Chief People and Transformation Officer

Holocaust Educational Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational trust in the UK is seeking a Chief People and Transformation Officer to lead its people functions and drive organisational development. The successful candidate will be responsible for translating strategic vision into actionable people strategy, ensuring operational excellence, and leading cultural change initiatives. This role is pivotal for fostering employee engagement and developing a high-performing team committed to exceptional standards in Holocaust education. The candidate should have demonstrated experience in strategic leadership roles and successful transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategic leadership roles.
• Track record of implementing people strategies.
• Ability to lead organisational transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a high-performing People and Transformation team.
• Provide strategic vision for workforce development.
• Ensure operational excellence across people functions.
• Develop modern people systems to attract and retain talent.

Skills

Organisational strategy translation

Experience in people strategy

Cultural change leadership

Operational excellence

Talent management frameworks

Employee engagement initiatives

Job description

We are recruiting a Chief People and Transformation Officer. This newly created role involves leading the development of an effective and high performing People and Transformation team and is an opportunity to provide strategic vision for the Trust's workforce development and is responsible for operational excellence across all people functions, talent management frameworks and employee engagement initiatives. We are looking for someone who has experience translating organisational strategy into people strategy, implementing organisation-wide transformation initiatives and accountability frameworks as well as leading and embedding cultural change. The Chief People and Transformation Officer is a member of the Executive Team, playing a pivotal role in ensuring that the Trust is a high-performing, values-driven institution. The post provides strategic vision for the Trust's workforce development and is responsible for operational excellence across all people functions, developing modern people systems, talent management frameworks, and employee engagement initiatives that attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent committed to Holocaust education. The postholder is also a trusted strategic advisor to the CEO and Board.

Key Responsibilities:

• Organisational leadership, as a member of the Executive Team
• Strategic People Leadership
• Organisational Development and Transformation
• Talent Management and Employee Engagement
• Volunteering and Internship Strategy
• Learning, Development and Leadership
• HR Operations and Compliance
• Staff Management and Development