Deputy Director of Human Resources

Loughborough University

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Job summary

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Full Time - Open-ended contract

Pattern of work: Hybrid

Were looking for a talented professional to join the HR team at Loughborough University and play a key role in shaping our People and Culture strategy!

Our HR Team is on exciting journey of transformation following a period of growth and investment.

As a Deputy Director of HR and part of the HR Executive Senior Team, you will manage several portfolio areas covering the whole employee lifecycle, including HR Services, Pay and Reward, and HR Data and Systems.

You will be responsible for key programmes of work including:

  • Our Total Reward Strategy,
  • Transforming HR processes and policies
  • Our People Systems Programme Management Board.

Additionally, you will work in close partnership with the Director of Human Resources (HR), Deputy Director of HR and Director of Organisational Development and Change to enable the strategic delivery of our People and Culture work, as we seek to develop a best in sector employment proposition at Loughborough University.

Main duties of the job

Why apply?

If you are a HR professional who enjoys being empowered, with strong technical, collaborative skills and a desire to deliver transformational change this could be a role for you.

If this sounds like the right place and role, please do get in touch. Wed love to have a conversation.

For more information, please refer to ourcandidate pack.

For an informal discussion please contact Alison Brumwell, PA to Director of HR, Matt Hammonds on a.brumwell1@lboro.ac.uk.

About us

Universities are one of this country's greatest assets. We're educators, employers, innovators and pioneers. We shape culture and society.

At Loughborough, we strive for better, think differently, challenge convention and take action. We are passionate about finding solutions to the major problems faced by society and the planet, and we create opportunities for those with the drive, the ambition, and the determination to apply themselves in the pursuit of better.

Our Benefits

Loughborough University offers a comprehensive benefits package. Here are just some of the key benefits:

  • Generous Holiday Allowance including 14 university closure days and bank holidays and the option to purchase more.
  • Financial wellbeing with competitive pay, two great pension schemes, and opportunities to make savings every day.
  • Supporting you and your family with an on-site nursery, flexible and hybrid working options and healthcare offers including eyesight testing and wellbeing support.
  • Your health and wellbeing - discounted gym memberships, access to incredible sporting facilities including physiotherapy that you'd expect from the worlds No 1 sporting university.
  • We would be willing to consider a market supplement for an exceptional candidate

We continuously review our staff benefits and advantages and you'll find our complete package on our webpage.

Closing Date: Monday 31stMarch 2025

Interview and Assessment Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025

Date posted

12 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£59,138 to £66,537 a year Management and Specialist grade 8. Subject to annual pay award.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

N0089-REQ250168-1

Job locations

Epinal Way

Loughborough University

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 3TU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Work as a member of the HR Executive Leadership team in a collaborative way to deliver a high quality, progressive, equitable and inclusive employment services in support of the Universitys mission and strategy.

Provide strategic leadership to the University and the Department in relation to HR operations and services, ensuring development and delivery of the HR Strategic Business Plan

Job description

Job responsibilities

Work as a member of the HR Executive Leadership team in a collaborative way to deliver a high quality, progressive, equitable and inclusive employment services in support of the Universitys mission and strategy.

Provide strategic leadership to the University and the Department in relation to HR operations and services, ensuring development and delivery of the HR Strategic Business Plan

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education or equivalent experience Chartered member of the CIPD.

Desirable

  • Chartered fellow of the CIPD

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Proven ability to work under pressure and on own initiative to meet deadlines
  • Excellent organisational skills to manage a large and varied workload
  • Up to date and comprehensive knowledge of employment law
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively with people in all parts of the organisation and build strong relationships quickly
  • Ability to think at a strategic level to be able to shape and implement HR strategies which support the Universitys ambitions
  • Strong coaching and influencing skills
  • Ability to manage conflict in the workplace
  • Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience at a management level of working in an HR department, focusing on HR Services and HR Systems
  • Substantial experience of working in HR in a large, complex organisation
  • Significant experience of managing a large and diverse team
  • Substantial experience of leading HR operations
  • Substantial experience of ensuring equitable and inclusive HR operations
  • Experience of operational delivery and providing customer service
  • Experiencing of working with and negotiating with unions

Desirable

  • Experience of working in higher education
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education or equivalent experience Chartered member of the CIPD.

Desirable

  • Chartered fellow of the CIPD

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Proven ability to work under pressure and on own initiative to meet deadlines
  • Excellent organisational skills to manage a large and varied workload
  • Up to date and comprehensive knowledge of employment law
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively with people in all parts of the organisation and build strong relationships quickly
  • Ability to think at a strategic level to be able to shape and implement HR strategies which support the Universitys ambitions
  • Strong coaching and influencing skills
  • Ability to manage conflict in the workplace
  • Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience at a management level of working in an HR department, focusing on HR Services and HR Systems
  • Substantial experience of working in HR in a large, complex organisation
  • Significant experience of managing a large and diverse team
  • Substantial experience of leading HR operations
  • Substantial experience of ensuring equitable and inclusive HR operations
  • Experience of operational delivery and providing customer service
  • Experiencing of working with and negotiating with unions

Desirable

  • Experience of working in higher education

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Loughborough University

Address

Epinal Way

Loughborough University

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 3TU


Employer's website

https://www.lboro.ac.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Loughborough University

Address

Epinal Way

Loughborough University

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 3TU


Employer's website

https://www.lboro.ac.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

PA to Director of HR

Alison Brumwell

a.brumwell1@lboro.ac.uk

Date posted

12 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£59,138 to £66,537 a year Management and Specialist grade 8. Subject to annual pay award.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

N0089-REQ250168-1

Job locations

Epinal Way

Loughborough University

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 3TU


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