This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a newly formed team and establish our clients change & consultancy practice that will be embraced across our clients organisation. Your contributions will be crucial in providing a new capability and driving a high-performing, inclusive culture that puts people at the heart of decision making and aligns with our ambitious business strategy.
- Salary: 80-95K (DOE).
- Potential hybrid work options x days per week in office.
- Private Medical Insurance after probation period.
- Excellent perks/benefits package.
- Flexible hours (School run etc).
- BUPA Cashback plan.
- Annual professional study fees paid.
- Holiday: 25 days, plus Public Holidays and Birthday Day.
- Free daily parking.
- Company Social Events.
- Life Assurance: 3X Annual salary after probation.
- Pension.
As the People Director, you will play a crucial role in crafting our clients HR and people strategies. Reporting to the CEO/MD, you will be an integral member of the People Leadership team and wider Extended Leadership team.
The People Director is responsible for developing HR strategies, overseeing operations, and ensuring compliance. They support the human factor, lead HR initiatives, develop culture, and provide guidance.
The role:
- Setting and driving a people strategy.
- Developing people growth plans that align with our business growth strategy.
- Overseeing quality performance conversations and promoting a high performing culture.
- Developing effective succession planning and a well-resourced talent pipeline.
- Championing employee engagement, evaluating, identifying, and addressing engagement trends.
- Providing expert guidance on a variety of people matters.
- Improving rewards.
What you will be doing:
- Leading a portfolio of initiatives, ensuring all plans are aligned and delivered flawlessly while articulating risks and dependencies.
- Partnering with senior directors to implement the strategic People, culture, and capability plan.
- Collaborating with the central People & Culture team, department heads, managers, and employees.
- Overseeing quality performance conversations and promoting a high performing culture.
- Supporting management teams hands-on, driving initiatives, and resolving grievances.
- Ensuring seamless hiring and high talent retention with the talent acquisition team.
- Championing employee engagement.
- Executing end-of-year reviews, supporting performance plans, onboarding, and exits.
- Building strong relationships with the leadership team to ensure People plan progress.
- Promoting change in line with standard methodologies and implementing colleague-centric practices.
- Enhancing leadership and people manager capability through coaching.
- Designing and implementing programs for employee engagement and well-being.
- Resolving complex employee issues while maintaining a positive work environment.
What our client is looking for:
- Proven experience in strategic HR leadership with a minimum of 4 years in a similar role.
- Diligent and firm with high ethical standards.
- Senior HR experience at a People Director level.
- Strong evidence of people culture development and transformation projects.
- Experience managing change and transformation, building culture, and focusing on competencies and behaviours.
- Creativity in everything that you do.
- Experience in adaptable people practices.
- A true believer in people potential and business culture.
- A track record of making tough decisions assertively yet humanely.
- Ability to think strategically and deliver operationally.
- Experience working in cross-cultural, interdependent teams.
- Proactive in leading this team and strategy to the next level.
- Strategic thinking and operational skills to support both the People agenda and overall company strategy.
- Strong communication and influencing skills.
- Excellent analytical, planning, and organisational skills.
- Ideally, have a CIPD Level 7 qualification.
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