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HighPoint
Head of People
Farnborough, Hampshire
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- Hours
- Full Time
- Posted
- 8 days ago
- Salary
- 70000.00 - 75000.00 GBP Annual
- Recruiter
- HighPoint
- Closes
- 14 Oct 2026
- Course
- No
- Recruiter Type
- Direct Employer
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Description
A great opportunity to work for an international business with responsibility for a head count of 140 people in the UK and oversight of a People Advisor in Europe.
The role leads the evolution of the People function into a scalable, efficient, and strategically aligned function, combining strong operational delivery with forward-looking workforce planning, leadership development, and data-driven decision-making.
Reporting to the CEO, the Head of People acts as a key advisor to the senior leadership team ensuring that people strategy, culture, and organisational design support the long-term success of the business.
Head of People Benefits and Package:
09 30 (Monday to Friday) Free On Site Parking 24 Days Annual Leave (increase by 1 day per year of service up to additional 4) + Bank Holidays Birthday Leave Generous Company Pension Scheme. Private Healthcare Life insurance Cycle to work Nursery Salary Sacrifice Schemes. Flexible working Head of People Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
People Strategy & Organisational Development. Ensure efficient, compliant, and high-quality delivery across the employee lifecycle. Strengthen leadership capability and embed a high-performance, values-led culture. Manage employee relations effectively while minimising organisational risk and ensuring governance. Leverage People data, systems, and automation to improve insight and efficiency. Lead and develop the People team to ensure capability, performance, and sustainability. Head of People Qualities:
CIPD Level 5 / 7 qualified with 5 plus years experience at management level. Strong strategic skills but with a desire and enthusiasm for retaining a delivery focus along side a People Advisor and People Administrator. Strong knowledge of UK employment law and People best practice Experience advising senior stakeholders and ensuring the people strategy aligns with the organisational development and business strategy. Demonstratable experience of maximising systems to gather insights to underpin decisions and recommendations. Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery Experience of multi-entity and international environment highly desirable. Must be commercially astute ideally with business partnering experience. Proven experience leading organisational change and workforce planning, talent life-cycle management desirable Thank you for your application however due to the high volume of candidates applying, if you have not heard back from us within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful.
Ad ID: 5419011449
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