Group Head of Human Resources / Human Resources Director High Wycombe, England
Job description
What you will do:
Work with the General Management Team board and Divisonal Chairs to drive the delivery of the people strategy including, talent, succession and performance and talent acquisition and employee lifecycle. This will include identification of talent, succession strength and active management of talent pipelines.
Anticipate and define senior resourcing needs and provide the business with effective recruitment and selection processes to deliver candidates with high potential or recognised critical skills.
Drive the reward agenda with the business units, to ensure a consistent approach, accurate delivery and decision making drives long term retention of employees
Coaching senior management and the HR Business Partner team in the development of their individual leadership skills.
Drive diversity, inclusion and wellbeing strategy across the business.
Drive continuous improvement and innovation across all HR practices through up to date functional knowledge, networking and external insight
Embed a performance management culture which is valued by the business and drives high performance through ensuring clear measurable objectives, effective feedback processes and active development and career plans.
Ensure that the TW cultural principles are role modelled through the business and your own personal performance.
Drive strategic thought and effective HR project management across the HR Operations team
Drive a a proactive, high paced service through the HRBP Team that delivers HR best practice. This includes offering a range of commercial focused HR solutions.
Contribute to the development of the wider HR strategy and work closely with the team to ensure cohesive and coordinated services across the Business.
Draft plc board papers and present at plc level
Act as the main point of contact for escalation and mentor the Divisional HRBPs on complex issues across all HR functional areas, guiding the team to the most effective and commercially viable solution
What you will have:
Significant experience in an HR business partner leadership role in a large, high performing business
Strategic input to HR Operations tools and processes
The ability to understand and interpret key business performance measures, good standard of financial literacy & analytical skills
In depth knowledge of latest HR trends and insights and ability to interpret data to make business decisions.
Have previously held a Head of HR role and lead a team of regional business partners
Knowledge and experience of organisational development, succession planning and talent management
Up to date knowledge of current and future UK employment legislation
Sound knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity
Proven track record in operating independently and autonomously
Excellent command of English language with ability to articulate and write plc board papers
Individuals seeking employments at Taylor Wimpey should know that we foster a culture of inclusion and value diversity positively which creates a better workplace and delivers stronger outcomes. We commit to treating all our job applicants and employees fairly and with respect, irrespective of background, disability or any other protected characteristic. If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the application process, please do not hesitate to contact us.
What we will offer you:
Taylor Wimpey is a FTSE 100 business and one of the largest residential developers in the UK, building new homes and communities across England, Scotland and Wales. We are passionate about building new homes and communities with a focus on sustainability.
Our people are important to us and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise all the great work that they do. Our employees enjoy many standard benefits including access to the Taylor Wimpey House purchase discount scheme, pension (including company contributions), quality health cover, share save schemes as well as many flexible benefits such as buying additional holiday days, retails discounts, free Bupa health assessments and so much more. Our benefits work perfectly with our culture where you feel valued as a member of a successful team.
We offer industry leading subsidised professional training and development, which support our employees to excel and fulfil their career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. This in turn drives a strong succession of high performing customer centric leaders, really putting customers at the heart of everything we do. We embrace diversity and look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies, skills and experiences that each person brings to the company.
The role of the Group Head of HR is to lead the HR Business Partnering team and work directly with Taylor Wimpey’s leadership team in the business in order to drive HR strategy across all operational regions. This role will lead the effort across all Taylor Wimpey business units to attract the right people, implement key development and talent initiiatives, deliver best in industry reward programmes and drive the right capabilities/performance priorities.
In addition, through the Divisional Business Partners, this role will lead on the delivery of a number of key projects which impact the wider Group.
The Head of HR will also be responsible for driving HR innovation, continuous improvement and managing the key relationships at board level across the operational business and heads of function at Head Office.
