Head of People Operations

2 days ago

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom The Royal Society of Chemistry Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Head of People Operations to join our People and Culture (P&C) function at a pivotal time of transformation. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape and enhance our key HR specialist services, working closely with the P&C Director to drive positive change across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic Leadership: Play a crucial role in driving the RSC's people strategy and organisational effectiveness.
  • Transformation Initiatives: Lead the implementation of P&C's transformation initiatives, managing a team of specialist leads across key HR functions.
  • Total Reward Strategy: Be accountable for the total reward strategy, including compensation, benefits, and pension schemes.
  • Talent Management: Focus on talent management, encompassing workforce planning, recruitment, career development, and succession planning.
  • Learning and Development: Spearhead the organisation's learning and development programs.
  • Employee Relations: Foster positive employee relations, lead on complex ER cases, and manage people policy development.
  • HRIS Implementation: Ensure the successful delivery and adoption of the new HRIS (Workday) implementation.
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all activities.
  • Metrics and Reporting: Establish and track key P&C metrics, providing regular reports and using data to drive decision-making.
Requirements
  • CIPD Level 7 qualified or Level 5 qualification coupled with significant experience of operating at a senior/lead level.
  • Extensive HR operational knowledge within relevant legal frameworks, ability to devise innovative solutions to significant and complex HR problems.
  • Experience of successfully operating as a people manager providing leadership and direction across a range of HR specialist services, aligned with the delivery of strategic people goals.
  • Significant experience of effective people management across a wide team.
  • Excellent negotiation skills and an ability to influence outcomes through reasoning, persuasion and tact.
  • Strategic and logical thinker and decision-maker able to provide practical and creative solutions to the management of corporate and directorate issues.
  • High level analytical abilities: able to assimilate and analyse information quickly, identifying issues, priorities and solutions and using effective models, techniques and resources to resolve issues.
  • Demonstrable continuous development and improvement of own professional practice.
  • Proven experience of influencing strategic HR policy direction within a large / complex organisation, ideally with some experience of leading a people function with international colleagues.

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