Workplace Lead

Motorway is the UK’s fastest-growing used car marketplace – our award-winning, online-only platform connects private car sellers with thousands of verified dealers nationwide, ensuring everyone gets the best deal. Founded in 2017, our technology-led approach has redefined the experience of selling a car, generating thousands of monthly car sales and helping us to grow to a team of more than 400 people across our London and Brighton offices.

The role

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing scale-up at a crucial phase of growth. You will be responsible for ensuring a delightful experience for all Motorway employees in our physical spaces which currently span London and Brighton. Based in our London office, you will have the opportunity to lead our highly skilled office managers across the UK. 

You will represent our People team in your drive to create heartwarming and memorable workplace experiences that are consistent and measurable. You must possess outstanding interpersonal skills and be ready to ‘take the wheel’, driving the delivery of your projects and reporting on progress to our VP People. 

You must be confident in managing a budget, have a solid understanding of facilities and office management fundamentals and show a strong attention to detail. You will need to show initiative, work independently and provide strong team and project leadership.

Please note, while Motorway is a very flexible working environment generally speaking, to be successful in this role you’ll need to be a person that loves being in the office. After all, how can you ensure the experience in the office is delightful without being present to see your work brought to life. For that reason we would expect you to be in the London office 5 days a week. This role will also require a visit twice a month to our Brighton office.

Responsible for:

• Line management of the Office Management Team 
• Work closely with our internal comms team to ensure consistency and inclusivity across activities in our offices in the UK and our partner offices abroad
• Lead on creating a delightful experience for the onboarding and induction of new employees, as well as the offboarding of our leavers
• Provide leadership/oversee when it comes to event planning and execution 
• Own the annual office budgets ensuring cost-effectiveness
• Create monthly reporting for the office function 
• Lead on office refurbishments/moves with the support of your office managers
• Craft a sustainability strategy for our shared physical spaces and ensure effective communication of this
• Implement and manage our health and safety practices 

Requirements

• Extensive office management experience ideally across multiple locations
• Experience managing (and a passion for) the employee experience 
• Ability to develop and execute clear actionable plans to support an overall business strategy, providing pragmatic and innovative solutions to problems

• Ability to build trust across all levels of the organisation through your strong stakeholder management and project management capabilities

• Ability to enthusiastically engage, inspire and influence people
• Able to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and is comfortable with ambiguity
• Self-motivated team player with great attention to detail
• A love for interacting with colleagues and building strong networks
• Excellent supplier management and negotiation skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• Stock options - we succeed and fail together as a team, so we want you to be included in our success
• Annual learning budget - you can choose how you like to learn and find the best learning experiences to support your progression.
• BUPA health insurance
• Discounted dental through BUPA
• Discounted gym membership through BUPA
• On-Hand volunteering membership + 1 volunteering day per year
• Pension scheme
• Motorway car leasing scheme - lease a zero-emissions electric vehicle at a significant discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Regular social events

Equal Opportunities Statement:

Motorway is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. We believe our workforce should reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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