Strategic Lead - HR/Organisational Design
Posted 4 days ago by Venn Group
£550 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Strategic Lead - HR/Organisational Design involves leading the organisational effectiveness agenda for a large authority, focusing on transformation, development, and workforce planning strategies. The position operates at a Director level, providing strategic direction and leadership across workforce and organisational change. Additionally, the HR Strategic Lead is responsible for embedding people strategy into organisational delivery and aligning people priorities with service outcomes. This is an interim position with a 6-month initial contract.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the organisational effectiveness agenda, focusing on transformation, development, design, change, talent acquisition, and workforce planning strategies.
- Ensure the authority has the necessary corporate design, structures, leadership, skills, and inclusive culture for long-term priorities.
- Provide strategic direction and visible leadership across workforce and organisational change agendas at Director level.
- Shape the business partnering model to enable confident and inclusive leadership across all directorates.
- Act as the primary conduit between Executive leadership and the People & Culture function.
- Align people priorities with service outcomes, transformation goals, and organisational values.
Key Skills:
- Experience in organisational design, change management, and transformation.
- Strong leadership and strategic direction capabilities.
- Expertise in HR business partnering and embedding people strategy.
- Ability to align people priorities with organisational goals.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience operating at a senior level within an organisation.
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: West Midlands
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: HR
We are currently recruiting for two exciting interim opportunities on behalf of a large authority, both roles will be for 6 month initial contracts paying £550p/d upwards (Inside IR35). Please see further information below:
Strategic Lead - Organisational Design, Change & Transformation
Responsible for Organisational Effectiveness agenda – specifically leading functions such as organisation transformation, development, design, change, talent acquisition, leadership and capability development, professions and workforce planning strategies. The postholder ensures the authority has the corporate design, structures, leadership, skills, and inclusive culture needed to deliver long-term priorities. Operating at Director level, the role provides strategic direction, corporate responsibility, and visible leadership across workforce and organisational change agendas.
HR Strategic Lead
The Head of People Business Partnering is the strategic lead for embedding people strategy into organisational delivery. As the most senior HRBP role, this postholder shapes the business partnering model, enabling confident, inclusive, and future-focused leadership across all directorates. The role acts as the primary conduit between Executive leadership and the People & Culture function, ensuring people priorities are aligned with service outcomes, transformation goals, and organisational values.
If either of these roles are of interest to you or you would like more information, please apply and we will be in touch!