Head of People - Nantwich, United Kingdom - Belong

Belong

Verified Company

Nantwich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our multi-award winning not-for-profit organisation is a pioneer of services for older people, creating vibrant village communities and specialising in supporting older people to live happy and vibrant lives. With our continued expansion across the North West this is a very exciting time to join us. Belong have held Gold Investors in People status for many years and were reaccredited only recently.

As our
Head of People you will be a confident, forward thinking and experienced Human Resources professional ideally having worked in multi-site organisations with a proven track record of developing and enhancing the People proposition to the wider organisation.

Based in the Northwest within our Central Office in Nantwich, Cheshire with regular visits to our villages, you will be working closely with the Chief Executive and Operational leadership teams to continue to build a first class effective service and positive culture that supports our operational and core teams.

As a departmental lead you will provide mentorship, support and line management function to the People team, enhancing the commitment to provide excellence in Learning and Development, Human Resource and Recruitment; driving forward positive change and standardisation through quality improvement and innovation.

In addition; as a member of the Belong senior management team you will be a visible presence working collaboratively with the managers in the central service and village teams to build on our established sector position.

Salary:
£70,270 - £74,139 (depending on experience)

Closing Date:
Thursday 30th May 2024

Interview Week commencing: 17th June 2024

We operate a hybrid working policy for our central services colleagues with a minimum of three days per week in the office or in our village locations, but this role may require more time 'on site' at various points.

Requirements:

Main Responsibilities

To ensure that Belong has a positive culture across all services and to promote and model our values.
To ensure that Belong has a best in class human resources and recruitment service with the aim that all our services are staffed adequately to deliver excellent quality care.
To ensure that Belong has an excellent Learning and Development function and uses it to develop, embed and enhance our own approach and philosophy of care delivery.
Driving effective leadership and capability across the operation ensuring the group has a committed, skilled and competent workforce that is motivated to learn, grow and perform along with a succession planning system to support a pipeline of development
Effective use of management information and people key performance indicators to develop and implement effective people strategies ensuring alignment with the organisation's strategic aims.
Promote an exceptional and innovative culture of high employee engagement, equality & diversity, customer care, continuous learning and high performance in order to attempt to deliver best in industry employee retention rates
Producing regular reports on the service for the Chief Executive, Senior leadership team and Board which cover assurance on performance progress against strategy and innovation.
To keep up to date with statutory employment law and Health & Social Care regulations and ensure that Belong plan proactively for changes and implement solutions smoothly
To ensure very effective 'business partnering' to our Villages and services who should be seen as our core customers for the team.
To link with wider sector via our various care related People forums that we are part of.
To look outside of the care sector for approaches and ideas to bring to our service and to constantly monitor the approach of our key care competitors to ensure that we stay ahead of the competition.
To act as the main contact with recognised Trade Unions, fostering a positive relationship.
Effectively lead and allocate the organisation's Human Resources and Learning and Development service adding value, delivering performance and managing risk.
Conduct and reporting of data compliance audits in order to assess and measure compliance levels with data protection laws, including any required follow up. Management of Human Resources and Learning and Development budgets.
To represent Belong and our goals externally at important industry functions, conferences and events.
To ensure that Belong maintains or exceeds our IIP gold status.

Supporting Responsibilities

To oversee the recruitment and onboarding functions of the organisation, ensuring talent is identified and attracted through effective resourcing practice
To contribute to the development and updating of peoplebased systems, policies, procedures and practices helping to ensure that they are effective and comply with statutory employment law
Identify, design, deliver and evaluate Learning and Development solutions that develop and enhance the skills, knowledge an