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Careers at Humand
Humand is a small, specialist technology recruitment company in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, that also runs the technology and deep-tech communities it recruits into. This page is about working here: the roles we're hiring for now, how we work, what we pay and what you should know before you apply.
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What we do
What Humand actually is
We recruit technical and commercial people for technology and deep-tech employers — from early-stage spin-outs to established engineering businesses — through permanent, contract and retained search. Alongside that, we run meet-ups and events for Oxfordshire's technology community, so the people we recruit for and the people we place often know us before a role exists.
We're a small team, which means every role touches clients, candidates and the community, and everyone's work is visible. If you want a narrow job in a large machine, we're probably not the right place. If you want to see exactly what your work changes, we might be.
Why Humand
Why people join us
Community is the difference
Humand runs real technology and deep-tech communities and events in Oxfordshire. That puts you in the room with founders, CTOs, engineers and hiring leaders long before a vacancy exists.
Room to build a desk
We're well established in Oxfordshire's technology and deep-tech market, with a lot of headroom beyond it. That means you can build a market rather than inherit one that's already saturated.
Close to the startup ecosystem
Humand's founder has strong ties to Oxford's startup ecosystem, including Oxford University Innovation (OUI), which gives the team real exposure to early-stage companies.
Scope to make things
Beyond placements, there's space to build new products and services and to experiment with better ways of recruiting — and to see them used.
The team works with LinkedIn Recruiter, Lusha, Apollo and a capable CRM, alongside inbound leads, marketing assets, email automation, AI agents and general automation, job boards, CV databases and referrals.
How we work
What a working week looks like
Office-first in Eynsham, with hybrid considered case by case.
- Our office is in Eynsham, just west of Oxford. We prefer people on site across the week; hybrid working is considered case by case. We don't offer fully remote roles.
- Contracted hours are 38 a week, typically 09:00–18:00 Monday to Thursday and 09:00–16:00 on Friday.
- When KPIs are delivered, the team often finishes two to four hours early on the last working day of the week.
- Part-time can be considered for some roles; each advert says where.
- Everyone attends at least one Humand community event a month. Out-of-hours event time is reimbursed, and events are planned in advance and rotated to fit around people's lives where possible.
Your own plan
Everyone has individual KPIs and a personal plan, and a lot of autonomy in how they organise their day to get there.
Leadership within reach
Line managers exist, but help and coaching aren't restricted by the org chart. You can talk to leadership directly, and the team works as one unit.
A working rhythm
An open-plan office in Eynsham, a daily stand-up and a weekly team meeting. It's collaborative and social, with a relaxed dress code — we'd rather you were your professional self than a corporate version of it.
Ideas get used
Good ideas turn quickly into new ways of working: a candidate-sourcing approach, a business-development play, a new tool or product. Entrepreneurial people tend to thrive here.
Everyone is commercial
Whatever the role, you need commercial awareness. High standards, ownership, attitude and values matter as much as results.
Ambitious, not burnt out
We're ambitious about growth without running a conveyor-belt culture. The business is family-friendly in practice, including some flexibility around returning from family leave.
Benefits and reward
What you get
Holiday
28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 days in your fourth year and 30 in your fifth. The office closes between Christmas and New Year, and that time comes from annual leave.
Private medical
Bupa private medical cover for you, with the option to add family members. Dental and optical are available as an optional upgrade.
Life assurance
Life assurance (death-in-service) cover.
Pension
A workplace pension through standard auto-enrolment.
Travel and parking
Free parking at the Eynsham office, mileage paid for business travel, and travel to events paid.
Kit
A laptop is supplied.
Communities and events
You can attend any Humand community or event, and you'll meet the founders, engineers and hiring leaders who come to them.
Time together
Company socials, a Christmas party, ad-hoc team lunches, and team days, workshops and training days.
Pay and commission
Recruiting and business-development roles earn uncapped, performance-related commission, paid quarterly. Both sides of a placement count — winning and managing the client, and finding and delivering the candidate — so candidate-side roles earn commission too. Each advert shows its role-specific OTE, or how the variable element works where there is no fixed OTE, and we explain the scheme in full during the process.
Every advert shows base salary separately from OTE or variable pay. We never fold commission into a base figure.
Reviews
Pay and progression are reviewed case by case, as people grow, rather than waiting for a single annual review.
Growth
Learning and progression
We invest in people case by case, not through a fixed budget.
- There is no set annual learning allowance. Instead, we look at what will genuinely help each person and fund it where it makes sense.
- One of the team is currently completing a BA degree apprenticeship funded by the business, with paid time to attend.
- Internal training and coaching are part of everyday work, and external coaching has been provided in some cases.
- Courses, conferences, books and qualifications are considered case by case.
A flexible path, not a rigid ladder.
On the recruitment side, people broadly move from Talent Scout or Talent Partner, to Senior, to Principal or Director — either as an individual contributor or into management — and on to General Manager or Director. Progression can move quickly when someone is ready, but we don't promise timelines.
- Talent Scout / Talent Partner
- Senior
- Principal or Director (individual contributor or management)
- General Manager / Director
Honestly
This might not be for everyone
We'd rather you knew these things now than discovered them in your first month. Some people love working this way; some don't, and that's fine.
- We're a small company, so people muck in. A “that's not my job” mindset is a poor fit.
- Targets and commercial accountability are real, in every role.
- Priorities can change as the business grows and the market moves.
- Events often run outside normal hours. They're planned in advance and rotated where possible, and the time is reimbursed — but they are part of the job.
- Because we're small, there are limited management layers. We're building stronger support for managers, but you won't find a deep hierarchy.
- The office is in Eynsham, not central Oxford. Everyone on the team currently lives locally.
Open roles
Roles we're hiring for now
These 4 roles are open now. Each has a full advert with the package, the work and the process — read it before you apply.
General Manager
£60,000 base + variable commission
Run the operating side of Humand with the owner and board: people, process and sales, with real commercial accountability and room to shape where the business goes next.
Read the full advertGroup Business Development Manager
£30,000–£40,000 base · £40,000–£65,000 OTE
Win and grow client relationships for the Humand group across technology and deep-tech markets, using our communities, inbound leads and a modern sales toolkit.
Read the full advertTalent Scout
£24,000–£28,000 base · £30,000–£45,000 OTE
Find, approach and engage the candidates behind our searches: sourcing, first conversations and keeping good people moving through the process.
Read the full advertSenior Talent Scout
£28,000–£33,500 base · £38,000–£50,000 OTE
Take on the harder candidate-side work with more independence: specialist searches, fuller ownership of candidate relationships and sharper sourcing.
Read the full advertHiring process
How we hire
A first call
Around 30 minutes on the phone with the hiring manager or Joe Edney.
Face-to-face interview
A conversation in person, including a small task or presentation so you can show how you think.
Meet the team
Time with a good part of the team, so you know who you'd be working with.
A final conversation
A follow-up with Joe Edney to answer your remaining questions and talk about next steps.
We can move quickly, but we'd rather give everyone who applies a fair look than hire the first person through the door.
Not seeing your role?
Roles we may hire for later
These aren't open vacancies. They're areas we expect to hire into as Humand grows, and we're always glad to hear from good people in them. We'll be straight with you about timing.
Talent Partner and Senior Talent Partner
Full-cycle recruiters who own client and candidate relationships. If you'd describe yourself as a recruitment consultant or senior consultant elsewhere, this is the path we'd talk to you about.
Community & Events
Running and growing the communities and events at the heart of how Humand works.
Data
Looking after the data behind our searches, CRM and market insight.