Senior Manager, People & Culture

Odyssey Social Care; Ireland; A distancia; EUR 80.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work

Flexible location

Descripción de la vacante

Odyssey Social Care is seeking a Senior Manager, People & Culture to lead our people strategy during a period of growth. The role reports to the CEO and oversees workforce planning, employee relations, wellbeing, and compliance across Ireland.

The ideal candidate will have extensive senior HR leadership experience in regulated environments, strong knowledge of Irish employment law, and the ability to drive culture development and ESG-aligned initiatives.

Formación

• Significant senior HR leadership experience in a regulated or multi-site environment.
• Experience leading organisational change and workforce planning initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Irish employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing employee relations, governance, and compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience using people data to support organisational performance.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and deliver the People & Culture strategy aligned with organisational goals.
• Drive workforce planning, organisational design, and people development initiatives.
• Lead employee relations, governance, and HR compliance within a regulated environment.
• Ensure readiness for inspections, audits, and regulatory requirements including TUSLA and CORU standards.
• Oversee HR systems, reporting, people analytics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead employee engagement, wellbeing, retention, and culture programmes.
• Develop leadership capability, learning pathways, and succession planning frameworks.

Conocimientos

Senior HR leadership

Organisational change

Stakeholder management

People data analytics

Irish employment law

Herramientas

HR systems

Descripción del empleo

Senior Manager, People & Culture

Job Description

Location: Remote

Senior Manager, People & Culture

Location: Dublin or Kilkenny (with regular nationwide travel)

Reporting to: CEO

About Odyssey Social Care

Odyssey Social Care is one of Ireland's leading residential care providers, delivering high-quality, trauma-informed care to young people across Ireland. As part of the Broadlake Group, we are focused on sustainable growth while creating a positive impact for young people, employees, and communities.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, People & Culture to lead and develop our people strategy during an exciting period of growth.

This senior leadership role will drive organisational culture, employee relations, workforce planning, learning and development, employee engagement, wellbeing, and HR compliance across a growing and values-led organisation.

About The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the People & Culture strategy aligned with organisational goals.
• Drive workforce planning, organisational design, and people development initiatives.
• Lead employee relations, governance, and HR compliance within a regulated environment.
• Ensure readiness for inspections, audits, and regulatory requirements, including TUSLA and CORU standards.
• Oversee HR systems, reporting, people analytics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead employee engagement, wellbeing, retention, and culture programmes.
• Develop leadership capability, learning pathways, and succession planning frameworks.
• Champion Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, including neurodiversity and accessibility initiatives.
• Support ESG and sustainability objectives through people-focused initiatives.
• Monitor and report on key people metrics, including retention, engagement, development, and compliance.

Essential

About You

• Significant senior HR leadership experience in a complex, regulated, or multi-site environment.
• Experience leading organisational change, workforce planning, and culture development initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Irish employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing employee relations, governance, and compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience using people data and insights to support organisational performance.

Desirable

• Experience within social care, healthcare, disability services, education, childcare, or another regulated sector.
• Experience in organisational development, learning and development, coaching, or leadership development.
• Experience supporting ESG, sustainability, or B Corp-aligned initiatives.

Why Join Odyssey?

This is an opportunity to shape the people agenda of one of Ireland's leading social care providers during a significant period of growth. You'll play a key role in building a high-performing, values-led culture that supports our people and the young people we serve.

Odyssey Social Care is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Overview

About The Company

Mission

Odyssey Social Care provides safe homes where children and young people can heal from trauma, rebuild trust, and discover their own strengths. We give them the support and opportunities they need to build resilience and step into a brighter future.

Working for Odyssey Social Care involves being part of a team dedicated to supporting children and young people.

As professional caregivers, we are caring, compassionate and resilient. We work with children who have experienced trauma, and believe in healing through trusting care relationships.

The Odyssey Way

We put the needs of the child at the forefront of everything we do. Our care framework is designed to be flexible, responsive and provide holistic care to our young people.

Our care model, The Odyssey Way, is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and outcome-led. It supports the needs of each individual child, helping them to work through trauma by focusing on overall wellbeing.

Our unique, specialised intervention, the Odyssey Saoirse Project, uses eco-therapy, adventure-based life skills and positive mentoring to help young people heal, grow and thrive.

Company Culture

Our Values

• Safety – safe homes, safe care, safe relationships
• Quality – trauma-informed, evidence-based, outcome-led
• Trust – built through honest communication and consistency
• Empowerment – giving young people and staff the tools to succeed
• Inclusion – equity and belonging for all
• Impact – measurable difference for young people, staff, communities & planet

Accessibility & Sustainability

Odyssey Social Care is committed to encouraging a culture of diversity and inclusion across our organisation.

As a Certified B Corp, we also believe in providing care sustainably, measuring our impact across our people, our communities, and the planet.

Closing Date Friday 6th November, 2026

Contract Type fulltime

Salary From €80,000.00 Yearly to €90,000.00 Yearly