People Operations Manager

Location: Hybrid / London EC4Y 8AP
, UK
job type: Fixed term / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Business Operations | HR
Annual Fixed salary:£ 55516.00

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week. All staff are required to work in person for a minimum of two days per week, in line with our hybrid working policy. The post-holder may be required to undertake some work outside normal working hours.

Health is our most precious asset. Good health enables us to live happy, fulfilling lives, fuels our prosperity and helps build a stronger society. Yet good health remains out of reach for too many people in the UK, and health and care services are struggling to provide access to timely, high-quality care.

The Health Foundation is an independent charitable organisation with a mission to build a healthier UK. We work to achieve this by generating high quality research and analysis; developing practical solutions to the biggest problems in health and health services; engaging, convening and building coalitions to build understanding, inform debate and drive action; and developing the long‑term capability needed to transform health and care.

We expect everyone who works with us to be committed to our values and to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. Our values are impact, evidence, integrity, and collaboration. You can read more about them in our five-year strategy. We also expect everyone to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation and to help deliver our EDI strategy .

The People Operations Manager is responsible for providing support, guidance, and advice on our HR policies, procedures, and best practice to key stakeholders in the business. Responsible for providing operational support to the People Team, drafting HR policies and procedures, supporting in the creation and delivery of HR training workshops and ensuring smooth running of the department.

• Review and update HR policies and guidance documents and create process maps to ensure they remain compliant with employment law and our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• As required in supporting the workload of the People Business Partners, provide expert HR support and guidance to key stakeholders on a range of HR matters including, employee relations, flexible working, performance and sickness management.
• Working in collaboration with the People Business Partners, coach and develop senior managers to build their capability to make informed people management decisions.
• Evaluate and improve internal HR operational processes, such as data management practice and identify inefficiencies with current HR processes and implement solutions.
• Lead on the delivery of HR training workshops in conjunction with the People Business Partners, the Head of Talent and Inclusion and Head of People Change, as appropriate.

We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each opportunity on merit.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us.

We have identified three key areas to improving diversity. Our aim to achieve a more balanced representation across our organisation, with a particular focus on increasing the number of women in leadership, enhancing the representation of people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds and welcoming more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we strongly encourage applications from these groups.

Apply to join our team and let's work towards building a more diverse and inclusive workplace together.

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Interview / Contact date: Interviews are currently scheduled for Thursday 5th November 2026 (this may be subject to change).