Head of HR Operations & Recruitment Excellence

Sanderson; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Talbot Group is seeking a Head of HR Operations to lead recruitment and core people services across the group. Reporting to the Director of People Operations & Engagement, you will ensure compliant, efficient HR operations, drive colleague retention and support ongoing workforce needs.

You will build a seamless HR service, manage end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, and HRIS, while maintaining policy standards and data quality.

Qualifications

• Senior HR operations experience within a complex or multi-site organisation.
• End-to-end HR operations, workforce planning and recruitment leadership.
• Proven track record of improving HR service delivery and employee experience.
• Experience leading teams through periods of growth, change or organisational development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with a data-led approach.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to balance strategic priorities with operational delivery.
• Hybrid working available but greater on-site presence is required during onboarding and the initial period in role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver recruitment plans and hiring targets, including talent pipelines, agency management and support for new service openings.
• Collaborate on workforce planning, pipeline monitoring and analytics.
• Own end-to-end recruitment processes, including vacancy approvals, selection, offers, contracts and candidate experience.
• Lead workforce compliance and pre-employment checks, including vetting, required registrations, eligibility and audit-ready records.
• Standardise and deliver onboarding, induction, probation administration and employee lifecycle documentation across all locations.
• Maintain the policy framework, SOPs, templates and document controls, coordinating revisions with the Employee Relations & Engagement function.
• Own HRIS administration, data quality, workforce dashboards and process digitisation in partnership with Finance and operational leaders.
• Lead the HR Operations team with clear service standards, turnaround times, quality controls and escalation arrangements.

Skills

Senior HR ops leadership

Workforce planning

Recruitment leadership

Data-driven HR

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Strategic vs operational

Job description

Talbot Group is seeking a Head of HR Operations to lead recruitment and core people services across the group. Reporting to the Director of People Operations & Engagement, you will ensure compliant, efficient HR operations, drive colleague retention and support ongoing workforce needs.

You will build a seamless HR service, manage end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, and HRIS, while maintaining policy standards and data quality.