Consultant name: Sammi Fairbrother

Job reference: JO-2302-255374-2

Date posted: 19/05/2023

The Head of People is the People Partner to the President of our client’s business, working with them and their leadership teams to deliver comprehensive support whilst creating and leading projects and strategic transformation initiatives that produces maximum value and output from employees so that the business delivers what is required of them to achieve its overall targets and business plans.

The Head of People will be the coach, challenger, partner and trusted advisor to the President and Leadership Team. The incumbent will be an innovative thinker, focused on creating and delivering a People strategy that adds measurable value in key areas such as talent and development, learning and development, employee engagement, employer brand and People practices and policies, all of which focus on delivering exceptional customer outcomes. In addition, the incumbent will lead the People stream in important areas including M&A integrations, new wins and transitions, restructure programs, cultural and organizational development programs. Effective delivery in the Head of People role requires the incumbent to interface with local/regional leaders and the local/central People Function.

The Head of People/Senior People Director will work with the leadership team to embed a culture based on our clients’ values which underpins high-performance, fairness, teamwork, growth and people development to achieve our vision and targets. The incumbent is a leader who understands the demands of driving a talent led business and therefore brings industry leading thinking across all areas of the People discipline to advance the People agenda and ultimately positions our client as a market-leading employer which provides a unique ‘edge’ when we are bidding for and retaining customers.

To be successful the Head of People will be a visible and vocal leader, not afraid to be innovative or disruptive to achieve the best outcomes. At all times the Head of People will act with the highest amounts of integrity and professional standards.
Sammi Fairbrother