Knowledge
Essential
- A practising Christian as part of a Church in membership of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
- Degree level education or equivalent in terms of either a relevant professional/specialist HR qualification.
- Knowledge of strategic management and business planning.
- High degree of expertise in Employment and Contract Law.
- Knowledge of effective people management including organisational development, including performance management.
- Chartered or Fellowship Member of CIPD or equivalent body.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level with a recognised qualification in Theology and/or Leadership.
- Knowledge of social enterprise and other not-for-profit business models.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading an HR or other internal service department or holding a senior position in a major department with over 250 members of staff over dispersed sites.
- Experience of working with committees, Boards and stakeholder groups.
- Strategic management experience, including business planning, annual reporting and monitoring organisational performance.
- Comprehensive experience of leading organisation change, TUPE, redundancy and redeployment.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the charity sector, on either a paid or voluntary basis, such as in the capacity of Trustee.
- Experience of working in a highly regulated environment.
Abilities and Skills
Essential
- Ability to develop long term people, organisational development and business strategy.
- Strategic thinker, with proven ability to step back from the day to day running of a department.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with effective collaborative/consultative approach to working with colleagues at all levels.
- Capable networker and relationship manager, both internally and externally.
- Strong presenter, persuader and influencer with the ability to communicate ideas and proposals, both verbally and in writing in a compelling manner to colleagues, Trustees and external stakeholders.
- Competent IT skills as a user of systems required for this role.
Desirable
- Experience of overseeing HRiS system implementation.
Behaviours
Essential
- Confident in working with Chief Executive and the Board, as well as senior external figures.
- Assertive yet diplomatic, with an understanding of and commitment to servant leadership concept.
- Highly organised and pragmatic.
- Able and willing to travel across the Group sites and services on a regular basis.
- Able and willing to work occasional weekends and evenings.