Head of Strategic HR & Transformation — Flexible Working

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days annual leave

Flexible working

Generous pension plan

Job summary

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are seeking a senior HR leader to drive strategic capability across critical HR development, employee experience and organisational redesign. You will work with the Assistant Director of HR and other senior leaders to plan, govern and implement major people initiatives.

You will shape the pay strategy, lead equal pay initiatives and redesign HR support for schools in partnership with Achieving for Children, while actively contributing to the HR Senior Leadership

Qualifications

• Chartered CIPD membership with deep knowledge and expertise of public sector pay policy and practice.
• Deep understanding of HR systems and the use of systems and data to solve business challenges.
• High level of expertise in using and manipulating large scale data to provide insight and inform the development of policy and strategy.
• Experience and confidence working with senior leaders (including at Board level) to resolve complex and sensitive workforce issues.
• Experience operating effectively in a highly unionised environment with management of employee relationships in contentious situations.
• Excellent judgement, analysis and problem-solving skills balancing evidence, risk and fairness.
• Benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees, such as 40 days annual leave, flexible working and a generous pension plan.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of workforce, organisational redesign, employee experience and HR improvement programmes.
• Develop organisational pay strategy and progression arrangements aligned with NJC and job evaluation.
• Design and deliver equal pay programmes balancing evidence, fairness and risk.
• Redesign HR support for maintained schools in partnership with Achieving for Children.
• Lead complex HR and organisational development projects with governance, scope and delivery plans.
• Share specialist knowledge, promote CPD and ensure knowledge transfer and sustainable arrangements.
• Participate in the HR Senior Leadership Team and support wider divisional priorities.

Skills

HR strategy

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Union relations

Public sector pay

Education

CIPD membership (Chartered)

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are seeking a senior HR leader to drive strategic capability across critical HR development, employee experience and organisational redesign. You will work with the Assistant Director of HR and other senior leaders to plan, govern and implement major people initiatives.

You will shape the pay strategy, lead equal pay initiatives and redesign HR support for schools in partnership with Achieving for Children, while actively contributing to the HR Senior Leadership