Full job descriptionThe Head of People, UK is a senior leadership role within the People function and a key partner to the Chief People Officer. The role leads the UK People Business Partner and HR Assistant teams, shaping and owning the HR Business Partnering strategy while ensuring high quality, efficient and responsive people operations.
Client Details
The organisation operates in the Insurance industry and is based in London.
Description
*Lead, coach and develop the UK People Business Partner and HR Assistant teams, setting clear priorities, standards and accountabilities.
*Lead Business Partner for the Assurance team.
*Shape, own and deliver the UK People Business Partnering strategy, ensuring the model is aligned to business priorities and provides proactive, commercially focused support to leaders.
*Act as a trusted senior adviser to the Chief People Officer and business leaders on organisational effectiveness, workforce priorities, talent, succession, performance, employee relations and people risk.
*Partner with leaders on organisational design, restructuring, transformation and other change activity, balancing commercial needs, employee experience and appropriate governance.
*Maintain a visible and practical role in complex or sensitive people matters, supporting the team directly where senior judgement, pace or escalation is required.
*Drive operational excellence across the HR Assistant team, reviewing workflows, service standards, capacity, role clarity and ways of working to maximise quality, efficiency and output.
*Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate HR processes, leveraging AI and digital tools where appropriate to strengthen controls, improve data quality and enhance the overall colleague and manager experience.
*Use people data and management information to identify trends, risks and opportunities, translating insights into clear actions and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
*Ensure effective delivery of core people processes, including performance, talent and succession activity, remuneration cycles and employee lifecycle activity, in partnership with relevant People teams.


Profile
*Senior generalist HR leadership experience, with a strong track record of leading HR Business Partnering teams and delivering through others.
*HR leadership experience within insurance
*Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels, moving comfortably from executive level advice and change leadership to hands on resolution of complex people matters and comfortable to be involved at the operational level when required
*Strong knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations, with experience managing complex, sensitive and higher risk cases.
*Experience operating in a regulated, international or matrix organisation.
*Experience designing, evolving or leading a HR Business Partnering model and improving the effectiveness of HR service delivery through service improvement, process automation or other change initiatives
*Proven experience of organisational design, workforce planning, talent and succession, performance management and organisational change.




Job Offer
*Permanent position based in London.
*Salary of £120000 to £145,000 dependent on the level of experience.
*Discretionary Bonus.
*Hybrid working


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