Interim Head of HR
Skills
Analytical SkillsContextData AnalyticsData VisualizationEuropean Employment LawHR ConsultingLeadership
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading an HR team across multiple sites or geographies
- Strong hands-on operational HR experience alongside team leadership capability
- Strong UK and European employment law knowledge
- Deep understanding of HR best practice and the ability to set standards others follow
- Project sponsorship and management skills
- Solid data analysis skills
- International and cultural awareness and appreciation
- High emotional intelligence with the ability to lead influence and build trust
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence operating with senior and c-suite stakeholders
- Ability to communicate complex processes simply
- Highly motivated and self-assured with a proactive approach
- Ability to navigate complexity and fast-paced environments
- Capability to make judgement calls without full information
- CIPD Level 7 or European equivalent or studying towards this
- Working level knowledge of French or German an advantage
Nice to have
- Emotional intelligence
- International awareness
- Self-assured
- Proactive
- Resilient
- Culturally aware
Day to day
- Lead HR operations across Group functions and one separate business entity with direct day-to-day ownership from the first day
- Support managers with live employee relations issues and provide confident guidance across multiple countries
- Set consistent HR standards and coordinate regional teams to deliver Group-wide processes, reporting and projects
- Partner closely with the CEO and CFO on salary and bonus cycles, HR strategy, dashboards and communications