Head of Human Resources

4 weeks ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom World Vision International Full time

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories

Key Responsibilities:
**Salary**: circa £52,212 - £57,380 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes (hybrid working)

World Vision works with the most vulnerable children, so they’re empowered to overcome poverty and injustice, and experience the fullness of life. Inspired by our Christian faith, we serve alongside children - of all faiths and none - through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy in almost 100 countries.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the HR & Payroll function at World Vision UK and help shape the future of our organisation and how we work, while supporting our mission to transform the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children.

Working closely with the Chief People Officer (CPO) and the Head of Learning, Engagement & Inclusion (HLE&I) you will also help lead the delivery of World Vision UK’s People Strategy, with particular emphasis on leading the development of workforce and human resources plans. As a member of WVUK’s Operational Leadership Team, you will influence organisational decision-making relating to people management and work with organisational leaders to plan and deliver change programmes across the organisation.

This role requires an experienced HR professional with the confidence to lead a HR function in a complex organisation, including managing and developing HR professionals in a busy environment, experience developing and implementing HR solutions and change programmes and excellent collaboration skills to work closely with other senior leaders to influence, set direction and create a high-performance environment and working behaviours.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

Please contact us via

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, private medical insurance, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a cover letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Interview Dates: TBC

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

World Vision UK is a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting they complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see:

- The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org)

No agencies please.

Applicant Types Accepted:
Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted

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