We have a unique opportunity for an experienced People Leader to join a small but long-established and growing membership organisation with headquarters based in Amersham, Bucks.  Responsible for their People strategy and management/talent development whilst undertaking all day to day HR duties in a stand-alone role, this position lies at the heart of developing their talent, encouraging high-performance teams, managing pay and reward structures, recruitment, designing and implementing HR policies, employee well-being and everything in between!

The business would like to hear from candidates who may be looking for reduced days/hours and have operated at a strategic board level with strong leadership capabilities, a proven track record in developing/mentoring management teams and the ability to develop and implement a people strategy that will have a positive impact on a small organisation.  There is no specific industry experience required but candidates MUST be comfortable working in a small organisation and being both hands on in tackling day to day duties whilst also being strategic!

Hybrid working with 2 days a week minimum in the office based in Amersham.  Salary is negotiable for the right candidate but up to £70,000 FTE + car/car allowance + bonus + benefits. Minimum 3 days per week but full-time/5 days per week will also be considered. 

Role overview:

• Supporting the business activities of the association working with individuals, line manager, teams, helping colleagues achieve their full professional potential.
• Create and maintain people policies and procedures to meet the highest level of corporate governance and compliance. Help ensure people policies, procedures and Handbook are implemented and enacted throughout the association.
• Maintain the Association’s employee pay and benefits packages in keeping with business plan, aspiring to be ‘best in class’ benchmarking pay and benefits to appropriate external bodies to ensure the organisation attracts and retains the best talent.
• Manage the Appraisal & Performance Management process, ensuring line managers are appropriately briefed, implementing our policies and procedures fairly and consistently.
• Recognition: manage the recognition programme.
• Wellbeing: Create proactive approaches to wellbeing in the association in order to drive physical and mental well-being. Ensure all wellbeing information and activities are on the intranet system
• Responsible for the recruitment and induction process: assessing applicants’ experience, managing costs, best practice in selection practices, on-boarding, succession planning etc.
• Onboarding: run the onboarding procedure, helping ensure new employees are inducted in order that that they are engaged and productive as soon as possible. Reinforcing the values and culture of the organisation.
• Research and offer professional development opportunities to colleagues, helping ensure their capabilities and competences are compatible with our Business Plan objectives and their career aspirations. Ensuring that their Personal Development Plans are identified and actioned. 
• Design internal staff communications and engagement frameworks so that employees have a voice. Act as mentor to chairman of Taskforce.
• Responsible for administration of payroll, pensions, life assurance, private health care provision.
• Create employee satisfaction and engagement initiatives, helping achieve consistently high staff satisfaction scores

Candidate requirements:

• CIPD qualified
• A background working in a professional organisation as the lead human resources professional
• Excellent presentation skills in one-to-one and group situations
• A very capable user of Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• High personal efficiency – proactive self-starter, must be a flexible team-worker and solo-worker who can manage fluid and competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, pressured environment.
• Integrity and discretion – a key requirement when dealing with sensitive data and personal information
• Keen attention to detail – can make rational, realistic and sound decisions based on consideration of all the facts and alternatives available.
• Strong communicator – has great written and oral communication skills, including the ability to influence and convey complex messages in a concise and persuasive way.

Think Human Resources is the HR division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independently owned recruitment business.  The HR division is responsible for recruiting permanent, temporary and contract roles within the field of Human Resources including; HR Administrator, HR Assistant, HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, HR Manager, Head of HR, Employee Relations, talent, internal recruitment, Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits/Reward and Recognition.

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