Head of HR

2 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE09 £54,949 - £61,823**

**Human Resources, Corporate Services Group**

**Open Ended**

**Full-time (35 hours per week)**

**The Opportunity**
As our Head of HR for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine you will lead a team of HR Partners providing a comprehensive professional HR service to the College’s diverse workforce of over of 3,000 employees. As a key member of the College leadership team and the University’s HR Leadership team, you will contribute at a strategic level and play a leading role in shaping and delivering change across the College and the wider University

**What you’ll bring**

You’ll have clear leadership skills, with a pragmatic mind-set to balance the legal implications, risk appetite and business needs of stakeholders. You will provide direction and expert advice in the resolution of complex HR casework and exercise strong influencing, coaching and facilitation skills to constructively challenge established ways of working to encourage a culture of continuous improvement.

**What we offer in return**:

- Working for a prestigious employer
- A job with purpose that has a meaningful impact on society
- An exciting opportunity to join a transformational HR team
- A stimulating environment in which to develop your career
- Excellent staff benefits including 40 days annual leave (including 4 designated public holidays)

**Click to view a copy of the full job description**

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more.

Click to access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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