Head of HR

Are you an HR leader who thrives on building high-performing HR Business Partner teams, influencing senior stakeholders, driving operational excellence, and leading meaningful change in a fast-moving, service-driven environment? If so, this could be your next step.

We’re hiring a
Head of HR
to play a key leadership role within the HR function, working closely with the HR Director to shape and deliver the people strategy through a team of HR Business Partners and an HR Operations function. This is a highly visible role focused on
enabling the business through strong partnership, insight, strategic HR delivery, and continuous improvement of HR services and systems.

• A team of HR Business Partners, building capability, consistency, and commercial impact
• The HR Operations function, ensuring the delivery of efficient, compliant, and colleague-focused HR services
• The delivery of the people agenda through effective partnering with senior operational leaders
• Strategic workforce planning, organisational design, and change initiatives
• HR systems optimisation and digital transformation, driving improvements in HR technology, data quality, reporting, and user experience
• HR system implementations and enhancements, ensuring processes and technology effectively support business objectives
• A culture of proactive, insight-led HR that supports performance and growth
• Strong, credible relationships with stakeholders across a complex, fast-paced environment

• Proven experience leading a multi-site
  HR Business Partnering and/or broader HR function
• Experience managing or overseeing an
  HR Operations/Shared Services team
  , driving service excellence and process improvement
• A strong track record of influencing and partnering with senior leaders in a
  fast-paced, service-led or contract-driven organisation
• Experience leading
  HR systems implementations, upgrades, or optimisation programmes
  , ideally including HRIS transformation projects
• A data-led approach, using HR systems and people insights to inform decisions and improve organisational performance
• The ability to operate at pace, balancing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Commercial awareness, with the ability to translate business challenges into people solutions
• Strong UK employment law knowledge and experience managing complex ER landscapes, including TUPE
• A leadership style that develops others, drives accountability, and delivers results

• Experience operating in
  high-volume, multi-site environments with changing client or service demands
• Exposure to
  organisational change, transformation, or growth phases
• Experience implementing or optimising HR technology platforms such as Workday, Success Factors, Oracle HCM, SAP, Dayforce, or similar
• A track record of embedding effective HR partnering models, improving HR service delivery, and enhancing employee experience
• CIPD qualification (or equivalent)

This is an opportunity to step into a
broad and strategically focused HR leadership role
, where you'll shape how the business partners with its people while ensuring the HR function operates efficiently, effectively, and with a strong digital foundation. You'll have the scope to develop a high-impact HRBP and Operations team, lead HR technology and process improvements, and play a central role in driving performance, engagement, transformation, and growth across a complex, fast-moving organisation.

We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.