Head of Human Resources

3 weeks ago

Cambridge CB WF, 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 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 organization.

Key Responsibilities
  • Drive the organization's people strategy and organizational effectiveness, leading the implementation of P&C's transformation initiatives and managing a team of specialist leads across key HR functions.
  • Oversee the development of a high-performance culture through aligned frameworks, fostering positive employee relations, and leading on complex ER cases.
  • Manage people policy development, talent management, and succession planning, ensuring the organization has the capabilities to meet its strategic objectives.
  • Establish and track key P&C metrics, providing regular reports and using data to drive decision-making.
  • Build strong relationships with senior leaders, acting as a credible HR expert and providing guidance and identifying opportunities for organizational alignment and value creation.
Essential Skills
  • 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 analyze 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 organization, ideally with some experience of leading a people function with international colleagues.

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