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:
* 09:00 – 17:30 (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