Longhurst Group is one of the leading housing groups in the Midlands and East of England, providing more than 24,000 homes and a wide range of care and support services.

With a team of 1,300 colleagues guided by our shared values, our vision is to improve the lives of our customers and our colleagues and to enhance the communities we serve. We do this by focusing on two clear themes of work: Health and wellbeing and economic resilience.

Our people are at the forefront of delivering this ambitious vision and we’re looking for an experienced, inspirational and strategically minded Head of People Services and Reward to join a forward-thinking organisation focused on supporting and developing our people, delivering high performance and being an employer of choice.

The opportunity

To play an integral role in delivering a first-class People Services function and organisational strategy that supports our colleagues to realise their potential and enables the Group to develop and grow.

Our people make Longhurst Group a fantastic organisation to work for. We have clear ambitions to make a positive difference to our customers and our colleagues through the delivery of our Improving Lives 2025 strategy.

As Head of People Services, you’ll play a key role in helping us realise these objectives, leading a team of experts to deliver an excellent colleague experience and provide detailed insight and intelligence that will help inform key strategic decisions.

In this role, you’ll engage and advise all areas of our organisation, providing strategic direction on colleague reward and benefits, as well as HR operations, information and systems.

Committed to the success of our colleagues, you’ll directly impact and shape our culture by delivering HR excellence through a variety of projects. You’ll also mitigate risk and ensure compliance while contributing to the development of the HR operational and strategic plans, supporting corporate objectives and embedding corporate values and behaviours throughout the Group.

We’re looking for an innovative thinker, an inspirational leader and someone who really lives our values.

The successful candidate will have worked at a senior level in HR, with leadership experience within a large and diverse organisation and a proven track record of delivering complex change projects.

This role is offered on a permanent 36.25hr per week basis. Primarily based at home, some travel for meetings will be required.

If you’re keen to make a positive difference, looking for a new challenge and ready to be at the forefront of a successful People Services Team, then we’d love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV today.

Our offer

When you join you’ll enjoy access to:

1. • A competitive 31 days annual leave plus bank holidays
   • Pension Scheme
   • Life cover (as part of pension scheme membership)
   • Membership of our Health Care Cash Plan
   • Free eye tests
   • Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities.
   • Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave
   • Employee assistance programme
   • Wellbeing support
   • Free flu vaccinations
   • Long service awards
   • Carers networking group – a platform to support unpaid carers.

Vetting Requirements

The important things – Naturally working with our customers we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer).

We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. Original proof must then be provided by day one upon successful candidature).

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues. As part of our commitment, we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.

Our Improving Lives vision

Our vision is to improve the lives of our customers and communities we serve. The Group already makes a positive difference to thousands of people’s lives, but we want to do even more.

That’s why we’ve created our Improving Lives Strategy, a long-term business plan that will guide the work we do until 2025 and beyond.

How to apply

Please click apply now to submit your CV today. In the event of high applicant volumes, we reserve the right to close this advert and CV submission window early.