Head of People / Head of HR - (Law firm)

Job Title: Head of People / Head of HR

Location: Central London with many accessible transport / tube links

Working Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days of your choice in the office each week

Salary: Highly competitive base salary plus standout benefits for the legal market

Requirement: Current legal experience is required for this position

About the company: They are a renowned leading London law firm with a focus on wellbeing, inclusion and diversity. A firm that is focused on helping all their people in all roles achieve their full potential by providing training, coaching and internal mentors. A firm that recognises the importance of the health and wellbeing of all their people and that it can play a part in promoting an environment which allows everyone to flourish and reach their full potential.

Role Overview: An incredible opportunity to join a close-knit, friendly and supportive team of HR and recruitment professionals. Managed by the Director of People and Culture, the team currently consists of: Head of People, Head of Recruitment, Senior Culture and Inclusion Manager, two People Managers, People Advisor, Recruitment Advisor, Early Careers Advisor and two HR Administrators and Payroll Administrator.

The Head of People will lead and manage the HR team, ensuring high performance and promoting strong engagement with the function across the firm.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide professional leadership, support and development to human resources, talent acquisition, learning & development and payroll staff, in order to increase their knowledge, share best commercial practice, and ensure that relevant professional standards
• Create and nurture a supportive culture of well-being – this involves adopting an employee-centric well-being strategy which helps retain and develop the firm’s most talented people.
• Work with the Director of People and Culture and the Senior Manager for Inclusion & Diversity to support the implementation of the firm’s approach to equality, diversity, inclusion and participation.
• Lead on existing and new training programmes across the practice and business teams and to push the boundaries of e-learning and alternative delivery methods to create leading edge training content for everyone in the firm. As well as leading the Partner Development Programme (PDP).
• Lead the PDP and manage all the key processes of this programme and provide coaching support to those on it, either by coaching them yourself or using external suppliers. Work with a range of external providers to run training for those on PDP over the 2-3 year period.
• Lead on all promotion processes for employees below partner level, including senior associates.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• CIPD qualified
• Extensive law firm experience
• Experience managing a HR/Recruitment team of 4+ people
• Generalist HR experience at a senior level for at least 5 years
• A passion for mentoring and developing a HR team

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Dress for your day policy
• Flexible holiday scheme – buy extra annual leave
• Staff introduction bonus
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Social and sports events

Application Process: For further information and to apply, please submit your resume. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Ryder Reid Legal is a recruitment specialist, for almost thirty years we've been connecting legal talent with many of the leading law firms in London and internationally. Follow our LinkedIn page for our latest vacancies. https://uk.linkedin.com/company/ryder-reid-legal.