HR) Compliance & Improvement Lead

This newly created role is a great opportunity for an experienced HR professional to develop their career within a growing people team, officially recognised as a Great Place to Work! Job Purpose

Reporting to the People Manager (Group) the People Compliance & Improvement Lead ensures the organisation complies with all regulatory, legal, and governance standards, while also promoting consistent, high-quality people practices and ongoing improvements across the People Team. This position leverages data to detect trends and identify areas for enhancement.

A champion of continuous improvement, this role is tasked with redesigning and implementing efficient people processes through automation and innovative approaches, all while supporting teams during change and upholding quality people practices.

By fostering strong relationships throughout the organisation, the role provides clear guidance and communication to strengthen the team's capabilities. With expertise in systems and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset, this position safeguards compliance, reinforces policy frameworks, and advances a culture of excellence focused on governance, compliance, and continuous improvement.

• This post has no direct reports.

• Lead the implementation, review and maintenance of all People policies, processes and frameworks ensuring they remain clear, current and compliant with relevant legislation.
• Champion continuous improvement across people processes, identifying opportunities to streamline workflows and enhance compliance.
• Regular review KPI’s and People processes using data to drive service improvements across as HR systems and ways of working.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure policies align with business needs, values, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Gather feedback and insights to continuously improve policy effectiveness and employee experience.
• Develop and update policy-related templates, guidance documents, toolkits, communications and system content, ensuring consistent, engaging and accessible materials are available across all platforms.
• Monitor changes in employment legislation and best practice, proactively identifying required updates to policies and internal procedures.
• Analyse key People data sets including Fit4
  
  Jobs information, Occupational Health referrals, absence data, probation, disciplinary and grievance cases, AWOL to identify trends and risks.
• To lead HR compliance cyclical procedures with the support of the People and Work Force Planning Teams including DBS spot checks, Right to Work, Working Time Regulations, Casual Workers and other statutory, governance and regulatory requirements.
• Act as the organisational People Lead for CQC inspections, internal and external audits and support throughout all stages of the process.
• Collaborate with the People Leads in the development of HR approaches, that support operational business objectives and organisational design and advise and lead the implementation of workforce change process as appropriate.
• To work with the People Culture Specialists to develop delivery plans and strategies to improve the competence and knowledge of our operational and support managers in terms of new legislation, compliance, policies and procedures.

• In-depth working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience in continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) and embedding sustainable process improvements across a HR/People Function.
• Excellent written communication and policy drafting skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, practical guidance.
• Strong stakeholder…