Head of HR

ENGINEERINGUK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering organisation in neuroinclusion is seeking a Head of HR to lead their inclusive HR practices. The role focuses on strategic HR leadership, organisational development, and embedding a culture of psychological safety and collaboration. The successful candidate will guide the evolution of the workforce in line with the mission, ensuring fair and transparent HR practices.

Benefits

30 days annual leave pro-rata

EAP

GW Fit Club

Annual Savings Club

Reflective Practice Sessions

Mental Health First Aider Team

Employee Resource Group

Access to regular CPD events

Access to Diagnostic assessments

Qualifications

• Experience leading inclusive, strategic HR functions.
• Understanding of neuroinclusive workplace practices.
• Committed to equity, inclusion, and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR strategy aligned with organisational objectives.
• Enhance culture and psychological safety.
• Design neuroinclusive policies and structures.

Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Collaboration

Courage

Job description

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**Remote with travel to the Birmingham or Plumpton Office, internal/ external meetings, and other work-related events. In line with business needs and as mutually agreed**

At Genius Within CIC, we’ve worked hard for over a decade to lay the groundwork for a truly inclusive, flexible, and human-centred working culture—one that not only supports our staff, the majority of whom are neurodivergent and/or disabled, but also sustains our business goals and deepens our impact on neuroinclusion worldwide.

Following a new chapter for our current Head of HR, we’re now looking for someone to continue and enhance the work built on this strong foundation as we continue to grow.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a values-driven HR function where inclusion, clean feedback, and flexibility are already embedded—not aspirational. Your role will be to scale and deepen these practices with transparency, care, and strategic insight—grounded in evidence-based, neuroinclusive approaches.

What You’ll Be Leading

You’ll guide the next stage of our people strategy—shaping how we evolve, support, and grow our workforce in line with our mission. You’ll focus on:

Organisational Development

Designing neuroinclusive policies and structures—such as universal job design frameworks, job crafting tailored to individual strengths, and inclusive workflows that account for different processing styles. This includes using various communication tools (e.g. written updates instead of meetings, video updates etc), and embedding universal design principles into all people processes.

Culture & Psychological Safety

Enhancing our established clean feedback culture through regular check in’s, reinforcing psychologically safe team spaces, and accessibility-first communication. You'll help embed trauma-informed HR practices and create safe avenues for expressing needs and giving clean feedback, using tools like mentimeter, anonymous pulse surveys, regular 1:1 meetings and tailored facilitation spaces.

Workforce Planning

Taking a long-term view of staffing needs by integrating job crafting, flexible career paths, and strengths-based matching. You'll use data to forecast needs and identify internal talent growth opportunities, while ensuring recruitment and promotion practices continue to work well for neurodivergent and disabled candidates

Performance & Growth

Embedding and extending the use of our Genius Finder tool to support strengths-based development, promote collaboration, and tailor coaching and learning. You'll work closely with managers to ensure every team member has access to personalised growth pathways, development that fits their learning style, and evidence based supportive performance feedback that builds confidence and clarity.

As a member of our Senior Leadership Team, you’ll ensure our people practices remain fair, human, and strategically aligned with our long-term goals—while continuously innovating through the lens of neuroinclusion.

What Makes You Right for This Role

You’ll thrive here if you’re a collaborative and courageous HR leader who’s excited to build on what’s already working.

You:

• Have experience leading inclusive, strategic HR functions with a strong focus on culture transformation and organisational design
• Understand how to balance person-centred decision-making with operational performance, especially in neurodivergent teams
• Bring emotional intelligence, clarity, and confidence to complex people challenges—underpinned by a working knowledge of neuroinclusive and equitable workplace practices
• Are committed to equity, inclusion, and sustainability—and regularly review and improve practices to ensure they stay relevant, flexible, and grounded in what works
• Value flexibility, autonomy, and collaboration—not just as benefits, but as principles of good work

Why Genius Within?

• We are a pioneering organisation in neuroinclusion, shaping workplaces and systems to be more inclusive of neurodivergent talent. When we say we value inclusion and flexibility, we mean it.

We offer:

• Flexible, hybrid, and remote working that respects individual needs
• An embedded culture of psychological safety, learning, and feedback
• Strengths-based tools and coaching that help people grow in ways that work for them
• A diverse, values-led team committed to making a real-world difference

Apply Now

If you're looking to lead with both head and heart, and want to help shape the future of work through inclusive, human-centred HR, we’d love to hear from you.

Join us - and help amplify the impact of neuroinclusion worldwide.

This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main duties and responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role in conjunction with their line manager. The post holder may be asked to carry out any other delegated duty or task that is in line with their post.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Head of HR works closely with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure HR practices are fair, transparent, and legally compliant. You will be responsible for the HR Advisor, who is responsible for operational and administrative HR tasks.

The person in this role will need to work collaboratively, communicate clearly, and be comfortable making decisions that support both people and the wider organisation.

Strategic HR Leadership

• Develop and lead the HR strategy in line with organisational objectives and strategy.
• Translate organisational goals into HR action plans and monitor progress against key performance indicators.
• Advise the Senior Leadership Team and Board (when required) on people strategy, risk, and compliance.
• Prepare and present regular people reports and insights to inform decision-making.
• Support business growth through workforce planning and skills forecasting.

Organisational Development and Culture

• Lead organisation design and structural reviews to ensure teams are aligned with business priorities.
• Plan and manage change projects (e.g. restructures, HR system rollouts), ensuring clear communication and support for staff.
• Foster a culture of learning, inclusion, psychological safety, and collaboration.
• Use clean feedback (e.g. quarterly pulse surveys, annual engagement survey, 1:1s, exit data) to drive cultural improvement.
• Role model inclusive leadership practices and contribute to a positive employee experience across all teams.

Talent Acquisition and Onboarding

• Design and oversee strategic recruitment processes aligned to organisational needs.
• Build and promote an internal employer brand that attracts diverse and values-aligned candidates.
• Ensure inclusive recruitment practices are followed throughout and regularly reviewed for improvements.
• HR Advisor Support Managers with job advertising, candidate screening, interviews, onboarding tasks, and legal compliance.

Performance, Succession and Development

• Embed a clear and supportive performance management approach.
• Facilitate leadership development and coaching across senior and management levels.
• Lead succession planning and talent mapping processes.
• Embed the use of Genius Finder into performance conversations, team reviews, and career development planning.
• HR Advisor Maintain up-to-date employee records and generate HR data reports.

Learning and CPD

• Oversee company-wide learning and development strategy.
• Ensure all employees have access to relevant and meaningful CPD opportunities.
• Evaluate training impact and develop learning pathways for high-potential staff.

Employee Relations and Legal Compliance

• Lead on complex employee relations issues, including restructuring, redundancies, and legal processes.
• Ensure employment policies comply with UK law and best practice.
• HR Advisor Support case management, note-taking, and administration for meetings related to absence, performance, and conduct.

Reward and Recognition

• Design and review pay frameworks, salary benchmarking, and benefits.
• Ensure internal pay equity and oversee annual pay reviews.
• HR Advisor Coordinate staff wellbeing initiatives in collaboration with internal Mental Health First Aiders, and employee recognition activities.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Belonging (DEIB)

• Lead the DEIB strategy, including anti-racism work and disability inclusion.
• Oversee ethnicity pay gap reporting and related actions.
• Ensure recruitment, promotion and learning practices are neuroinclusive and support equal opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal teams to embed inclusion in all people processes.

HR Data

• Oversee the organisation’s HR systems and digital tools.
• Ensure integration of tools like Genius Finder into recruitment, development and team planning. Regularly using our internal heatmap to form part of strategic decisions.
• Improve processes through system automation and ensure data security and compliance with GDPR.
• Use people data to identify trends, evaluate impact and inform continuous improvement.

Policy, Processes and Compliance

• Own the development, implementation and review of all HR policies.
• Ensure policies are accessible and understood by all staff.
• HR Advisor Support the operational implementation of policies, including tracking compliance with DBS checks, training, and equipment audits.

Genius Within cares deeply about creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Genius Within does not require disclosure to make reasonable adjustments. We ask all employees “how can we support you to work at your best” and are adept at provision of coaching, technology, flexible terms to meet this objective. Our highly successful majority disability staff team are testament to the benefits of making adjustments.

The successful candidate must undergo a basic DBS check, on the basis that the role involves contact with vulnerable adults, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Other relevant recruitment checks may also be carried out, including HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard and prison vetting and clearance.

Company Benefits

• 30 days annual leave pro-rata (with 8 additional days for bank holidays)
• EAP
• GW Fit Club with online support and community
• Annual Savings Club
• Reflective Practice Sessions
• Mental Health First Aider Team
• Employee Resource Group
• Access to regular CPD events
• Access to Diagnostic assessments *Once Passed Probation*

**We reserve the right to close this job posting early should we receive a suitable number of applicants, we strongly advise interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. However if you are interested in the role and require time to complete until the deadline, please let us know**

**Interviews for this role will be held on week commencing 2nd June 2025**

**Second round of interviews will be held on 11th June 2025**

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £45,000.00 per year

• What is your current notice period?
• Are you able to travel to the Birmingham BN7 3AL or Plumpton Office B4 6AF, internal/ external meetings, and other work-related events. In line with business needs and as mutually agreed.

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