People & Operations Business Partner

About the role

The People & Operations Business Partner will build and maintain the foundations that support the team, including hiring, onboarding, policies, compliance, and benefits. Working closely with the COO, this role focuses on executing people processes and ensuring they are well-organised and practical. It is an ideal position for someone who enjoys building effective processes and wants to progress towards a Head of People role.

Responsibilities

• Support recruitment end-to-end, including writing job specs, screening candidates, and managing offers.
• Build and maintain a smooth, consistent onboarding process for new hires.
• Update and maintain HR policies, procedures, and employment contracts in partnership with the COO.
• Own benefits administration and act as the first point of contact for employee questions.
• Organise internal team events, meetups, and offsites.
• Support performance management and feedback processes across the team.
• Ensure compliance with employment regulations across the UK, Ireland, and other EU markets.
• Support day-to-day office and workplace operations to ensure team effectiveness.

Required skills

• HR compliance
• Employment law
• Process improvement
• HR systems
• Recruitment
• Operations

Nice to have

• Startup experience
• Scale-up experience
• SaaS
• UK employment law
• Irish employment law
• International HR

Benefits

• Private health insurance
• Company pension
• 35 days annual leave
• Learning and development support
• Share options
• Work-from-home budget

About the Company

Stora is a fast-growing SaaS company building the operating platform for modern self-storage businesses. The company operates with a distributed team across the UK and Europe.