Hr Business Partner

Nouvo Recruitment; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Head of People & Performance to drive growth through a scalable people function. This senior role involves owning recruitment, culture, and performance management. The ideal candidate will have extensive leadership experience and a strong background in human resources, capable of partnering with the executive team to ensure strategic alignment and cultural integrity across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong background in building scalable people functions.
• Track record in high-performance management.
• Ability to partner with executive teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build a fast, repeatable hiring process and secure top talent.
• Define KPIs, reviews, and performance frameworks for all roles.
• Train and coach managers while building future leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Recruitment

Performance Management

Cultural Development

Education

Relevant leadership experience

Experience in HR or People Operations

Job description

Head of People & Performance

Nouvo's client are looking to hire a high-performing Head of People & Performance to build and lead our people function through the next stage of growth. This is not an HR admin role - it is a full-scope, commercially focused position designed to create a scalable people engine that drives recruitment, retention, culture, and performance across the business. The successful candidate will own the design and delivery of recruitment, onboarding, performance, incentives, succession, culture, and compliance frameworks. They will be a partner to the executive team, ensuring the right people are in the right seats at the right time. This is a senior leadership role with direct accountability for hiring, performance, and culture outcomes.

Key duties

• Build a fast, repeatable hiring process and secure top talent.
• Run smooth onboarding that embeds culture and expectations.
• Define KPIs, reviews, and performance frameworks across all roles.
• Support managers with accountability, recognition, and tough conversations.
• Benchmark salaries and co-own compensation and incentive design with Finance.
• Map headcount to growth targets and build succession and business continuity plans.
• Codify values, measure engagement, and address negative behaviours.
• Own internal communications: weekly updates, town halls, and offsite.
• Train and coach managers while building future leaders.
• Ensure contracts, policies, and FCA/SMCR obligations are watertight.
• Provide people data and dashboards for board-level reporting.
• Protect culture, wellbeing, and resilience during growth and change.