Interim Head of People

1 week ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds Full time

This role is open to current employees within People and Culture at the University of Leeds only.

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you a highly skilled change specialist with experience of developing and implementing solutions to support delivery of complex transformational change across a variety of service areas? Do you have significant change management experience in a large and complex organisation at a senior level. Are you able to provide strategic support and professional change management expertise and leadership across the University?

This is a key role, providing leadership in change management across the University.

You will strengthen our service leadership and delivery, enhancing both institutional and individual performance, and directly support the delivery of the University's strategic priorities through your innovative approach to organisational development and change management.

To achieve our aims, members of the People and Culture Directorate leadership team work together to define and deliver our shared goals, targeting resource across the service to meet internal priorities and external requirements. Together, the team ensures a University wide focus on activities necessary to enhance organisational effectiveness, such as employee engagement, change management, talent management, leadership capacity and capability, and organisational design and culture. To enable delivery, a key role of the team is to ensure effective working and behaviours across the directorate with an element of fluidity between the leadership roles.

At a University wide and a local level you will create a culture of trusted partnership, combining strategic leadership with specialist expertise, and will strengthen the professional support and challenge to leaders.

Strong leadership skills and the ability to effectively manage and develop your team of professional colleagues to deliver a high quality and strategically aligned service are key to success within this role.

What we offer in return

  • 26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that's 42 days a year
  • Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
  • Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
  • Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Briony Sutcliffe, Director of People Change and Engagement

ContractType: Fixed Term (Fixed term until 31 July 2025 for the sole purpose of completing a task or project with a specific end date)

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