People & Culture Strategy Lead

Farrans; Belfast City District; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Farrans is seeking a People and Culture Lead to shape a high‑performance, inclusive environment across site and office teams. You will partner with Recruitment, HRBP, HRIS, L&D and Talent Management to align initiatives with workforce planning and business performance.

You will lead on employee engagement, ERGs, rewards governance, and culture change, driving data-informed decisions while ensuring compliance with policy and legislation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or professional certifications in HR or related field.
• 5+ years in a generalist HR role with People & Culture ownership.
• Experience driving culture change and engagement initiatives.
• Understanding of rewards, benefits and policy alignment.
• Experience in construction, engineering, or related sectors.

Responsibilities

• Support to deliver the People & Culture strategy aligned to business priorities.
• Define and embed company values and behaviours; support Leadership Model.
• Collaborate with HR teams to integrate employee development.
• Support workforce planning, talent management and succession planning.
• Act as cultural ambassador; promote engagement, inclusion, wellbeing and retention.
• Establish and oversee Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Own and deliver employee engagement surveys and action planning.
• Align HR policies to standardised practices; drive continuous improvement.
• Lead governance and reporting on HR metrics and KPIs.
• Support change initiatives with training, comms, and resources.
• Assist Head of People with reward strategy and governance.
• Advise on pay, benefits, and reward practices per policy and law.
• Promote benefits offering and recognise contributions to values.
• Coordinate annual salary review with business leaders.
• Ensure fair reward and recognition practices.
• Contribute to gender pay gap reporting and EU Pay Transparency compliance.

Skills

Business acumen

Culture & engagement

People analytics

Project management

Communication & stakeholder engagement

HR policy & governance

Change management

Leadership & coaching

Integrity & professionalism

Inclusive mindset

Personnel policy knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

CIPD qualification or in progress

Tools

HR Information Systems

Job description

Farrans is seeking a People and Culture Lead to shape a high‑performance, inclusive environment across site and office teams. You will partner with Recruitment, HRBP, HRIS, L&D and Talent Management to align initiatives with workforce planning and business performance.

You will lead on employee engagement, ERGs, rewards governance, and culture change, driving data-informed decisions while ensuring compliance with policy and legislation.