Head of People

A great opportunity to work for an international business with responsibility for a head count of 140 people in the UK and oversight of a People Advisor in Europe.

The role leads the evolution of the People function into a scalable, efficient, and strategically aligned function, combining strong operational delivery with forward-looking workforce planning, leadership development, and data-driven decision-making.

Reporting to the CEO, the Head of People acts as a key advisor to the senior leadership team ensuring that people strategy, culture, and organisational design support the long-term success of the business.

Head of People Benefits and Package:

• 09 30 (Monday to Friday)
• Free On Site Parking
• 24 Days Annual Leave (increase by 1 day per year of service up to additional 4) + Bank Holidays
• Birthday Leave
• Generous Company Pension Scheme.
• Private Healthcare
• Life insurance
• Cycle to work
• Nursery Salary Sacrifice Schemes.
• Flexible working

Head of People Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• People Strategy & Organisational Development.
• Ensure efficient, compliant, and high-quality delivery across the employee lifecycle.
• Strengthen leadership capability and embed a high-performance, values-led culture.
• Manage employee relations effectively while minimising organisational risk and ensuring governance.
• Leverage People data, systems, and automation to improve insight and efficiency.
• Lead and develop the People team to ensure capability, performance, and sustainability.

Head of People Qualities:

• CIPD Level 5 / 7 qualified with 5 plus years experience at management level.
• Strong strategic skills but with a desire and enthusiasm for retaining a delivery focus along side a People Advisor and People Administrator.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and People best practice
• Experience advising senior stakeholders and ensuring the people strategy aligns with the organisational development and business strategy.
• Demonstratable experience of maximising systems to gather insights to underpin decisions and recommendations.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery
• Experience of multi-entity and international environment highly desirable.
• Must be commercially astute ideally with business partnering experience.
• Proven experience leading organisational change and workforce planning, talent life-cycle management desirable

Thank you for your application however due to the high volume of candidates applying, if you have not heard back from us within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful.