Head Of People & Culture

Job Description

Head of People & CultureSheffieldFull time and permanentUp to £100,000Bhayani Recruitment are working with a growing organisation on a rare and unique opportunity for a Head of People and Culture in Sheffield. This role will be an exciting role for the type of person who loves to lead on the people agenda across, change, transformation,strategy, and delivery. This role will be supporting the Directors of the business to embed a solid people agenda to drive the ambitious growth plans. You will be a dynamic and confident leader with the ability to challenge the status quo, have a proven trackrecord of clearly defining an organisations culture.Role OverviewTo lead the People & Culture function for the group which currently has more than 2500 employees spread across the UK. Specifically taking ownership for coaching, people management, development, talent management and engagement. The Head of People & Culturewill be responsible in designing and finalising the HR policies, contributing to business strategy, develop workforce plans and programs that align with the organisations overall strategic objectives, forecast talent needs and address the talent gaps, orchestratelearning skills and career development of the workforce, employee orientation, education, and training, management development, employee and labour relations, affirmative action compliance, policies and procedures, workers compensation administration, wageand salary administration, benefits administration, organisation development, and employee assistance.What will you be doing

• Partner with the Directors on Strategy to improve the people and culture channel within the business.
• Partner with the Senior Leadership Team to implement and support agreed HR strategy, policies, practices, and programs.
• Lead the People & Culture team in creating an inviting and cohesive employee experience.
• Implement HR policies and programs including employee relations, recruiting, and staffing, wage and salary administration, benefits, and management training.
• Through your team partner with all operations teams to address day-to-day HR operational issues such as employee and labour relations, compensation reviews, escalated benefits issues, performance management and training.
• Provide objective and strategic input and guidance to employees at all levels of the organisation
• Develop, identify, and implement training programs. Introduce new ways of working and technology to make the training experience easier for teams.
• Develop and implement effective hiring and employee retention programs.
• Through your Team, implement reward & recognition programs and Leadership Development initiatives
• Constantly re-fuelling our organisational culturetruly embedding our values and driving culture as a USP and winning formula.
• Maintains current knowledge of industry trends and employment legislation to ensure regulatory compliance. Identifies trends that could impact the organisation objectives.
• Maintain an effective level of business literacy including company goals, mission, financial position, strategy, competition, technology, and culture.

Requirements

• Vigilance in scanning the external environment to anticipate business and talent threats and opportunities.
• Strategic thinking skills to work with the Directors to set direction.
• Cross-functional business understanding with a P&L orientation.
• The conceptual skills to shape the organisation to meet tomorrows demographic challenges.
• Financial acumen to broadly balance resources and understand the financial implications and trade-offs of investments in every aspect of the business, including talent.
• Technological savvy to drive efficiencies and to engage the workforce through innovations in technology solutions.
• The ability to convey the importance of talent at all levels as a fiduciary issue to the board and the leadership team.
• Legal literacy to help ensure a culture of compliance and integrity at every level of the organisation and across borders.
• Operational ability to ensure that the transactional aspects of HR are well executed in a world of fast-moving and changing expectations of the employee population.

Experience

• Held a previous position of seniority, able to establish credibility & build department accountability
• Experience of translating strategy into action on a large scale
• Requires outstanding interpersonal, coaching and listening skills with the ability to communicate within all levels of the organisation
• Proven ability to remain objective, discrete and exercise common sense at all times. Able to develop strong, trusting relationships within department and organisation.
• Thrives in a dynamic environment and able to work on various projects simultaneously, requiring strong organisational and time management skills and the ability to prioritise competing demands are key
• Prior experience of leading and empowering a team, managing diverse personalities & viewpoints, consequently emotional intelligence and collaboration is vital
• Role Modelling - as a member of the leadership team, be that true brand ambassador really leading on the embedding of our values & driving our first-class culture.
• Collaborative nature: willing to work constructively with input from peers and seniority

Bhayani recruitment are acting as an employment agency in relation to this role.Bhayani recruitment will ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity,national origin or on the basis of disability. We invite applicants to contact us directly to identify any additional support required.