# People Director

**Company**: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
**Location**: City of Westminster, Greater London, England; Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England; Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, England; Cardiff, Wales, Wales; Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, Scotland
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Flexible
**Salary**: GBP 86,000 per year
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

The People Director role sits at the heart of Acas's ability to shape the organisation effectively and enable its workforce to deliver efficient and impactful services.

The role-holder will be central in enabling Acas to attract and retain the best talent and developing organisation capability in the rapidly changing world of work.

Key responsibilities:

- Set and lead the People and Workforce Strategy

- Act as a member of the Executive Board and Senior Leadership Team, influencing organisational strategy, governance, and major business decisions

- Build and maintain constructive relationships with Acas's recognised Trade Unions

- Develop and oversee the Acas workforce plan to address current and future capability and capacity needs

- Lead Acas to create an engaged, inclusive, and high-performing culture

- Champion and deliver high HR standards and expertise on workplace relations

- Represent the organisation in a range of external forums and report to the Acas Council on people strategy and employment relations

The ideal candidate will have:

- Relevant professional qualification or knowledge - Chartered Fellow/fully qualified member (Level 7) of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or equivalent professional qualification or HR knowledge

- Extensive experience of leading an HR/people function within an organisation of at least comparable size, scale, and complexity

- Visible, inspiring, and engaging leadership style

- Demonstrable experience of successfully leading the delivery of significant people-focused change programmes

- Outstanding interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills

Benefits include:

- Salary of £86,000 per year

- Contribution of £24,914 towards membership of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme

- Learning and Development opportunities

- Health and wellbeing initiatives

- Cycle to work scheme

- Interest-free season ticket loans

- Volunteering opportunities

- Access to a Lifestyle website for savings on various products

## Skills

### Required
- HR
- leadership
- strategic planning
- change management
- communication
- influencing

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