Head of People Operations

For over 65 years Langley Trust has been supporting people with convictions to transform their lives. As a Christian charity working across England, we believe everyone deserves another chance. With a wide range of services including complex needs care, supported housing, and specialist advice services our work prevents crime, promotes rehabilitation, and reduces the risks of re-offending.

Langley has a fantastic opportunity for a strategic, innovative and results drivenHead of People Operationsto effectively lead the HR team; ensuring excellent customer service and supporting the organisation to deliver its strategy and mission, ensuring an outstanding people experience. Reporting to the Director of People, you will be part of the Senior Leadership Team, working within a supportive network with opportunities for personal and professional development.

The post holder will be based in the Coventry Office (minimum two days per week) and includes a hybrid working model with opportunities for remote working and may require some unsocial work hours. The role will include the requirement to travel throughout England to various sites and locations on planned dates.

This role is a permanent full time role working37 hoursper week. The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of£52,977per annum.

REWARDS PACKAGE

• Company funded health cash plan
• Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits package, including Holiday Trading and Cycle Scheme - can be tailored to meet your individual needs
• 3 paid spiritual reflection days
• Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
• Fully funded DBS, renewals and DBS update service subscriptions
• Company sick pay scheme
• Smart Health, which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP
• Access to private holiday flat in Torquay
• Wellbeing Support our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme includes free counselling and legal advice
• Eyecare & Flu vouchers
• Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
• Menopause support
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Long Service Awards

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the functions of the HR team (HR Business Partnering, People & Payroll Administration, Recruitment, People Systems) to provide a professional, proactive, responsive, and expert service across Langley, facilitating the creation of a high-performance culture in line with the strategic objectives and the People Strategy.
• Ensure the provision of professional people services, advice and guidance across all levels of the Trust, including advice on employment legislation, recruitment and selection, retention, absence management, terms, and conditions of employment, pay and equality diversity and inclusion.
• Ensure that the HR People Service team has effective and innovative policies, procedures and systems covering all aspects of work.
• Provide reports and information on People performance metrics, risks, compliance and progress on projects and the implementation of the People Strategy.
• To work with the Director of People to ensure Langley Trust is an employer of choice, that we recruit and retain talented people ensuring an excellent employment experience.

The successful candidate will be a practicing Christian who will create an environment where people feel valued, empowered and equipped to do their best work. This person will play a key part in providing strong Christian leadership and will be required to upholdthe Trusts Christian ethos and Christ like culture, aligned with ourChristian Identity, and therefore there is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practicing and professing Christian under the Equality Act 2010.

If you want to join our team as ourHead of People Operations,please apply now as we would love to hear from you.

We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.

A satisfactory basic DBS check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicants right to work in the UK.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place in the Coventry Office on 3rd October 2024 or 10th October 2024.

Closing date: 25 September 2024

We're proud to be an Investors in People Gold employer which means we invest in our people. This is a huge achievement as our assessment covers the last 3 years of unprecedented challenges through the pandemic; additionally, Investors in People have raised the bar and acknowledge that it is harder now to secure the Gold standard than in previous years as they want to keep it meaningful.

Diversity and Inclusion is integral to Langley Trust. We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

DISABILITY CONFIDENT

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.

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