Based in Glasgow city centre, Swipii is bringing shoppers the simplest way to save money when they shop locally while providing retailers with a simple and automated marketing tool.

Joining Swipii is the chance to work with a passionate, highly collaborative team. We take a build-measure-learn approach to our work, giving you the opportunity to think creatively and innovate. Our team is focused on solving problems, taking action and working together. You will be joining an awesome group of people with a diverse set of skills, backgrounds and experiences.

As a team, our mission is to better connect consumers and local businesses. We want our cashback app to be 10x easier to use, and 10x the value of our competitors.

Swipii was founded in 2014 by Forbes 30 under 30 winners. Since then, we have been awarded the Best ‘Customer Loyalty, Personalisation and CRM’ award at the UK Digital Experience Awards and also names among Europe’s top 100 disruptive startups in the retail industry. In 2019, we were finalists in the Scottish Tech StartUp Awards for Mobile Startup of the Year.

Swipii is looking for a People Advisor to help continue moving Swipii's culture and team forward. This is a fixed term full time position to cover a Maternity Leave, with the possibility of becoming a permanent part-time job sharing position in the future.

Attracting, engaging and retaining the best talent, through continually enhancing the culture and values at Swipii is at the core of the People function here.

We are looking for an experienced People Advisor extremely proactive to join our team. This is a fantastic generalist role whereby you will have the opportunity to be involved and shape the People strategy and direction of the company, as well as advise on all operational matters and manage the administrative side too, working directly with the leadership team.

You will be responsible for the following (but not limited):

• To be the first point of contact for all people related employee matter.
• Oversee all the People admin tasks including keeping our HR database up to date (holiday and sick records, personnel files, etc.).
• Managing and supporting all the HR elements of the employee life cycle (attraction, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, engagement, retention and farewell).
• Ongoing policies and procedures review and implementation, making any necessary updates based on new legislation and Company needs.
• Provide expert HR advice and knowledge across all topics and levels.
• Lead the employee engagement agenda, making Swipii a proud place to work, organising internal and external meetings and events.
• Contribute to Swipii’s continual improvement by making suggestions at all levels.
• Note taking at Board meetings.
• Support colleagues with any ad hoc administrative tasks.
• Running and preparing reports as required.
• Ensure Swipii’s People strategy is aligned with the Company’s overall strategy

The successful candidate will need to work autonomously and have previous experience of working in an SME People Advisor environment with the ability to plan and organise their own workload and to work as part of a team. 

Essential requirements:

• Proven experience in a People Advisor role within the SME space
• Positive, ‘can do’ attitude with an objective approach to problem solving
• Proactive with an ability to challenge the norm and make improvements to systems, processes and ways of working
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all organisational levels with an ability to build relationships and influence others
• Ability to manage your time effectively, work independently and be self-motivated
• Excellent organisational skills
• Comfortable working in a changing and fast paced environment, with ability to effectively manage and prioritise workloads to meet deadlines
• Proven knowledge of HR policies, processes and Employment Law
• Competent and experienced in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Desirable requirements:

• Experience in SAAS environment
• CIPD qualified
• Experience in working on a Startup

• Monday to Friday flexible working environment (from home and office-based). *Due to Covid-19, everyone at Swipii is working fully remotely at the moment.
• Personal learning and development opportunities.
• 32 days holiday.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days additional annual leave.
• Your birthday off, a present from Swipii!
• Stock Options. Everyone is an owner at Swipii – you will get to be part of this and directly participate in the growth of your stake.
• Exclusive discounts and offers through a wide variety of retailers.
• Vibrant and spacious office space in Glasgow’s city centre with only an 8 minute walk from both train stations.

Interested?  We'd love to hear from you.

Equal opportunities

We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability. Any disability disclosure will be dealt with confidentiality and sensitively and if you want to speak directly to a member of our team, please contact us.