Head of People

Head of People (Board Advisor)

Location: London or Suffolk (Hybrid - 2-3 days in office plus regular site visits across Suffolk)
Salary: 90000 - 110000 up to 40% bonus 9000 car allowance private medical
Sector: Renewable Energy
Type: Full-time Permanent

The Opportunity

A newly created Head of People role within a growing investor-backed renewable energy business of c.300 employees. This organisation has expanded rapidly through acquisitions and is entering its next phase of transformation and growth.

Sitting as a trusted Board advisor youll play a central role in shaping the people strategy driving organisational change and building a scalable high-performing People function aligned to ambitious growth plans.

The Role

This is a strategic hands-on leadership position with oversight of a small team (HR Manager and 2 HR Administrators) and responsibility across a multi-site multi-entity environment.

Key focus areas include:

• Leading the People strategy to support ongoing transformation integration and growth
• Acting as a Board-level advisor on organisational design workforce planning and culture
• Driving change management and organisational restructuring following acquisitions
• Creating a unified culture communication strategy and consistent policies across the business
• Developing internal and external communications to enhance engagement and employer brand
• Improving employee engagement experience and retention across a diverse workforce
• Reviewing and optimising HR systems processes and policies to enable scalability
• Delivering a new employee hub ensuring successful implementation and adoption
• Designing and embedding a standardised recruitment process to improve quality consistency and candidate experience
• Leading on attraction recruitment and retention strategy
• Overhauling reward and benefits frameworks including pay bonus and harmonisation across entities

The Person

Youll be a commercially minded People leader who thrives in fast-paced evolving environments.

Were looking for:

• Proven experience in a Head of People / HR Director role within a multi-site multi-entity organisation
• Strong background in change transformation and organisational design
• Experience in M&A scale-up or private equity-backed environments
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on
• Track record of improving engagement culture and employer brand
• Experience building scalable HR functions systems and processes
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the credibility to influence at Board level
• Comfortable working across a diverse workforce (blue- and white-collar)
• Willingness to regularly visit sites including agricultural locations

Advantageous:

• CIPD qualification
• Experience within energy infrastructure or similarly operational sectors

Whats on Offer

• 90000 - 110000 base salary
• Performance-related bonus (0-40%)
• 9000 car allowance
• 25 days holiday bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Hybrid working (office home and site-based)
• Significant opportunity for career progression as the business continues to grow through investment and acquisitions

Recruitment Process

• Stage 1: Video interview
• Stage 2: Face-to-face interview

We are open to candidates with notice periods and are committed to finding the right long-term fit.