Luton
Our client is provider of fully outsourced workforce and facilities solutions across public and private sectors. Their goal is to develop long-term relationships that deliver sustainable service innovations and operating efficiencies for their clients. Their comprehensive value-added solutions allow businesses to focus on what they do best, safe in the knowledge they are in expert hands. Their flexible, adaptable, and customer-focused propositions ensure they deliver consistent, sustainable, and market-leading results to all their clients. \n They are now looking for a HR Director to lead the operational people agenda across Carlisle Support Services and its Group Companies ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, responsive and commercially focused employee relations service. Reporting to the COO and sitting on the Senior Management Team, the role will oversee all day-today HR operations, employee relations, vetting, HR advisory and HR business partnering activity whilst ensuring compliance with evolving employment legislation including the Employment Rights Bill, and build a people function capable of supporting growth, acquisitions and organisational change. \n This is a hybrid role with three days from their offices in Luton, with the rest of the time split between field and home working. You’ll head up a team of around twenty HR and compliance reports within a business that employs more than 8000+ across the UK. \n HR Director – Key Responsibilities \n • Develop and deliver a Group-wide People & Culture Strategy aligned to business growth, transformation, and commercial objectives. \n • Lead culture development programmes that embed values, strengthen engagement, and foster an inclusive, high-performance environment. \n • Lead organisational design across all divisions, ensuring structured support performance, accountability and efficiency. \n • Drive a consistent, high-quality employee relations service across the business. \n • Ensure HR policies, procedures and employee lifecycle processes are robust, efficient and legally compliant. \n • Lead implementation of changes arising from UK employment legislation and employee rights reforms. \n • Ensure robust incoming and outgoing TUPE processes and associated consultation activity. \n • Support acquisitions, mobilisation and integration projects from a people perspective. \n • Deliver HR metrics, workforce reporting and risk management information to the SMT and Board. \n • Work with the Business to ensure that the performance management process is aligned with the strategic needs and policies of the business. \n • Provide challenge, guidance, and recommendations on workforce risks, succession, capability and organisational health. \n HR Director – Required Skills \n • Senior HR leadership experience in a multi-site operational environment, ideally within FM, events, logistics, cleaning, or support services. \n • Board level experience and management of large teams. \n • Extensive employee relations expertise and proven TUPE experience. \n • Strong knowledge of UK employment law and upcoming legislative changes. \n • Experience managing union relationships. \n • Experience leading HR transformation and organisational growth. \n • CIPD Level 7 qualified or equivalent is highly desirable. \n • Experience delivering digital transformation across HR systems and processes. \n • Experience working within regulated or standards-driven environments (e.g., SIA, BS7858). \n This is a fantastic opportunity to join a brand that is scaling, where you can bring massive value and add and truly shape the companies HR & people strategy within a value led business. The role comes with a competitive base salary, bonus of up to 15%, private medical care and several additional benefits. \n Apply now to be considered for this exciting HR Director position. \n #INDPP