Human Resources Director
Posted 1 day ago by CBSbutler
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of HR Director at a large IT Consultancy in the West Midlands involves leading a critical people agenda within a major UK government-facing environment. This 6-month hybrid contract requires a strategic partner to senior stakeholders, focusing on workforce planning, employee engagement, and organizational change. The position demands experience in managing large-scale populations and navigating complex environments, particularly in IT consulting. Candidates should be based within commuting distance of the West Midlands.
Key Responsibilities:
- Future Workforce Planning
- Talent & Succession
- Improving employee experience, morale, and engagement across a hybrid workforce
- Partnering on key client engagements, bids, transitions, and restructures
- Ensuring workforce strategy supports delivery stability and business outcomes
- Coaching senior leaders through complex change and transformation
- Navigating complex ER environments, including union and industrial considerations
- Supporting business change
- Embedding DEI across all people processes and leadership practices
Key Skills:
- Proven HR / People Director or Senior HRBP experience
- Strong leadership credentials
- Experience managing large-scale populations (2,000+ employees)
- Background in complex, matrixed organisations, ideally within IT Consulting
- Comfortable working with senior leaders in commercially driven environments
- Experience in transformation, workforce planning, and organisational change
- Strong ER and stakeholder management experience
- Exposure to public sector or regulated environments is beneficial
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are representing a large IT Consultancy based in the West Midlands who is looking to hire an HR Director to support a major UK government-facing environment. This is a 6-month hybrid working (3 days onsite) contract role offering the opportunity to shape and lead a critical people agenda at scale. You should be based within commuting distance of the West Midlands.
About the role: This role plays a pivotal part in shaping workforce strategy, organisational capability, and leadership effectiveness. You will act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, driving the people agenda across a complex, high-scale environment.
Role responsibilities include:
- Future Workforce Planning
- Talent & Succession
- Improving employee experience, morale, and engagement across a hybrid workforce
- Partnering on key client engagements, bids, transitions, and restructures
- Ensuring workforce strategy supports delivery stability and business outcomes
- Coaching senior leaders through complex change and transformation
- Navigating complex ER environments, including union and industrial considerations
- Supporting business change
- Embedding DEI across all people processes and leadership practices
About you: You will be a proven HR / People Director or Senior HRBP with strong leadership credentials with experience managing large-scale populations (2,000+ employees) You will have a strong background in complex, matrixed organisations ideally within an IT Consulting firm. You will be comfortable working with senior leaders and operating in commercially driven environments Experience in transformation, workforce planning, and organisational change Strong ER and stakeholder management experience Exposure to public sector or regulated environments is beneficial We will also consider highly experienced Senior HRBPs with strong leadership credentials and relevant scale exposure, particularly those based in or near the West Midlands.