Head of People, Targeted Provision

• Demonstrable interest and commitment to changing the lives of vulnerable young people
• CIPD Level 7 / be able to demonstrate equivalent HR Leadership experience
• Intimate and up-to-date knowledge of People best practice, employment law, and compliance practices and policies
• Experience leading on People processes and strategy

Desirable

• Oversee the hiring process by understanding our line managers’ hiring needs, developing a hiring strategy with the CEO, reviewing applications, conducting initial interviews, agreeing terms of employment, and issuing offers of employment
• Manage the onboarding process by adding new hires to our HR platform, producing their onboarding schedule, and leading on training in company culture
• Have oversight of employee happiness and retention, regularly checking in with individuals across the company to understand their motivations, areas of interest, areas of concern, and current sense of fulfilment in their role
• Advise line managers and senior management on employee needs, interests, and concerns as appropriate and assist in ensuring these are responded to proactively and empathetically
• Work alongside line managers to develop progression plans for employees to ensure that their skill sets are best utilised, they feel fulfilment in their role, satisfaction with their salary, and they are working best to meet business needs
• Where necessary, attend and document any grievances and disciplinary meetings, advise on appropriate outcomes, and ensure these outcomes are actioned
• Manage holiday requests and the holiday calendar to ensure we have sufficient team capacity at all times
• Track and update payroll changes
• Respond to SSP and SMP requests
• Advise on updates to all People related policies as appropriate
• Lead on compensation strategies to ensure salary reviews match performance and facilitate employee retention, while remaining in line with budgets and ensuring an equity of salaries at all levels of the company
• Oversee our employee development strategy by managing our progression and promotion structures so that it is clear, consistent, scaleable, and ongoingly aligned with business need
• Develop our culture to ongoingly ensure employee happiness and retention in line with our wider company ethos and mission
• Improve our onboarding process to best introduce new starters to their role, the world of additional needs support, and our company culture
• Improve our performance review structure and wider framework for evaluating performance and providing feedback