People Puzzles

HR Director

People Puzzles

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: St Albans • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Commercial, dynamic, energetic, creative, curious, pragmatic, influential, inspiring, empathetic.
  • A highly successful CPO, CHRO, People or HR Director or Senior HR Consultant that loves to help businesses unlock their potential and drive through people solutions that change lives.
  • You possess strong technical HR skills, yet you also have a solid grasp of business concepts and naturally excel at developing and implementing business strategies that align seamlessly with People strategies.
  • You enjoy building trusting relationships across all levels and are comfortable influencing at board level.
  • You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy discovering and implementing innovative, commercially viable solutions whilst engaging everyone in the process.
  • You are seeking to have a more flexible work-life balance with good earnings potential. You want to control how many days you work (with the earnings potential that matches it).

Requirements

  • **Main Responsibilities:**
  • Lead the delivery of HR solutions to our client businesses; business and strategic HR planning, culture change, business transformation, change management, leadership development, organisational design, D&I, wellbeing, L&D and Talent Management
  • Full accountability for managing your portfolio of clients and working in partnership with the whole team to ensure a first-class HR service is provided
  • Ability to spot opportunities and really add value and longevity to our SME client base
  • Work with the Regional Director and our marketing team to support the process for attracting and gaining new clients
  • **Skills & Experience:**
  • Proven experience inputting into the strategic direction of the business & partnering with the Board & Senior Executive team
  • Business consultancy skills: ability to spot opportunities and influence at all levels
  • Ideally be CIPD (L7) qualified or equivalent
  • A strong “people person” with a natural ability to lead teams and nurture and build relationships
  • Credible and able to “connect” with SME business owners
  • Autonomous, tech-savvy and organised - you genuinely love and seek out new ways to work and embrace technology
  • Commercial - you are a business person "who does HR". You see the big picture
  • Pragmatic, you work strategically but are happy to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in
  • A great listener, and even better at asking great questions, you’ll wake up every day and think “how do I add value and do something special for my clients today?”
Benefits
  • We believe in “**Team**”. We attract individuals who can put their energies into being part of our team and fully embrace all aspects of working as part of our local and national teams.
  • Network: you will have access to an amazing community of People Directors who are always ready to support each other. In addition to this, we have carefully chosen strategic national partnerships that enhance our services and provide support to our People Directors. It's a #win-win situation!
  • CPD: We provide CPD offerings and we always embrace the ethos of continuous learning and growth. #Still Learning.
  • We are proud of our **culture**. Our four core values "win/win, always passionate, still learning and be pragmatic" provide the foundation on which the culture is built. We seek individuals who are aligned with our culture and values.
  • We have a creative **marketing** team that is constantly brainstorming ideas to boost awareness and generate new opportunities.
  • Sales and **business development**: Our team of Regional Directors in sales plays a crucial role in assisting you in expanding your portfolio. As with any endeavor, the effort you invest directly correlates with the rewards you receive, so we encourage your active participation to make your Puzzles journey both successful and fulfilling. #WinningTogether
  • There is some scope for client work to be remote, although most client work is onsite so interested applicants will need to be within easy commute of all the areas listed above.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
HR solutionsbusiness and strategic HR planningculture changebusiness transformationchange managementleadership developmentorganisational designD&IwellbeingL&D
Soft skills
influentialempatheticrelationship buildingleadershipautonomoustech-savvyorganisedcommercial mindsetpragmaticgreat listener
Certifications
CIPD (L7) qualified