Explore is an adventure travel expert focused on sustainable, small group holidays which create stories to tell for a lifetime. From classic group tours and family adventures, to walking, wildlife and cycling trips. With around 100 countries to choose from, our customers explore the world with us. Join us on our journey, creating extraordinary travel experiences for all.

At the heart of all of this, is a passion to travel responsibly. We aim to always be welcomed back, for communities and cultures to benefit, and wildlife to flourish. In a complicated world that's full of potential, we strive to be better than yesterday.

We put people at the heart of everything we do and are proud of the extensive benefits we offer.

This role is based in Farnborough, Hampshire with 2 days per week in the office. Our office is within walking distance of the train station and has free parking. This is a part-time position for between 22.5 and 30 hours per week.

Salary: £68,000 - £72,000 p.a. pro rata + bonus

You will help to create unforgettable adventures by:

• Influencing and impacting our BCorp status through your detailed understanding of the customer experience and business strategy. 
• Ensuring strategic initiatives create best in class experiences for future, current and past team members, proactively protecting our culture, and also watching for and managing our blind spots. 
• Artfully balancing the health, wellness and wellbeing of our people with the protection of the business as a whole.
• Having a high functioning relationship with the Senior Leadership team, other Heads of HR, L&D Manager and Head of HR Shared Services to produce fresh ideas, deliver initiatives and make data led decisions.
• Making our employee’s lives better through people initiatives and brand immersive experiences which bring to life our core value – Be Better Than Yesterday.
• Developing commercial, pragmatic, process-light people solutions, and communicating them frequently and in interesting ways – we don’t do boring!
• Working with the MD and senior HR team to develop and deliver a people plan which aligns our people and planet goals together with a strong focus on our engagement drivers, B-Corp accreditation and business growth.
• Coaching, providing practical people advice and generally be a sounding board for the leadership teams.
• Increasing the diversity of talent in the business with people who thrive and bring a new lens to our culture through talent acquisition and on-boarding experiences - inclusivity is our mantra for everyone.
• Presenting strategy updates to the whole Explore team.
• Providing career development coaching.
• Updating Senior Leadership on progress with your people KPIs at team meetings.

Am I the right person? 

• You are a progressive HR Leader and have a clear vision about how you will add value.
• Brand success is important to you, you love what you do and want to work for a brand that has a bigger purpose than pure profit.
• You care about the world we live in and are bold enough to shout about this when it comes to HR’s carbon footprint.
• You love breaking away from traditional HR and can bring innovative and creative approaches.
• You are super focused on delivering outcomes with an insightful eye on how we get there.
• You prefer to tick things off your list and love making decisions with the Senior Management teams, your independent ways of working mean that you prefer high level direction and support from your MD and HRD.
• You are open and honest about who you are as a person and as an HR leader.

We aim to be better than yesterday and our values will be close to your heart.

Diversity is to be celebrated. Life would be dreary, and change would be slow, if we all thought the same way. We challenge our ideas, each other, and our business partners - always with respect and kindness.

Explore is part of Hotelplan Group, a well-established and diverse family of specialist tour operators, with a long tradition of developing and operating market-leading experiences. The family comprises ski, walking and Lapland holidays with Inghams and Santa’s Lapland; adventure travel with Explore; and self-guided holidays with Inntravel. Sustainability and responsible tourism is at the core of everything we do, and should be a passion for everyone employed by the group.