Copper is a digital asset technology company dedicated to helping institutional investors safely acquire, trade, and store crypto assets.
Built and led by Dmitry Tokarev, a software and financial engineering specialist, the firm provides a comprehensive suite of custody, trading and settlement solutions that reduce counterparty risk and bring greater capital and operational efficiency to digital asset markets. At the heart of Copper's offering is Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology – the gold standard in secure custody. Copper’s multi-award winning custody system is unique in that it can be connected to centralised exchanges, DeFi applications and even staking pools without the assets leaving the custody.
Built on top of this state-of-the-art custody, ClearLoop™ is the first solution in the market that overcomes a growing industry challenge; counterparty risk with exchanges. This solution underpins a full prime services offering, connecting global exchanges and enabling customers to trade and settle directly from the safety of their MPC-secured wallets. By reducing settlement time for transfers to a few milliseconds (without blockchain network dependency) and offering enhanced security measures, ClearLoop™ is rapidly reshaping the way asset managers trade and manage capital.
In addition to industry-leading security certifications, Copper has one of the strongest insurance coverages in the industry from an A+ rated insurer, positioning the firm as the partner of choice for institutions seeking to safeguard their assets.
Department environment
The People Team at Copper is responsible for unleashing the collective brilliance of its people. We do this by creating a healthy and productive workplace that attracts, engages, develops and retains great people.
Role Purpose:
The HR apprentice will assist with the day to day running of the People function whilst developing the skills needed to achieve CIPD level 3 qualification.
You will support the People Operations team, Talent team and Learning and Development team in a rotational role, ensuring that we attract develop and retain the best talent at Copper.
The Apprenticeship
During the 18 months, you will complete a Level 3 CIPD – HR Support Apprenticeship. This will allow you to develop a range of logical and analytical skills, learning how HR works in practice, as you get the opportunity to combine learning with the day-to-day support of people in your organisation.
As HR integrates with every part of the business, you will master excellent communication skills and learn how to deal with situations effectively, sensitively and within the limitations of legal and business processes.
Key Responsibilities of the role
Human Resources:
- Supporting the people operations team with all administrative tasks such as onboarding, offboarding and maintaining personal records.
- Answering queries in the shared people inbox.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date databases and support with the development of people metrics and reporting.
- Promoting HR best practices and compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Helping the People Advisors in reviewing employee benefits and compensation packages, ensuring competitiveness and alignment with organisational goals.
- Supporting the people team with employee relations administration.
Talent and Onboarding:
- Contributing to the recruitment process, from writing job advertisements and reviewing CVs to managing communications with candidates and organising interviews.
- Supporting the talent partners in scheduling interviews, meetings and general candidate communications.
- Ensuring a smooth transition for new hires, providing necessary resources and support to facilitate their integration into the organisation.
- Helping the talent partners to search for future talent.
- Sitting in interviews to support with note taking.
- Working on projects alongside the talent team, to help improve on the candidate and manager hiring experience.
Learning and Development:
- Assisting on the development, planning, and execution of the Learning and Development strategy.
- Coordinating training events.
- Providing learning management system support.
- Maintaining learning records and generating reports.
- Developing communications to promote key learning activities.
- Creating engaging learning materials and resources.
Your experience, skills and knowledge
Essential
- Grade C or above in at least 5 GCSEs, including English and Mathematics.
- Experience with MS Office or similar technologies.
- A keen eye for detail and a quick learner, with an aptitude to adapt to the ever changes within the business.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess complex issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- A positive “can do” attitude.
Desirable
- An interest in blockchain infrastructure and digital assets
The benefits offered
- Holidays: 27 days per annum paid holiday, in addition to bank holidays
- Years of Service Days: Employees are awarded one additional day of paid time off per year of service (up to three years)
- Vitality Health:
- Medical Insurance: Copper provides all employees with individual cover. Medical history is disregarded, and a 24/7 virtual GP is available (£100 excess per person per year)
- Dental Insurance: Comprehensive dental cover for preventative, restorative and emergency treatment
- Audiology Cover: Employees can claim back up 80% of costs, up to £300, for any hearing tests or hearing aids
- Optical Cover: £500 optical cover (through Vision Express) or 80% reimbursement up to £300 for any other optician
- Menopause Support: Unlimited support for those experiencing symptoms of the menopause, such as video consultations with a dedicated menopause practitioner
- Vitality services also include an additional £100 for minor diagnostic tests and private prescriptions, including home diagnostics
- Headspace - Copper's policy provides all employees with a free Headspace subscription. Headspace provides great resources to manage stress, improve sleep, meditate and enhance mindfulness
- Discounts and free benefits - the Vitality programme has been designed for preventative care to encourage members to improve their overall health and will reward those for doing so. Employees can access additional benefits such as 50% off running shoes, discounted health screenings, 50% off at Nuffield Health or Virgin Active gyms and much more
- Home Working Energy Support Scheme: to combat energy prices increasing globally, Copper will provide you, in addition to your salary, with a monthly top-up of £60 or £75 (subject to your energy supplier)
- Pension up to 10% matched contribution to our company pension scheme via Smart Pensions
- Cycle to Work
- Life Insurance cover: Four times your base salary
- EAP: access unlimited mental health consultations and contact a 24/7 confidential helpline for emotional support
- ClassPass
- Unmind
- Sponsored Learning and Development opportunities
- Regular company events and social activities
In return for everything you can bring to Copper, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with career opportunities and welcoming working environment.
If you think you have everything we're looking for and more, then we'd love you to apply for the opportunity.
Copper is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and equal opportunities in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. So, bring us your experience, perspectives, and skills. It is in our differences that we will continue to grow and ensure Copper is transforming how institutional investors engage with digital assets. Copper is a Disability Confident Employer, please let us know if you have a disability. If you require us to provide any assistance during the recruitment process, then we would ask you to highlight this to us and we will be happy to accommodate.
