Head of Human Resources

Company: Robert Half
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Location: London
Job Description:

Robert Half is exclusively partnering with a high-growth, premium multi-site business to appoint a Head of HR.

Location: London

Hybrid: 3 days onsite

This is a pivotal leadership role for an organisation with ambitious expansion plans over the coming years. Reporting into the senior leadership team, the successful individual will lead the people agenda across a growing operational workforce, ensuring the business has the right people, structure, and capability to support its continued growth.

This role requires a commercially minded HR leader who understands that HR is not simply a support function but a key driver of business performance, workforce productivity, retention, and profitability.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Acting as the senior HR leader and trusted advisor to the executive team
  • Supporting business growth through strategic workforce planning and organisational design
  • Leading employee relations, employment law compliance, and people risk management
  • Building management capability through coaching and leadership support
  • Driving recruitment, retention, succession planning, and talent strategies
  • Developing scalable HR processes, policies, and people frameworks
  • Using workforce data and people analytics to support commercial decision-making
  • Ensuring the organisation maintains an efficient, productive, and engaged workforce while balancing service excellence and commercial outcomes

Ideal profile:

  • Senior HR leadership experience within a multi-site, operational environment
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to align people strategy to business performance
  • Deep expertise in UK employment law and employee relations
  • Experience supporting organisational growth, transformation, or site expansion
  • Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels
  • Strong stakeholder management and coaching capability
  • Pragmatic, hands-on, and able to influence leaders while maintaining high standards and accountability

Comps + Benefits

  • Market rate salary + competitive bonus

Posted: June 26th, 2026