Head of HR

Frazer Jones; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic organization in the UK is looking for a Head of HR to lead the HR strategy across multiple locations. This pivotal role involves developing HR processes and managing a team to enhance HR performance while ensuring compliance with UK employment law. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in a senior HR position, strong change management skills, and the ability to navigate complex employee relations. The role supports a hybrid work model with some travel required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior HR leadership role within a multi-site organization.
• Strong understanding of UK employment law and employee relations.
• Experience in leading change management initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement an HR strategy to align with organizational goals.
• Lead HR professionals across multiple locations.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and employee engagement.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and manage employee relations.
• Use data to measure and improve HR performance.
• Manage HR budgets for efficient service delivery.
• Support trade union engagement and collective bargaining.

Skills

Change management

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Commercial mindset

Data-driven decision making

Trade Union experience

Job description

Delighted to be working on this newly created Head of HR position on an exclusive basis to lead the People strategy for a dynamic and fast-growing business operating across multiple locations in the UK.

Reporting directly to the CEO and managing an HR team across several sites in the UK (supporting a c.1,000 headcount), this role will effectively be responsible for developing a new Group wide HR strategy, aligning all processes, policies and procedures across the full employee lifecycle to create a pro‑active HR function. This is therefore an exciting change and transformation led role, taking HR through a discovery phase to transform a function that delivers locally into one that is aligned in terms of consistent delivery of HR across all its sites.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop and implement an HR strategy to support organisational goals.
• Lead and manage a team of HR professionals across multiple locations.
• Oversee the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and engagement.
• Drive compliance with employment legislation and manage employee relations.
• Use data and KPIs to measure and improve HR performance.
• Manage HR budgets and ensure efficient delivery of services.
• Support trade union engagement and collective bargaining processes.

You will be an experienced HR professional who has operated in a senior leadership position in a complex and multi‑site organisation. Comfortable operating in a strategic and operational capacity, you will possess proven experience in change management and project delivery, strong stakeholder management skills, including Board‑level interaction, and be a commercially minded and data‑driven individual confident influencing at all levels. You must be comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment and due to the nature of the business possess strong Trade Union experience and knowledge of UK employment law.

The company operates a hybrid model with 3 days/week in a Bournemouth office. Some travel will be involved to the other sites.