Head of People
Head of People (Board Advisor)
Location: London or Suffolk (Hybrid - 2-3 days in office, plus regular site visits across Suffolk)Salary: £90,000 - £110,000 + up to 40% bonus + £9,000 car allowance + private medical
Sector: Renewable Energy
Type: Full-time, Permanent
The Opportunity
A newly created Head of People role within a growing, investor-backed renewable energy business of c.300 employees. This organisation has expanded rapidly through acquisitions and is entering its next phase of transformation and growth.
Sitting as a trusted Board advisor, you'll play a central role in shaping the people strategy, driving organisational change, and building a scalable, high-performing People function aligned to ambitious growth plans.
The Role
This is a strategic, hands-on leadership position with oversight of a small team (HR Manager and 2 HR Administrators) and responsibility across a multi-site, multi-entity environment.
Key focus areas include:
- Leading the People strategy to support ongoing transformation, integration, and growth
- Acting as a Board-level advisor on organisational design, workforce planning, and culture
- Driving change management and organisational restructuring following acquisitions
- Creating a unified culture, communication strategy, and consistent policies across the business
- Developing internal and external communications to enhance engagement and employer brand
- Improving employee engagement, experience, and retention across a diverse workforce
- Reviewing and optimising HR systems, processes, and policies to enable scalability
- Delivering a new employee hub, ensuring successful implementation and adoption
- Designing and embedding a standardised recruitment process to improve quality, consistency, and candidate experience
- Leading on attraction, recruitment, and retention strategy
- Overhauling reward and benefits frameworks, including pay, bonus, and harmonisation across entities
The Person
You'll be a commercially minded People leader who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments.
We're looking for:
- Proven experience in a Head of People / HR Director role within a multi-site, multi-entity organisation
- Strong background in change, transformation, and organisational design
- Experience in M&A, scale-up, or private equity-backed environments
- Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on
- Track record of improving engagement, culture, and employer brand
- Experience building scalable HR functions, systems, and processes
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence at Board level
- Comfortable working across a diverse workforce (blue- and white-collar)
- Willingness to regularly visit sites, including agricultural locations
Advantageous:
- CIPD qualification
- Experience within energy, infrastructure, or similarly operational sectors
- £90,000 - £110,000 base salary
- Performance-related bonus (0-40%)
- £9,000 car allowance
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Private medical insurance
- Hybrid working (office, home, and site-based)
- Significant opportunity for career progression as the business continues to grow through investment and acquisitions
- Stage 1: Video interview
- Stage 2: Face-to-face interview
We are open to candidates with notice periods and are committed to finding the right long-term fit.