Strategic People Director

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Hopwood Hall College Full time

About the Role

The Director of People and Culture will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of strategies, policies, practices, and services in People, Culture, and Wellbeing at Hopwood Hall College.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development of a viable long-term strategy and shorter-term operational plans to enable the College to attract, retain, and deploy the people resources necessary for it to achieve its goals.
  • Lead the college's operational planning for Human Resourcing to ensure the effective running of the college's business affairs and the achievement of the Strategic Intentions.
  • Be the Senior Leadership Team Lead for Safeguarding (Designated Safeguarding Officer).

Key Accountabilities

  • Build, develop, and effectively manage teams within the remit of the role using the college's performance management system to ensure high performance and business efficiency.
  • Collaborate with colleagues, communities, employers, and agencies to ensure that relevant strategies, plans, and actions are coordinated and the image of the organisation is promoted to support its overall growth and success.

Human Resources

  • Be accountable for the development and implementation of the College's People Strategy aligned to the College's Strategic Intentions, and manage the strategy and processes relating to building and optimising people-centred activities, and creating an environment where people thrive and ensuring the College's internal and external 'inclusive employer of choice' brand is enhanced.
  • Ensure best practice in the HR & OD function through horizon scanning and external networking.
  • Ensure that the college's people management is compliant with all related legislation and regulations. Contribute to the development of the people management skills, competence, and confidence of all line leaders through coaching, training, and advisory support.
  • Resource Planning & People Development - define plans to build capability amongst the leadership and staff groups across the College.
  • Define and ensure the policies and practices to manage the performance improvement of individuals and teams within the College.
  • Lead on the delivery and outcomes of employee engagement activity through which colleague voice is heard, captured, and responded to.
  • Ensure that organisation work climate and staff attitudes are regularly assessed across the College, and that arising priorities are actioned by leading on developing colleague wellbeing initiatives to support and enhance colleague experience.
  • Ensure the development and effective application of employee communication policies and practices across the College in order to promote a culture of mutual support, co-operation, and shared purpose across the organisation.
  • Lead on developing innovative workforce wellbeing initiatives to support and enhance our employees' experience.
  • Define recruitment, selection, and appointment policies and practices for the College, and ensure their effective and consistent application so that people with the right skills are recruited and inducted into the organisation.
  • Contribute to the preparation and monitoring of the College staffing budget to enable the senior team to maintain an accurate staffing establishment and meet the targets of the annual College financial budget. Define and ensure the effective application of remuneration policies and practices across the College to attract, retain, motivate, and develop its people.
  • Positively lead our partnership with recognised Trade Unions including chairing JNC and local pay negotiation meetings.
  • Oversee the effective provision of the outsourced Payroll & Pensions service.

Safeguarding

  • Act as the Senior Leadership Team Safeguarding Lead on all aspects of safeguarding, Prevent, and student support/wellbeing services, and be accountable for ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults who are students of the College, in accordance with statutory guidance.
  • Ensure that safeguarding support is planned, delivered, and monitored to best meet the needs of individual learners. This will include the provision of dedicated specialist support for all students. Lead on developing innovative student wellbeing initiatives to support and enhance our students' experience.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

  • Lead on the College's equality & diversity agenda for enhancing colleague and student experience, and the delivery of the Strategic Intention - Champions of Inclusivity.
  • Oversee the effective delivery of the college's EDI Strategy.

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