Head of People

Head of People

Construction Scale Up

East London/Hybrid

90100K

We are searching for a driven Head of People(Operations) who can leadthe People Agenda for a forward thinking constructionbusiness. You will develop and execute business strategies focused on employee engagement organizational effectiveness workforce planning reward recognition DEI L&D and HRIS. This role sits as member of the business units management team and has two direct reports. This role requires either a construction or aligned industry background.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as strategic business partner to the Exec leader and the leadership team to ensure that critical people issues are identified and designs and delivers plans to address.
• Ensures that people policies and approaches are effectively embedded in the business eg DE&I Reward Learning etc while ensuring alignment to business objectives.
• Leads change projects and/or works closely with business to deliver key people initiatives successfully into the business.
• Drives employee engagement initiatives through the business.
• Sources and/or creates and delivers L&D interventions to improve capability.
• Drives internal communications across the business unit working closely with the Head of Comms.
• Leads on talent and succession planning across the business unit with a focus on closing identified capability gaps and identifying development opportunities for key employees.
• Uses MI to proactively highlight and address issues within the business and obtains buyin from management team to resolve.
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. Conducts effective thorough and objective investigations.
• Maintains indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to daytoday management of employees reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partners with the legal department as needed/required.
• Provides daytoday performance management guidance to line management (e.g. coaching counselling career development disciplinary actions).
• Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships build morale and increase productivity and retention.
• Provides HR policy guidance and interpretation.

Experience:

• Youll have a background in construction or other aligned industries.
• Youll be used to managing a diverse workload and prioritising and shaping activities to get things done in a meaningful and planful way.
• Youll be used to working with leaders and managers at all levels of the organisation knowing their time is precious and youre there to be the expert on all things people.
• Youll be adept at handlingpeople brilliantly. Youll need to flex your style for your audience be a great listener cut to the heart of someones problem and be able to help craft the right solution
• Youll plan deliver and measure. Theywant to move forward so youll need to be able to figure out the right direction crack on and learn from what theydo so theykeep getting better.
• Youll be able to stand yourground and be resilient theyre building thebusiness so helping managers and colleagues understand their role in making the companya great place to work and ensuring they are accountable for their actions is important.
• Youll be able towork fast smart and hard and have a load of fun while doing it. Youll be working with people who really care about what theydo and who want to make a difference.
• Youllbe selfsufficient build networks and connections quickly and be comfortable working independently while bringing key stakeholders along on the ride with you being prepared to elbow your way in where necessary
• Youll communicate well both verbally and in written form
• Youll drive improvement in how we do things seeking to make the complex simple
• Youll find your way around a spreadsheet with the ability to analyse data spot patterns and tell the story to drive decisionmaking and action