Hr Director

Haywood Recruitment Limited; Newhall; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Haywood Recruitment Limited partners with a market leading Clinical Homecare provider to recruit an experienced HR Director. The role oversees the HR function, crafts policies, and drives people management strategy across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include developing a comprehensive HR strategy, advising the Board on people matters, and ensuring policy compliance with UK employment law. The candidate will lead staff lifecycle management, governance, and HR programmes enterprise-wide.

Qualifications

• Current UK Employment Law knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional staff management.
• Proven ability to work under pressure.
• Strong IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing a HR strategy that supports the aims of the organisation.
• Supporting, motivating, and influencing management to apply best policies and practices in line with legislation.
• Developing initiatives including talent management, succession planning, learning and development and employee engagement.
• Providing professional HR guidance and policy development to add value to employees and the organisation.
• Advising the Board and overseeing HR performance and compliance.
• Managing the full employee lifecycle from onboarding to departure.
• Reviewing and implementing policy changes to stay compliant with employment law.

Skills

Employment law

Staff management

Communication

Decision making

Influence/advisory

Education

CIPD Level 7

Job description

We are currently partnering with a market leading provider of Clinical Homecare who are looking for an experienced HR Director.

Job Purpose

Overseeing the HR function within the organisation, creating and enforcing HR policies and programs and driving the company’s people management strategy.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop a HR strategy that supports the overall aims of the organisation.
• Supporting, motivating, and influencing management to adopt and apply best and consistent business policy and practices in line with legislation and with a view to mitigating risk & liability.
• Developing and driving companywide initiatives and programmes including talent management, succession planning, learning and development and employee engagement.
• Providing professional HR guidance, and by development and implementation of policies and processes add value to the success of employees and the organisation.
• Consulting directly with the Board and being accountable for the performance of the HR function as well as providing counsel on all people matters.
• Manage the whole employee lifecycle from onboarding to departure from the business.
• Continuously review policies and procedures and implement changes/new policies as required, ensuring all legislative advice is up to date and consistent and communicated.
• Oversee the recruitment of staff at all levels, minimising the vacancy levels and recruitment costs.
• Manage the HR team, setting direction and expectations, proactively managing performance.
• Handling employment relations issues such as grievances and employee welfare
• Provide an advisory service to management for all employee relation matters, delivering commercial and pragmatic advice in line with company policy and employment law
• Collaborating with other managers in the business, to ensure the smooth running of the company from a people perspective
• Ensuring all training is up to date and all staff are compliant.
• Overseeing staff attendance and absence monitoring
• Support new business initiatives as they arise
• BI reporting to management
• Be up to date with all current and new legislation regarding employment law.
• To carry out any reasonable request given by appropriate persons

Experience

• Current UK Employment Law knowledge
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build relationships.
• Exceptional staff management
• Proven ability of working under pressure
• Strong IT skills

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or above

Personal Skills & Qualities

• Good inter-personal skills in a way that promotes credibility, authority, and trust
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• A high level of commercial and operational business acumen.
• Self-motivated and dedicated with a committed approach in understanding the business and industry