This role requires a highly experienced HR or Estates Management professional who can demonstrate experience of leading a HR or Estates function in an organisation with similar people and estates challenges in size and complexity.
Essential Criteria
- A strategic and inspirational future thinking leader – background and knowledge in strategic leadership and senior decision making in an organisation of similar size and complexity, with a strong customer focus. A dedicated, motivational, and collaborative leader who builds strong, inclusive, high performing teams and cross-team working relationships.
- An expert in leading either a people or estates function – with extensive knowledge and experience that evidences the ability to be a credible voice across the portfolio to enable the development of the area, and to drive continuous improvements to ensure the delivery of a quality service. Experience of leading the driving, implementing and embedding of organisation wide change in a transforming organisation, enabling a creative, innovative environment.
- A senior advisor – experience of working with Boards, Committees, and senior stakeholders. Can influence and make a positive impact with
a range of senior stakeholders both internally and externally, adopting an open can do approach and unafraid to make decisions when necessary, with a strong focus on data driven, evidence based decisions. - A strong communicator – highly credible communication and influencing skills, both in writing and in person, with experience of building strong stakeholder relationships, high emotional intelligence and engendering trusted relationships that achieve buy-in and commitment. This will include working effectively with suppliers to drive service excellence and experience of working with trade unions.