Job Title: Head of HR

Location: London

Salary: £110,000-£120,000

Reporting to the Managing Director

A growing UK quick service retail operator with over 150 sites and 3000 employees.

The role:

• Leading HR department, including talent acquisition, learning and development, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, talent management and financial planning of the department
• Evolving the HR and training function
• Developing and implementing HR initiatives
• Contributing to long-term goals around business and people development, including succession planning, raising line manager capability
• Developing people and employment policies
• To further develop a framework which delivers a motivated and engaged workforce including recognition, reward and individual development
• To promote the importance of effective people management and lead the process of embedding great people practice
• Liaising directly with the board and being accountable for the performance of the HR function and the departments within it, as well as providing strategic and operational counsel on all people matters

The successful candidate:

• Extensive generalist HR experience is required as is the ability to develop business focused solutions
• The ideal candidate will be a hands-on operator with experience in the leisure and hospitality sector and used to working in a fast-paced environment
• A confident, independent and effective decision maker
• Dynamic and energetic personality with a high degree of personal drive and motivation
• Enthusiastic, resilient and a strong appetite for achievement
• High level of personal impact
• Strong results focus
• Self-starter with outstanding influencing and communication skills