Head of HR

What youll be doing:

Strategic Leadership & Deputising

• Act as the HR Directors primary deputy providing leadership continuity and decisionmaking authority.
• Represent HR at executive meetings programme boards and crossfunctional senior forums.
• Lead major peoplerelated initiatives and strategic programmes aligned to organisational priorities.
• Shape the organisations people agenda through workforce insight analytics and strategic thinking.

Leadership of Operational HR Functions

Provide strategic and operational leadership across all core HR service areas:

• HR Advice: Casework quality ER expertise consistent decisionmaking and strong manager support.
• HR Generalists & HRBPs: Business partnering excellence workforce planning coaching leaders and organisational insight.
• HR Administration: Highquality compliant efficient transactional delivery across the employee lifecycle.
• Payroll: Accurate timely and compliant payroll operations with a continuous improvement focus.
• Pensions & Benefits: Strong governance effective administration supplier management and clear employee communication.

You will ensure all teams operate cohesively with aligned processes shared standards and a unified service model.

Workforce Strategy & Capability

• Lead initiatives that build organisational capability including future skills talent pathways and succession planning.
• Support leaders in organisation design workforce planning and peopleled transformation.
• Use people analytics to inform decisions anticipate risks and identify opportunities.

Operational Excellence & Employee Experience

• Deliver consistent efficient compliant and customercentric HR services across the organisation.
• Standardise and improve core HR processes systems and ways of working.
• Strengthen manager capability through coaching guidance and targeted development.
• Embed continuous improvement methodologies to drive quality efficiency and agility.

Stakeholder & Union Engagement

• Build strong trusted relationships with leaders at all levels across the business.
• Provide constructive challenge expert guidance and professional HR insight.
• Partner collaboratively with trade unions and employee representatives supporting positive consultation.
• Ensure complex ER matters are handled fairly professionally and in line with policy and legislation.

Governance Risk & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with employment law organisational policies internal controls and audit requirements.
• Maintain robust case management reporting and governance standards.
• Mitigate risk through consistent decisionmaking policy adherence and strong HR governance practices.

Culture Values & Change Leadership

• Rolemodel our organisational values and promote a culture of trust inclusion accountability and wellbeing.
• Champion positive cultural change and support leaders to embed desired behaviours.
• Lead or support organisational change programmes with effective communication and engagement.

Please Note: This summary highlights the core areas of the role but is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you wed be delighted to receive your application. Due to the expected volume of interest our response times may be slightly longer than usual. We appreciate your patience and thank you in advance for applying.

Qualifications :

What youll bring:

Essential

• CIPD qualified (Level 7).
• Proven track record of leading a large highperforming HR team within a complex environment.
• Strong leadership and people management expertise with a focus on developing highperforming teams.
• Extensive experience within a large unionised services organisation.
• Exceptional communication interpersonal and influencing skills at a senior level.
• High levels of integrity professionalism and ethical judgement.
• Resilient selfmotivated and effective under pressure.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel across the UK and occasionally abroad.

Desirable

• Experience with Agile Lean Kaizen or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Understanding of the security industry.
• Membership of a related professional body.

Additional Information :

Its great to see youre considering a career with Securitas UK!
Join our global team of 336000 colleagues and help make the world a safer place.

At Securitas we live by our values of Integrity Vigilance and Helpfulness and our People Promise:

• Opportunity We see potential in every person and situation
• People We open our eyes to all thats good
• Purpose We make your world a safer place

What You Can Expect
Our Recruitment Team reviews every application carefully. Applying can feel daunting but were here to support youjust email us if you need help.

Diversity & Inclusion Be Yourself
We are an inclusive employer proud of our Level 2 Disability Confident status (we will always try our hardest to guarantee interviews for eligible candidates should you meet the roles minimum requirements having disclosed a disability to our Talent Team upon application). We support equality through Employee Networks - Our real change makers of the business.. YOU the Race at Work Charter and the Armed Forces Covenant. We also celebrate diversity with events like BSL Week International Womens Day PRIDE and Black History Month.

Your Benefits

• STRIVE Securitas Perks gives you access to a great range of discounts on a variety of retailers services and everyday spending to suit your shopping habits.
• Dental Plans - A range of plans providing support providing cash back towards everyday dental costs such as dental examinations X-rays and treatment
• HSF Health Plan - Range of healthcare cash plans at highly discounted rates providing families with peace of mind by getting cash back on everyday medical costs such as dental check-ups contact lenses and acupuncture and by covering unexpected costs.
• Cycle to Work  A super cost-effective way of getting a brand new bike cycling equipment or both. Save up to 42% of the usual cost and spread the cost over several months from your salary.
• Specsavers  Save money on eye tests and when purchasing spectacles.
• WeCare  A 24/7 online GP mental health support service get fit programme and more.
• Toothfairy  Online access to advice and guidance from real UK Dentists.
• Pension Plan  Plan for your financial future by building up a benefit in the Securitas Pension Plan with the benefit of employer contribution plus tax relief on your contributions.
• Payroll ISA  An ISA savings account is a great way to meet your longer term personal financial goals.
• Free Mortgage Advice
• Go & Live  Financial Wellbeing Hub
• Death in Service Benefit - Permanent employees are automatically covered for Life Assurance which would provide a lump sum benefit to your beneficiaries in the unfortunate event of death in service whilst employed by Securitas

Take the Next Step
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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time