Group Director of People

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? With a wealth of experience in HR leadership and a demonstrated ability to make a positive difference in a large and diverse organisation, we invite you to apply for the role of Group Director of People at Peabody.

In this role, you will be responsible for shaping and executing Peabody’s People Strategy, ensuring our Colleague Offer effectively attracts, retains, and develops the talented individuals required to achieve our ambitious goals.

With your extensive background in HR leadership and strategic people management, you will have a customer-centric, values-driven approach. Your expertise in navigating complex organisations will enable you to align HR strategies with business objectives and to promote continuous learning, engagement, and overall wellbeing, through our Peabody Academy and management development programmes.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Building and leading a high-performing, client-focused team to partner strategically with the business.
• Delivering innovative People Operations services, including safeguarding in employment, policy development, and people analytics.
• Enhancing leadership and management capability across the organisation to support ongoing continuous improvement.
• Ensuring our employment offering reflects our values and promotes collaboration.
• Leading on talent acquisition and fostering an inclusive, diverse and inspiring workplace.

You will leverage your experience in strategic people management to providing solutions that go beyond traditional processes. Your agile and responsive approach will meet the dynamic needs of our business, ensuring proactive, tailored support for internal stakeholders. Financially literate and with a solutions-focussed mindset, you will inspire the People team to remain flexible, innovative, and focused on delivering highly effective results.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and this is your opportunity to make a significant impact on our organisation while advancing your career.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)

• Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates 

• Two additional paid volunteering days each year 

• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal 

For further information, please contact victoria.wilson1@peabody.org.uk

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Interview dates: Interviews will take place on Monday 18th November 2024

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