People Operations Specialist 🇯🇵 (Bilingual)

What you will do:

• Work closely with the leadership team, local employees, and global people operations team to identify local employment, labour relations, and compliance risks 
• Create and revise company guidance ensuring they align with our culture, business goals and comply with regulatory standards
• Collaborate with our external partners across People Ops to make sure we're working efficiently and fast whilst keeping our standards high  
• Be the APAC ambassador in the global engagement working group and support on rolling out initiatives locally
• Identifying improvement opportunities and taking charge of process improvement projects - making things easier, more streamlined and more efficient
• Ensure we are constantly reviewing and adapting to business needs
• Responsible for drafting and sending employment contracts to successful candidates
• Create employee profiles on our HRIS (Hibob) in a timely manner and uphold our people data accuracy for new hires
• Potential to expand remit to rest of APAC

What you will have:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to connect and collaborate with people around the world to support ongoing improvements and operational success.
• You’re great at managing multiple tasks. While no one’s perfect, you’ve got a knack for juggling priorities and staying focused on what really matters.
• Outstanding organizational skills, with a talent for prioritizing and an eye for detail.
• A mindset geared towards continuous improvement, and you’re always thinking creatively to find new solutions.
• Passionate about enhancing the experience of those around you.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy the challenges it brings.
• Native level of Japanese, fluency in English


Bonus skills:
• Experience with employment laws, labour relations and compliance in Japan
• People Operations with expertise in development initiatives, change management and employee relations
• Proven track record in managing People operational initiatives, which involve system applications, risk management and mitigation, as well as facilitating change management, communication strategies, and support training programs where necessary

What you'll love about us

• Our company culture - We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we we're voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people 
• Flexible working environment - genuine work life balance here, we are in the top 5 companies in the UK, we treat you as a human, and do our best to make work and life merge smoothly together 
• Relaxation - we don’t count your holidays here, we work hard, and so we know you need to play hard as well (within reason of course) 
• Equity Options Scheme - you own your own part of the business, share options in the whole Octopus Energy Group so we all work together towards success 
• Office culture - have a certain tech requirement? We’ll do our best to get it. Our offices are also stocked with fruit, breakfast, great coffee and soft drinks. Weekly on a Friday we all get together (this happens virtually too) for company updates and drinks - we call it Family Dinner 
• Your development is important - we support and help with development including internal and external courses, learning, study support etc, all bespoke to you