Head of People

Are you a motivated senior People leader wanting to shape the people and workforce strategy of a leading conservation charity?

Are you excited by the challenge of organisational development, helping to create an ever more thriving workplace?

Do you have the depth of knowledge and skill to guide our charity through the increasingly complex employment landscape?

Do you enjoy variety, a values-led culture and an organisation wanting to move at pace?

We are WWT, the wetland charity – we’re on a mission to restore wetlands and unlock their power. And we are now looking for someone to lead our People Team in nurturing the skilled, diverse and high-performing workforce needed to deliver our strategy.

Our Head of People leads WWT’s human resources, training and development, early careers and volunteering functions. Reporting to the Director of Finance & Support Services the role is a member of the Charity’s senior leadership group.

You will act as strategic business partner to the Executive Leadership Team and ensure high-quality delivery of HR and volunteering services to the Charity’s 450 employees, 200 casual workers and 1,000 volunteers.

• A degree or professional qualification in a relevant discipline
• To have experience of leading a People/HR team at scale in a complex organisation
• To be able to advise on and support senior management with strategic organisational change
• The drive to develop and continually improve HR operations and interventions
• To have highly-developed communication, influencing and organisational skills
• An excellent understanding of UK employment law, regulation and HR best practice