Recruitment & People Operations Partner

At Great Yellow we're looking for a Recruitment & People Operations Partner to join our team.

Great Yellow makes landscape regeneration investable and scalable. We envision a future where regenerative land use is the norm, delivering measurable environmental recovery, resilient food systems, and long term economic value. Great Yellow exists to create a clear, practical pathway to making this future a reality.

Today, the way we use and manage land is pushing natural and economic systems to a breaking point. Fragile food supply chains, degraded ecosystems, rising climate risk and failing infrastructure are driving real and growing costs for communities and the economy. By rethinking how we work with land and value nature, we can create landscapes that provide clean water, abundant nature, stable production, and long term security.

Great Yellow works to drive this transformation, moving beyond extractive models to unlock economic and ecological regeneration.

• Land Managers of ambitious nature recovery projects to plan and deliver ambitious, landscape scale transformation
• Project Investors seeking opportunities to generate robust, risk adjusted returns alongside verified environmental impact
• Buyers of ecosystem services seeking high integrity, high impact natural capital solutions to strengthen resilience and reduce nature related risks
• Other partners and specialists in the restoration journey

This is a super hands on role that covers a bit of everything - recruitment, onboarding, and people ops. It's perfect for someone who loves variety and wants to shape great experiences from start to finish. You'll work closely with our Talent Lead to bring our people strategy to life - from hiring great people to building smooth, scalable processes that make every stage of the employee journey feel seamless.

As our Recruiter & People Ops Partner, you'll run the full hiring process, make sure every new joiner has a smooth (and fun!) onboarding experience, and keep all things people running seamlessly behind the scenes.

We're still growing and figuring out the best ways of working, so you'll have loads of freedom (and support) to experiment, build, and improve the systems and processes that help our team - and company - thrive.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end to end recruitment for all open roles - from writing job descriptions to making offers.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand needs and create efficient, engaging hiring processes.
• Source candidates through proactive outreach, networking, and job postings.
• Champion a great candidate experience - clear, human, and inclusive every step of the way.
• Be an employer brand champion, showcase what it's like to work at Great Yellow, the impact we're making, and why people love being part of our mission.
• Track and report on hiring activity and performance metrics.

• Lead the onboarding process for new hires - from offer to their first few months - alongside the Talent Lead.
• Coordinate welcome plans, IT setup, and introductions with the wider operations team to ensure every new joiner feels supported and connected.
• Help develop and deliver engaging induction sessions and buddy programmes.
• Bring fresh ideas for building and celebrating our culture as we grow.

• Support the People Lead & Talent Lead with day to day running of people processes - employment contracts, right to work, systems, benefits, employee records, performance administration.
• Keep employee data accurate and up to date.
• Help review and improve policies, templates, and processes as we scale.
• Act as a go to person for employee queries, working closely with the wider Operations team.

• Experience in recruitment and some exposure to people operations or HR coordination.
• Organised, adaptable, and happy juggling multiple priorities in a fast moving environment.
• A passion for creating great candidate and employee experiences.
• A proactive, approachable team player who is up for building things from scratch.
• A strong commitment to culture, inclusion, and helping people do their best work.

• Be part of an innovative start up breaking new ground in finance and ecological restoration.
• Engage in meaningful work with the potential to make a lasting impact on the planet.
• Work alongside a passionate and diverse team in an environment that values flexibility, autonomy, and growth.
• Enjoy flexibility to work where you do your best thinking and opportunities to collaborate and share ideas in our office.

Apply for the job. Do you want to join our team? Then we'd love to hear from you!