The organisation;
Excited to be working with a fantastic organisation with their HQ in the North East and proud heritage in the region.
The opportunity;
Working alongside the Board and organisation's leadership team, the People Director will play a key role in the organisation's future growth strategy and be a trusted advisor on all people related activities. Leading a large team, you will be responsible for the following key areas;
- developing and driving the people agenda, delivering the colleague engagement strategy.
- driving high performance through people, developing effective leadership skills, driving a culture of accountability and personal responsibility.
- really focusing on people development to develop the future workforce strategy.
- overseeing people systems and processes to enhance performance and drive operational improvements.
- maximising the use of data and systems, utilising data and insights to drive future decision making.
Predominantly office based in Tyne & Wear.
What we are looking for;
Candidates must be able to demonstrate the following;
- experience of leading a large and multi-disciplinary team including HR, Recruitment and L&D.
- highly ambitious and able to develop the function to a high performing team.
- real strength and depth of knowledge in L&D strategies.
- ability to translate the business strategy into clear deliverable objectives and engage the wider team.
- experience of leading transformational change across a large People team.
- strategic thinker, able to develop a strategic workforce plan to support the organisation's ambitious growth plans.
- enhance the use of systems and look at ways to continually improve ways of working across the organisation.
- emotionally intelligent, able to take on board feedback and adapt style and approach.
- could be a Number 1 in a smaller business or a Number 2 looking to take on their first People Director role.
- highly commercial background.
Candidates must be used to working in a highly people focused organisation which embraces staff development. Our client is looking for candidates who are results driven and can demonstrate clear achievements.
Nigel Wright HR;
Please contact Sue for more information.