Head of People and Culture

3 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Appcastenterprise Full time

We are Derwent FM, and provide a range of facilities management services predominantly in the Student Sector. We have an on-site operating model with 20 site managers and circa 250 colleagues based around the UK and Ireland. Our target model is a community-basedapproach involving local neighbourhoods, suppliers and providing a rounded pastoral support package to students. We are part of Places for People ‘a profit for social purpose' organisation providing affordable housing to suit a range of lifestyles.

We want you to join Derwent FM, part ofPlaces for People and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this? We surroundourselves with customer focused people, attention-to-detail people and supportive people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

**More about you**
Due to an internal move, we are currently looking to recruit a Head of People and Culture. Reporting directly into the MD you will work closely with both the Senior Leadership Team and the PFP Group People team in order to lead Derwent FMs people agenda.

You will take a proactive and engaging approach, providing an innovate and cultural experience for our people. You will design and lead the people strategy, helping shape us to become an employer of choice supported by our culture, policies and procedures.

This is a really exciting time to join our company, you will have the opportunity to build on an already strong culture, look at new ways of working and leadon all HR matters across Derwent FM.

For more information please download the attached JD

**More about your role**
We are looking for passionate people, you will have a history of building strong cultures, making positive changes and fostering strong employee relations. You will already have a HR generalist background, with good knowledge of ER issues (absence management,grievance and disciplinary) and TUPE. You will also possess strong communication skills and be adept at explaining complex HR information to non-HR employees whilst also influencing managers in taking the correct course of action.

We want you to work independently and you will be the type of person who thrives with autonomy, however you will also know when to escalate matters when the need arises. For this role you will need to be CIPD qualified, with proven experience in a similarposition.

You will have strong experience in major change projects and a strong working knowledge of employment law issues.

**The benefits**
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include:

- Pension with matched contributions
- Excellent holiday pay and sick pay
- Training
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

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