Head of Employee Life Cycle

Marie Curie is the UKs leading endoflife charity. We are the largest nonNHS provider of endoflife care in the UK the only provider across all 4 nations delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country while providing information and support on all aspects of dying death and leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good endoflife and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness theyre likely to die from.

Our People and Organisational Development directorate oversees all aspects of the employee life cycle from recruitment and onboarding to professional development transitions and departures. It ensures that employees have the support and resources they need to excel in their roles and contribute meaningfully to the organisations goals.

As the Head of the Employee Life Cycle Experiences and Processes redesign you will be working closely with the Director of the Centres of Excellence on our Employee Life Cycle Transformation Project. This work focuses on reimagining and simplifying the experience for everyone involved in the employee journey whether joining growing within or leaving the organisation. Our goal is to enhance internal experiences for employees and managers increase clarity and efficiency and modernise processes that support people across the organisation.

You will be responsible for:

• Partnering with the Director of the Centres of Excellence to refine the project scope.
• Mapping current employee and manager experiences across the life cycle.
• Redesigning experiences and processes that are inclusive equitable and systemagnostic focusing on improving ease clarity and consistency for employees and managers.
• Developing and managing detailed workplans timelines and resourcing aligned to project goals.
• Working closely with technology and delivery teams to implement the system changes required to support redesigned experiences.
• Managing internal and external project contributors and coordinate effectively across teams.
• Facilitating input and feedback from employees managers operational teams and subject matter experts.
• Delivering project outcomes on time and within budget.

Key Criteria:

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role leading and delivering transformation initiatives in People Operations or HR Shared Services functions.
• Experience in Organizational and Operating Models design for the People and Organizational Development function.
• Established track record of successful project management and delivery from concept to completion managing multiple stakeholders and meeting deadlines.
• Experience working in or with areas such as reward payroll HR and talent.
• Experience in delivering projects in a scaling or complex environment.
• Strong understanding of people systems and related technologies.
• Able to translate process requirements into clear system needs and work collaboratively with technology teams.
• A user centric and inclusive mindset in decision making and design. Ability to actively listen and design processes that are easy to access understand and use.
• Excellent communication engagement and influencing skills. Ability to adapt communication styles and build strong trusting relationships across a range of stakeholders securing buyin at all levels.

Please see the full job description here.

Application & Interview Process

• As part of your online application you will be asked for a CV and covering letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills experience and knowledge for the role.
• Close date for applications: Sunday 18 May.

Salary: c.depending on experience

Contract: 12month FTC

Based: This is a UK hybrid role where you will be predominantly homebased and working from our modern open plan offices in Embassy Gardens at least 1 day per week.

Benefits youll LOVE:

• Flexible working. Were happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
• 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• Industryleading training programmes
• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
• Enhanced bereavement family friendly and sickness benefits
• Access to Blue Light Card membership
• Subsidised Eye Care