Job Description

Skills and Experience required by our Head of Human Resources:

- CIPD Qualification (Level 7 or above)

- MA Human Resource Management or similar

- CIPD Professional Registration

- Willingness to complete the Halliwell continuous professional development staff training programme and other relevant training for profession

- Significant generalist HR experience at a senior management level

- Experience as a member on a senior leadership team with strong business acumen (commercial awareness)

- Experience managing budgets with a focus on value for money and return on investment

- Experience leading successful teams

- Experience in change management and service redesign

- An exceptional communicator with the ability to influence and partner at all levels in an organisation

- Leading, developing and implementing HR Strategies to meet the regulator’s legal requirements e.g. Ofsted, Safer Recruitment or similar

- Analysing interpreting and reporting on HR metrics

- Leading on complex employee relation cases

- Implementing employee engagement initiatives to monitor and improve engagement levels

- Experience overseeing a recruitment strategy that delivers a sufficient supply of appropriate and capable staff

- Experience of leading on workforce planning aligned to business goals

- Experience in capability assessment and training needs analysis to create bespoke learning interventions

- Experience leading on talent management and learning and development initiatives to improve workforce skills and capability

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- CIPD Qualification (Level 7 or above) - MA Human Resource Management or similar - CIPD Professional Registration - Willingness to complete the Halliwell continuous professional development staff training programme and other relevant training for profession - Significant generalist HR experience at a senior management level - Experience as a member on a senior leadership team with strong business acumen (commercial awareness) - Experience managing budgets with a focus on value for money and return on investment - Experience leading successful teams - Experience in change management and service redesign - An exceptional communicator with the ability to influence and partner at all levels in an organisation - Leading, developing and implementing HR Strategies to meet the regulator’s legal requirements e.g. Ofsted, Safer Recruitment or similar - Analysing interpreting and reporting on HR metrics - Leading on complex employee relation cases - Implementing employee engagement initiatives to monitor and improve engagement levels - Experience overseeing a recruitment strategy that delivers a sufficient supply of appropriate and capable staff - Experience of leading on workforce planning aligned to business goals - Experience in capability assessment and training needs analysis to create bespoke learning interventions - Experience leading on talent management and learning and development initiatives to improve workforce skills and capability