Thomas International

Director of People

Thomas International

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Manchester • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £100,000 - £110,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Partnering closely with the CEO and senior leaders to shape and deliver a clear, people-centred strategy
  • Leading the development of people systems, workflows and policies that are fit for purpose and easy to use
  • Ensuring safeguarding and safer recruitment practices are robust, consistent and trusted
  • Supporting leaders to manage performance with confidence, fairness and humanity
  • Improving onboarding so new colleagues feel welcomed, supported and set up for success
  • Strengthening communication, engagement and retention across a dispersed workforce
  • Leading and developing a small people team so they can focus on proactive, high-quality support

Requirements

  • You’ll be a communicative, independent and emotionally resilient leader, comfortable working at pace in a role that will continue to evolve.
  • You’ll thrive in complex, multi-site environments and bring calm judgement, credibility and a practical mindset to everything you do.
  • You’ll have the confidence to influence at the highest level, balanced with the empathy to support people doing demanding, meaningful work.
  • Experience in education, training or similarly regulated sectors is a strong advantage, as is experience improving HR systems and workflows.
  • Above all, you’ll believe in the link between well-supported colleagues and great outcomes for learners.
  • You will hold CIPD Level 5 or above, or equivalent.
Benefits
  • 10% on target bonus depending on Group and Personal performance, details will be shared upon start
  • 35 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays
  • Hybrid working
  • Employee discounts through internal benefits platform
  • Health Cash Plan through Westfield Health
  • Doctorline GP Service
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity benefits and Sick Pay
  • Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
  • **DBS Checks:** This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance. Employment cannot commence until satisfactory Enhanced DBS clearance, and all required references have been received and verified.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
HR systemsworkflowssafeguarding practicesrecruitment practicesonboarding processesperformance management
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipemotional resilienceindependencecalm judgementcredibilityempathy
Certifications
CIPD Level 5