Head of People
6 days ago
This role will champion Red Kite's aim to be a truly tenant-led organisation. To deliver excellent services to all stakeholders, our people need to feel inspired, developed and equipped to perform at their best and empowered to deliver on the promises we make.
At its core are our people, they are central to our success. They look after our tenants, look after our homes, manage our finances and ensure our success now and in the future.
Our aim is to ensure we have well trained, well-motivated, happy and productive staff who believe in our values and mission and contribute positively to our culture. The Head of People is vital to ensuring that this vision is translated into reality for employees, involved tenants, leaseholders and the Board.
Key responsibilities
The Head of People will partner with stakeholders to deliver the People Strategy, aligning it with the Corporate Strategy and strengthening recruitment, retention, and succession. They will support a values-led, tenant-centred culture, ensure excellent service delivery, and apply strong knowledge of employment law and best practice.
They will lead a high-performing People team, drive organisational development, and foster a psychologically safe, learning-focused culture. Enhancing feedback and performance frameworks the Head of People will also advise senior leaders, lead on equality, diversity, and inclusion, provide coaching, ensure values-aligned employee relations, deliver effective learning and development, build an analytics framework to guide workforce decisions, and manage pension and payroll contracts.
Our essentials
The ideal candidate aligns with our values and inspires others to embed them in daily work. They are confident, independent and strong at solving problems. They are comfortable with data and use insight to guide decisions. They are self-motivated, committed to Red Kite's aims and the wider issues in social housing, and able to adapt to change.
They turn strategic goals into practical, people-focused solutions. They work well in a team and as a leader, and communicate clearly in writing and speech. They have strong interpersonal skills and can resolve differences. They produce clear, accurate reports that support improvement, and show attention to detail while also seeing the bigger picture.
Qualifications, skills and experience
The ideal candidate has senior-level experience leading high-performing HR teams in small to medium organisations, managing complex stakeholders, embedding cultural change, and delivering organisational development, transformation, and leadership programmes, with a degree and CIPD membership or significant relevant experience.
They are an effective, determined, enthusiastic, and committed professional who is trusted and respected, solution-focused, courageous yet approachable, supports others, communicates well, and genuinely cares about individuals and the success of the business.
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