People & Culture Lead

As People and Culture Lead, you will play a key role in supporting the Head of People in the development and implementation of our overall people and culture strategy. Your primary focus includes shaping and embedding a high-performance, inclusive, and values-driven culture across the organisation.

This role leads on employee experience, engagement, EDI, Employee Resource Groups, reward, wellbeing, people insights, and governance, ensuring a consistent and positive experience across both site-based and office teams.

Working closely with colleagues in Recruitment, HR Business Partnering, HR Information Systems, Learning & Development and Talent Management, the role ensures that people initiatives are aligned, data-informed, and support workforce planning, retention, and business performance.

People Strategy & Culture

• Support to deliver the People & Culture strategy aligned to business priorities.
• Define and embed company values and behaviours and support embedding of Farrans Leadership Model.
• Collaborate with the wider People and Engagement Team to ensure an integrated approach to employee development.
• Support workforce planning, talent management, and succession planning efforts across functions.
• Act as a cultural ambassador, championing initiatives that foster engagement, inclusion, wellbeing and retention.
• Establish and oversee Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Own and deliver employee engagement surveys and action planning.
• Align HR policies and working practices to embed a standardised approach.
• Lead quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives across People & Culture processes, identifying opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, compliance and the overall employee experience.
• Support organisational change efforts by providing training, communication, and resources to employees during periods of transition.
• Support the Head of People with data analysis and reporting on key HR metrics and KPIs.

Reward & Benefits

• Support the Head of People in managing the reward and benefits strategy within the business.
• Advise managers and employees on pay, benefits, and reward practices in line with company policy and legislative requirements.
• Support the communication and promotion of the organisation’s benefits offering, ensuring employees understand the value of their overall reward package.
• Support locally led recognition initiatives that encourage and celebrate employee contribution and reinforce organisational values.
• Coordinate annual salary review in collaboration with business leaders.
• Ensure fair and transparent reward and recognition practices.
• Support the preparation and governance of the organisation’s gender pay gap report.
• Support the governance and implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, ensuring appropriate processes, reporting and compliance.

The responsibilities outlined above are not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time to reflect the evolving needs and priorities of the organisation.

• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and align with organisational goals
• Strong understanding of the following: Culture, engagement, and behaviour frameworks; Inclusion & Engagement practices; reward and benefits principles; workforce planning and people analytics
• Project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data to inform decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; or professional certifications.
• 5+years of experience in a generalist HR role with ownership of People & Culture initiatives and significant exposure to Reward & Benefits principles.
• Demonstrable experience driving culture change and engagement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of People & Culture best practices
• Passionate about people and culture
• High level of integrity and professionalism
• Resilient and adaptable in a changing environment
• Inclusive mindset with a commitment to equality and diversity
• Proactive and solutions-focused