Head of Talent

The Company: This exciting brand is going from strength to strength and has serious plans of expansion right across the UK, so a strong Talent strategy along with a big focus on people culture to engage and nurture is crucial. The Opportunity: We are looking for a driven and engaging Talent and people expert, who can drive the overall Talent Strategy within this emerging brand, identifying a pipeline of talent to aid fast growth, and map out clear succession across each area of the business. Whilst initially this is a real focus on Talent and recruitment, as this business is moving at such a pace there is definite opportunity to work across the wider people strategy and be part of something really special.

Responsibilities

Drive overall Talent Strategy within this emerging brand, identifying pipeline of talent to aid fast growth, and map out clear succession across each area of the business; Work across the wider people strategy; Build an effective and proactive recruitment team in collaboration with the Operations Team to identify internal successors for vacancies and interview and hire great people that fit the brand's culture; Identify opening teams in line with the property pipeline utilizing resources such as social media, local attraction campaigns, and being creative in finding new ones; Deliver an engaging and robust onboarding process, welcoming each employee to the brand and ensuring retention is kept a key focus; Analyse turnover figures to constantly improve ways of driving retention and engagement; Ensure compliance within contracts and offers with all statutory legislation and policy, keeping standards high at all times

Requirements

Experience of holding a Head of Recruitment or Head of Talent position previously; Brand ambassador; Ability to work at pace and at scale; Leadership and great people development skills; Strategic thinker with the capability to think outside the norm; Excellent execution and attention to detail; Team focused; Ability to understand and adapt to business objectives; Ability to communicate effectively and challenge appropriately with people at all levels

Nice to have

Good knowledge of employment law and general people practices would be advantageous

Benefits

Bonus