Deputy Director of Human Resources in Birmingham)

Ad Warrior Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days annual leave entitlement plus

pension scheme

chaplaincy and spiritual care

library services

employee assistance programme

occupational health and counselling

staff development opportunities

Job summary

Birmingham Newman University is seeking a Deputy Director of Human Resources to lead a professional HR team and support staff engagement as the University navigates a changing Higher Education landscape.

You will drive operational HR priorities, partner with the Director of HR, and foster a positive, collaborative, high‑performing department while ensuring compliance with employment law and equality and diversity commitments.

Qualifications

• Senior HR professional with experience leading HR and OD projects.
• Knowledge of employment legislation and practice.
• Understanding of equality and diversity matters and unionised environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of operational HR priorities in partnership with the Director of HR.
• Develop and embed a positive, collaborative, high‑performing HR department.
• Align HR service priorities with the University’s strategic aims and drive continual improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Employment law knowledge

Equality & diversity awareness

Union experience

CIPD Chartered Member

Education

CIPD Chartered Membership

Job description

Deputy Director of Human Resources

Location: Birmingham Newman University, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3NT.

Salary: £52,789 - £59,391 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, full-time

Our people are at the heart of what we do and in the role of Deputy Director of Human Resources, you will be working in a professional team committed to the development and engagement of our staff and University. This is an exciting time for the HR team which is evolving to meet the challenges of a changing Higher Education sector.

As our Deputy Director of Human Resources, you will be an effective leader, motivate and inspire, drive-up practice standards and focus on continual improvement aligning HR service priorities with the strategic aims of the University. You will have responsibility for the overall delivery of operational HR priorities working in partnership with the Director of HR and the wider HR Team to develop and embed a positive, collaborative, and high performing department. You will be innovative and collaborative with a strategic mind-set and can-do attitude that clearly articulates the strategic vision for the University into practice enabling the delivery of the people elements of the strategy.

You will be an experienced senior HR professional, acknowledged for successfully leading HR and OD projects, facilitating change positively and empathetically that will enable the University to remain a force for good and fit for the future. You will be CIPD qualified (Chartered Member), with recent, demonstrable knowledge and experience of employment legislation and practice, a sound understanding of equality and diversity matters, and experience of working effectively in a unionised environment.

Appointment on the salary scale will be subject to skills and experience.

Birmingham Newman University offers a wide range of staff benefits including 35 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time posts), pension scheme, chaplaincy and spiritual care, library services, employee assistance programme, occupational health and counselling services and staff development opportunities.

• 35 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time posts)
• pension scheme
• chaplaincy and spiritual care
• library services
• employee assistance programme
• occupational health and counselling services
• staff development opportunities

Birmingham Newman University is an Equal Opportunity Employer