Everyone deserves a decent place to live – join Habitat for Humanity Great Britain as our new Head of People, and support people to find a decent, safe, affordable home.
| What is the role? | Head of People |
| What is the salary? | £48,000 at 0.8 FTE (based on a full-time salary of £60,000) |
| Grade | C |
| Department | Finance, Operations & Compliance |
| Reports to? | Director of Finance, Operations & Compliance |
| Budget Responsibility? | Yes |
| Will I be managing anyone? | 1 direct report (Office Manager and EA) |
| Where will I work? | This is a remote, home-based role, but regular travel to internal meetings is expected – (on average, this is likely to be an average of 2-3 days per month mainly to central London, with travel expenses covered.) |
| The logistics | (Part time, 0.8 % or 30 hours per week), Permanent |
About Habitat for Humanity GB
Habitat for Humanity is the leading international organisation providing housing solutions for the most vulnerable populations around the world. Habitat for Humanity GB is an independent UK charity and part of the international Habitat network, working in over 60 countries worldwide to tackle housing poverty for the 1.8 billion people living in inadequate housing. We do this by building and improving homes, making them healthier and safer; by responding to shelter needs in disaster, and supporting preparation and rebuild efforts; and by making housing systems and policies work better for more people. We are also drawing on our housing expertise to develop our work here in Great Britain to meet the growing housing need which has been exacerbated by the pandemic and now the cost-of-living crisis.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced senior level HR professional, with a strategic mindset and people management experience. Reporting to the Director of Finance and Compliance and working in close collaboration with the National Director and others, your role will be both strategic and operational: shaping our people agenda and ensuring our HR systems and processes are of the highest quality.
You’ll be joining us at a really exciting time as we’re on an ambitious transformation journey, providing you with the opportunity to directly influence and develop new ways of working and impact our performance. In collaboration with the senior management team, you’ll help shape and implement our people and development plans to support employee and volunteer engagement and a positive and inclusive working culture.
You’ll be comfortable being hands-on, balancing between strategic and operational priorities. You’ll be familiar with driving best practice, transforming and streamlining processes, with a success record in developing and implementing strategic and operational people plans.
You will bring a positive ‘can do’ attitude to the role and be able to provide sound advice and guidance with regard to all aspects of HR such as reward, coaching, employee relations, culture, organisational design and change, performance management, and learning and development.
If this sounds like it could be a good match for you, please view the Candidate Pack here.
Please note: this role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK.
Start your Habitat journey
We want the recruitment process to give you the opportunity to shine, to share your skills and experience as clearly as possible, and for you to find out more about Habitat GB in return. You are welcome to get in touch and arrange an informal chat with Henrietta Blackmore (HBlackmore@habitatforhumanity.org.uk) before submitting an application.
To apply for the role, please send us your CV and a supporting statement (max two sides of A4) ng us about the skills and experience you would bring to the role and your motivation for applying. Send by email referencing the job title in the subject line to: recruitment@habitatforhumanity.org.uk.
The deadline for applications is 5 January 2025 (at 11:59 pm).
Habitat for Humanity requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguard our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of our code of conduct. The employment of this position will be subject to a satisfactory reference check and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
At Habitat for Humanity GB, we aim to build, develop and retain a talented workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills and experiences. We welcome and actively encourage applications from anyone who feels they’d be a good fit for our organisation, regardless of race, religion, colour, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, neurodiversity or any other protected characteristics.
Unfortunately, because of high volume of applications we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants. If you haven’t heard from us within a month of the application deadline, please assume that your application has not been successful.
We’d prefer to hear directly from applicants – we won’t be working with third party recruiters on this role.