Head of People & Capability at Joss Search | England, GB | Rezi

Head of People & Capability at Joss Search

Head of People & Capability

Joss Search · England, GB

2 weeks ago

Head of People & Capability

Joss Search · England, GB

19 days ago
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About the Role

Build the people function behind one of the UK's most ambitious recruitment businesses. This is a unique opportunity to build our first people function, pulling together responsibilities into a best-in-class function built to support the next decade of growth. You'll have genuine influence over how this business scales.

Responsibilities

  • Owning the full employee lifecycle, from first hello to fond farewell
  • Managing ER matters and providing expert employment law guidance
  • Building engagement, wellbeing and benefits strategies people genuinely feel
  • Embedding our values and strengthening an award-winning culture
  • Driving retention: understanding what makes people stay, succeed and do the best work of their careers
  • Building transparent career pathways and development frameworks that mean something
  • Coaching managers and raising leadership capability across the business
  • Bringing structure, consistency and automation to people operations
  • Leading culture initiatives, events and employee experience programmes
  • Supporting our continued growth across the UK and US

Requirements

  • Significant experience in a senior HR Generalist, People Partner or Head of People role
  • Deep ER experience and real confidence with complex cases
  • Strong UK employment law knowledge
  • Experience of working in a global business and working with US employment law
  • Experience advising senior stakeholders and coaching managers
  • A genuine passion for culture, development and employee experience
  • The ability to think strategically and roll your sleeves up
  • CIPD qualification or the equivalent experience to match
  • International employment arrangements, US exposure or visa and sponsorship know-how are extremely beneficial
  • Someone who wants to build, improve and cheerfully challenge the status quo

Skills

  • Employee Relations
  • Employment Law
  • Benefits
  • Engagement
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Retention
  • Career Pathways
  • Leadership Coaching
  • People Operations
  • Strategy
  • Execution

Location

  • London

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Senior HR Generalist
  • People Partner
  • Head of People

Education Level

  • CIPD qualification or equivalent experience

Benefits

  • Employee Ownership Trust with annual EOT bonus
  • Hybrid working
  • Real career progression

About the Company

  • Joss Search is entering the most exciting chapter in its history, growing across the UK and US, launching new products and services, and transforming how the whole business works.
  • We're the leading recruiter of exceptional people into Private Equity and Alternative Investment firms.
  • We're an Employee Ownership Trust — when Joss wins, everyone wins.
  • Back-to-back Sunday Times Best Places to Work winner.
  • A culture built on ownership, development and collaboration.