Senior People Partner

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**About us**:
At GoCardless we believe bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. We also believe that bank account data is a powerful tool to make better, faster decisions. We're making it easy to use both
- for businesses everywhere.

GoCardless is used for domestic and international payments by 85,000+ organisations and counting, processing more than $30 billion across 30 countries. We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Latvia and the United States.

**The role**:
The People team at GoCardless enables our business to focus on winning and so we're transforming our culture to drive high performance, inclusion and delivery at pace whilststaying true to our core values. Central to this transformation is our business partnering model and the opportunity to provide a high quality, proactive service to senior stakeholders in a matrix working environment.

This role will partner with our International markets and work closely with our International MD and their leadership teams to support growth. In particular the focus will be on our France market and growing team needs, including establishing and maintaining a formal social and economic committee or comité social et économique (CSE) and meeting the legal obligations for an entity with 50+ employees. This requires working knowledge and practical experience of the France market.

We're looking for a Senior People Partner who demonstrates curiosity and drive for the teams they support, and is motivated by a desire to influence through strong relationships and delivering value-adding insights. You'll be championing GoCardless' Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and learning initiatives, driving organisational effectiveness and providing guidance about growing high performing teams. As a Senior People Partner in a fast paced technology business you will have the opportunity to define your day to day work and your career path at GoCardless.

**What excites you**:

- Responsible for facilitating how our performance culture and values are represented across the company - how they influence behaviours, how teamswork together, and how managers can reinforce and role model them
- Operating as the key HR contact for the leaders in your client groups, providing coaching and guidance across the employee lifecycle, including performance management, capability development, team engagement, employee relations, talent management, and succession planning
- Identifying learning opportunities and requirements for your teams, research and recommend solutions that support employee development & succession plans
- Take the lead on strategic people projects and change management - working with leaders to define, develop and deliver these projects in line with business objectives
- Provide coaching, mentoring and assistance to other people team members to help them develop their people partnering capabilities

**What excites us**:

- You have significant HR business partner experience, and a strong background in technology or fast-growth, innovative organisation
- Knowledge of working practices and employment law in France and advanced French language skills. Experience of employment law in the US is a bonus
- You're able to influence, coach, and develop effective working relationships with employees at all levels, gaining their acceptance, and driving change quickly
- You are intellectually curious, and you can bring valuable insights from data or cultural observation into the team and business
- You are motivated by the opportunity to define a true partnering model and show your stakeholders the value you can drive by working hand in hand
- You have been part of a progressive people team where there has been measurable success on the organisation and a positive impact on the culture

**(some of) The good stuff**:

- **Wellbeing**:

- stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
- **Adaptive Working**:

- Our hybrid workplace model fosters collaboration and flexibility, with in-office days determined at team level
- **Equity **-** **all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together
- **Parental leave **-** **to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
- **Time off**:

- generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days ('GC Fridays')

**Life at GoCardless**:
We're an organisation defined by our values; We **_start with why_**_ _before we begin any project, to ensure it's aligned with our mission. We **_make it happen_**, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things d