Hr Business Partner

Nouvo Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is looking for a Head of People & Performance to lead the people function through growth. This role includes building a hiring process, training managers, and ensuring performance and culture development. The ideal candidate has a strong leadership background and analytical skills. This is a senior role with direct impact on hiring, performance, and culture outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a leadership role focusing on people management.
• Experience in building and leading high-functioning teams.
• Strong analytical skills to provide data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Provide people data and dashboards for board-level reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Recruitment

Performance Management

Culture Development

Data Analysis

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.