewards and encourage managers to use it

Miscellaneous

• Process and track all HR related invoices for payment with finance
• Conducts audits of payroll, benefits or other HR programs.
• Assists or prepares correspondence as required.
• Assist with other team projects as needed

Must Haves

• 1+ years HR experience
• Bachelor’s Degree
• A passion for helping others and the ability to get along with all types of people.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a love of building relationships
• Experience coordinating projects and planning and executing events.
• Discretion, maturity, and diplomacy
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office

You are extremely well organized with a fine attention to detail and are at your best when you are bringing out the best in others. You are an excellent communicator and love to build relationships at all levels. You have a can-do attitude with bags of positive energy and thrive in a very dynamic, busy and fast paced environment. Getting things done is what you really enjoy!

The Extras

Generous clothing allowance, medical, dental & vision insurance offered, 50% off all Sweaty Betty merchandise, company bonus scheme…and lots more!