Recruiter (Talent Acquisition)

Due to the high number of applications we receive, we hold great value in a personalised cover letter - this will really help your application standout. The application deadline for this position is the 14th January 2025.

📣 A bit about the role:  

We are looking for a Recruiter (talent acquisition) to join our talent team at a very exciting time in our journey. We are growing quickly and have ambitious plans over the next few years. As a Recruiter at Butternut Box, you will be responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle - including sourcing, attracting and interviewing candidates, ensuring a fantastic candidate experience, optimising internal processes and supporting an effective onboarding process. You'll work directly with hiring managers and teams to understand their needs and build strong talent pipelines. This is definitely a role for someone that is comfortable (and thrives) in a fast-paced, target driven environment.  

This role is based in London at our West London office - we work in a synchronised hybrid set up where office days are Monday, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This is non negotiable, so please do not apply if you're not within a reasonable commuting distance from West London. 

🐾 A bit about the team:

In London, our talent team is currently a group of four – a Senior Recruiter, Recruiter, High Volume Recruiter, and a Talent Operations Specialist. But we’re also part of a bigger global talent team of 13, working alongside our colleagues in Rudie’s Kitchen, Psibufet (Poland), Germany and the Netherlands. Together, we make up a part of the People Team at Butternut, a driven and passionate bunch of 30 who are all about making Butternut the best place you've ever worked. 

👋 A bit about you:

• Proven internal recruitment experience at a fast growing startup or scaleup (we're sorry, at this time we cannot only consider agency experience)
• Experience recruiting a variety of positions, including for tech, product and commercial departments
• Analytical, data driven and investigative nature, always #strivingforbetter
• Passion for delivering an outstanding candidate experience that includes surprise and delights along the way
• Passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and how People teams can have a big impact and influence 
• Ability to build trusting relationships quickly with stakeholders
• You love dogs, naturally. (You like people too…)

 Experience working with Greenhouse as an ATS and Notion / Slack as internal tools would help your application stand out.

❓A bit about the recruitment process:

1. A 45 minute initial call with a member of the talent team - this is carried out remotely
2. A 1 hour 30 minute technical interview comprising of an in interview challenge - this is carried out remotely
3. A 1 hour values interview - this will take place in person at our West London Office

🐶 A bit about us:

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK & Europe - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 

 🙌 A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service 
• 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
• £500 personal learning & development budget 
• Butternut Box employee discount 
• Enhanced parental leave
• Co-working office space. 
• Flexible working hours and work from home options 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss
• Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years at Butternut
• Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts
• Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Brio, Basil, Chorizo, Lenny, Jasper, Peggy, Pip and many more….)

❗️A few things to note: 

• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
• We are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role 
• We are not looking for agency support at this time