Director of People and Culture

St Josephs; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in London seeks a Director of People & Culture to lead HR, Education, and Reception teams, supporting significant organizational changes as part of their 2025-30 strategy. The role requires guiding the executive team, ensuring compliance with HR practices, and translating strategy into actionable HR plans. This hybrid role offers a competitive working structure and the opportunity to impact the organization positively.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior HR leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of organizational change and development.
• Ability to translate strategy into operational plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead the People Directorate teams of HR, Education & Reception.
• Support organizational change initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with HR practices.

Job description

As the Director of People & Culture, you will lead the People Directorate teams of HR, Education & Reception, as well as supporting the organisation through significant organisational change as we launch our 2025 - 30 strategy. You will contribute as a member of the Senior Management Team to the corporate management of the Hospice and to decision-making processes to enable effective day-to-day management of the Hospice. This role will play a role in driving culture development, change and improvement, translating the charity's strategy into HR plans to be designed and executed. Hours: 37.5 hours per week; Hybrid role - up to 2 days from home.,

• Provide guidance and challenge at executive leadership team level to ensure that the organisational design and resources are aligned to the efficient delivery of objectives
• Provide assurance to the Board of Trustees that St Joseph's is fully compliant in how we manage our people, representing the senior Management Team on the HR Subcommittee, Remuneration Committee and attending Board meetings
• Support and lead on development and implementation of key organisational change initiatives
• Translate our organisational strategy into multi-year HR operational plans with enhanced reporting and analytics capabilities to support senior leadership in making more evidence-based decisions
• With the other SMT members, contribute to and take responsibility for maintenance of the organisational risk register