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Acosta Europe is a people business with a progressive approach, we operate as part of one of the largest Sales and Marketing agencies in the world. We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Human Resources to join our UK head office team in a challenging and diverse role.
We can offer the opportunity for your experience and knowledge to grow whilst you develop your career in a supportive and dynamic environment as part of a fast paced and friendly HR team.
Job Title : Head of Human Resource
Reporting to : Group People and Operations Director
Salary: Competitive
Main purpose of role :
In collaboration with the Group People and Operations Director execute the People Strategy. Support the leadership team in shaping the organisation for the future with the right talent and performance metrics in place to deliver tangible results. Using meaningful data and insight to drive fact-based conversations and decisions. Be proactive in engagement, organisational effectiveness initiatives. Develop the EVP and collaborate with leadership to embed the values and ways of working.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Strategy and Leadership
1. Influence senior stakeholders to drive the people strategy in areas such as reward and recognition, talent attraction and retention and internal communication
2. Promote a continuous improvement agenda with focus on performance management, development and coaching to build the strongest team at all levels of the organisation
3. Work closely with business leaders and lead on the measurement of employee engagement levels through surveys, forums, listening groups and leadership roadshows
4. Provide the Group People Director with insight and tailored solutions to influence senior level decision-making in relation to the strategic direction of the organisation relating specifically to the people agenda
5. Champion company principles and ways of working, supporting leadership team to establish a strong company culture ensuring that the required behaviours are embedded throughout the organisation
6. Ensure the business leads in terms of diversity, equity, inclusion and economic and social governance.
7. Research and make recommendations for innovative retention, benefits, reward and wellbeing initiatives.
Organisational Design & Development
8. Support Talent Partner with resource planning, recruitment, and selection strategies to ensure the organisation is appropriately resourced
9. Create EVP to attract and retail the best talent and collaborate with Marketing to build employer brand to raise awareness
10. Anticipate talent requirements for future roles. Work closely with Business Unit Leaders to develop succession and talent plans to generate strong talent pipelines
11. Make recommendations for organisational structure based on future growth plans
12. Support Talent Partner to develop and implement training and development strategy reflecting the future direction of the company, such as enabling more commercial wa and more diverse opportunities for employees
13. Ensure the development and delivery of a high quality and innovative employee learning and development offered provides employees with the right skills and competencies to drive forward business growth and performance
14. Ensure a robust and fit for purpose performance management framework is implemented effectively
15. Work with business leaders on the outputs from the annual employee survey to obtain more detailed feedback and action plan to implement recommendations based on results
HR Project Management
16. Track timelines, milestones and checklists that lead to the successful and timely delivery of HR initiatives, including the introduction of development initiatives.
17. Develop detailed project plans, ensuring resource availability and allocation for the delivering of HR projects on time, in scope and within budget
18. Challenge current ways of working and identify opportunities for automation, optimisation or process efficiency
19. Lead ad-hoc HR projects as required
Other Requirements
20. Lead the DEI and ESG councils to deliver the strategic priorities in these people-led workstreams. Create and deliver initiatives to drive awareness and advocacy.
21. Ensure the effective management and implementation of reward and recognition schemes, and to support with the creating of engaging communication to raise awareness of enhanced benefits
22. Support with the creation of engaging content that supports the HR activity calendar (ESG, DEI, Wellbeing, Learning) to deliver internal communication messages, making recommendations for appropriate methods and channels.
23. Assume accountability for internal communication; creating engaging and topical communication; managing content and infrastructure of the intranet and other internal communications channels
Skills and Experience:
24. Chartered member with CIPD or related business degree
25. Between three and five years experience at Senior HR Business Partner or Head of HR
26. Able to establish credibility and build relationships quickly
27. Previous experience in Hay or Towers Watson evaluation or other similar job evaluation methods
28. Experience or knowledge of Business Process Improvement (BPI) would be advantageous
29. Strong project planning and implementation skills
30. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
31. Strong strategic and commercial mindset with an ability to align HR strategy to drive business performance
32. Resilient and solutions oriented
33. Well-honed stakeholder management and influencing skills
34. Strategic thinker, tactical expert and an execution champion
35. IT literate, proficient in the use of PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
36. Excellent planning and organising skills, with an ability to managing conflicting priorities
Acosta Europe is an equal opportunities employer.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams.
We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work!
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.