Interim Head of HR Integration (M&A) - Day Rate Outside IR35
Posted 4 days ago by Middlemore
£600 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Crawley, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Head of HR Integration role focuses on leading the integration process during a mid-large size acquisition, ensuring alignment and optimization of the newly acquired businesses from a people and culture perspective. The position requires collaboration with senior leaders and a multidisciplinary team to facilitate seamless integration and long-term success. The role is outside IR35 and involves a mix of on-site and remote work. The ideal candidate will have extensive M&A experience and strong expertise in UK employment law.
Key Responsibilities:
- Acting as the HR lead on acquisitions, managing all people and employment-related matters throughout the integration lifecycle
- Supporting organisational design, identifying synergies, and delivering restructuring and redundancy programmes where required
- Providing expert guidance on TUPE, employment law, and employee relations
- Partnering with senior operational leaders to navigate complex people challenges during integration
- Leading cultural integration to ensure alignment and engagement
- Supporting and coaching leaders to manage change effectively and maintain positive employee experience
- Playing a hands-on role in delivering integration plans and embedding sustainable people frameworks
Key Skills:
- Proven experience leading HR workstreams in M&A or acquisition integration environments
- Strong UK employment law expertise, particularly TUPE, restructuring, and employee relations
- The ability to operate strategically whilst remaining hands-on
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience supporting senior leaders through change
- Excellent project management capability
- Confidence working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: Crawley
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: HR
Interim Head of HR Integration - OUTSIDE IR35
Location: Nr. Crawley (2 days per week on site, 3 days from home)
Type: Day Rate Contract - 5 days per week
Scope: OUTSIDE IR35
Rate: IRO £600 per day
We are seeking an available, M&A experienced HR professional for this contract position to support our client through a mid-large size acquisition process. This role will lead on the integration process ensuring the successful transition, alignment, and optimisation of the newly acquired businesses from a people, culture, and organisational perspective. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary integration team, partnering closely with senior leaders to deliver seamless integration and create the foundations for long-term success.
The Role
You will lead and support all people-related aspects of acquisitions, from initial transfer through to full integration and harmonisation.
- Acting as the HR lead on acquisitions, managing all people and employment-related matters throughout the integration lifecycle
- Supporting organisational design, identifying synergies, and delivering restructuring and redundancy programmes where required
- Providing expert guidance on TUPE, employment law, and employee relations
- Partnering with senior operational leaders to navigate complex people challenges during integration
- Leading cultural integration to ensure alignment and engagement
- Supporting and coaching leaders to manage change effectively and maintain positive employee experience
- Playing a hands-on role in delivering integration plans and embedding sustainable people frameworks
About You
You will be an experienced HR leader with deep expertise in acquisition and integration environments. You will bring:
- Proven experience leading HR workstreams in M&A or acquisition integration environments
- Strong UK employment law expertise, particularly TUPE, restructuring, and employee relations
- The ability to operate strategically whilst remaining hands-on
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience supporting senior leaders through change
- Excellent project management capability
- Confidence working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Please ensure you have clearly detailed your M&A experience as part of your application.