Human Resources Director

Brandwidth is a digital innovation agency established for 21 years and part of the Next15 Communications group a UK PLC with a global footprint across 50 offices in 15 countries. We connect brands and organisations to the future through disruptive thinking and transformative digital innovation backed by strong execution.

Role overview

Brandwidths Human Resources Director leads a team of talentfocused individuals to devise and implement workforce strategies to improve and improve practices that achieve business goals.

The role includes oversight of all HR functions including talent acquisition payroll and employee engagement for Brandwidth Group companies creating and enforcing policies and programmes that ensure our people become the best versions of themselves. You will be reporting to the COO.

Working with our operations teams youll build the trusted relationships necessary to undertake change management and organisational development based on datacentric decisionmaking in turn reporting progress and performance to the senior leadership team.

This hybrid role requires you to work from our London office on Great Portland Street for at least a couple of days each week.

As aHuman Resources Director atBrandwidth you will:

Collaborate and Communicate

• Based in London the position requires experience in UK labour laws and practices with responsibility for international offices supported by our parent companys people and legal teams in the market.

• Champion drive and implement change management programmes employeerelated and operations policies and processes to improve working practices.
• Be a point of contact and mentor for line managers empowering them to take accountability for managing performance and people.
• Ensure effective methods are in place to identify measure develop and retain talent across the business.
• Lead proactive and flawless communications that keep staff abreast of the latest initiatives concerning their welfare and company news and programmes.
  

• Establishment of and adherence to KPIs necessary to report on the performance of people initiatives to senior partners.
• Planning input and oversight of HR budgets for training talentrelated SaaS facilities management and cultural events.
• Embrace and lead change management programmes about M&A team integration benefits and rewards in a manner that improves operational performance by minimising disruption to employees clients and the business.
  

• Partner with the senior leadership team to guide our performance through a variety of strategic initiatives concerning the wellbeing and performance of our people.
• Be a point of escalation to resolve matters concerning employees in the context of their personal and contractual situations.
• Align initiatives with progress against our corporate objectives e.g. training for DE&I and quality of service provision.

You will bring:

• Several years of commercial experience working in an HR department with 35 years in an HR leadership position.
• Strong understanding of UK labour laws; evidence of successful structural change management; manage HR financial planning; work with staff information systems.
• Evidence of working throughout the M&A process with demonstrable workforce integration success is beneficial.
• Experience working for an agency or adjacent sector with an international footprint is beneficial.

And in return Brandwidth offers:

• Unlimited Holiday
• Flexible hybrid working
• Annual bonus scheme
• Private Health Plan
• Life Assurance x 4 Salary
• Income Protection
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
• Pretax workplace nursery funding
• Season Ticket Loans and Cycle Scheme
• Mental Health wellbeing services
• Gym Membership discounts
• Perks Programme (inc. wellknown energy retail and health)
• Up to 40% off a new electric car

Brandwidth recognises that managing diversity is a continuous process of improvement and not a oneoff initiative. Therefore we develop and review our diversity strategy on an annual basis to support the achievement of business goals including ways of addressing the diverse needs of our clients.

As a growing global company we focus on fairness and inclusion ensuring that merit competence and potential are the basis for all decisions about recruitment development and appraisals. Brandwidth takes pride in keeping up to date with employment law and best practice when promoting equal opportunities and ensuring a diverse workforce.