Interim Executive Director of HR & OD

Anderson Quigley is delighted to be working with Sheffield Hallam University to appoint an Interim Executive Director of HR & OD.

This is a substantive interim management and leadership appointment, and we are looking for a tried and tested HR Director / Chief People Officer who can provide confident executive leadership across a substantial HR function within a large, complex and unionised organisation.

𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀:

• The appointment is for up to 6 months and we are ideally looking for someone to either start ASAP/immediately or by 1st October at the latest. A start later than October could potentially be accommodated but will not be first preference.
• The role is ideally full-time, although 0.8FTE will be considered for the right candidate.
• The executive team is close knit and collaborative, therefore an on-site presence of 2-3 days per week in Sheffield is highly preferred.
• We will look to agree a market competitive FTC salary (with pro-rated holidays, pension, etc) or day-rate (inside IR35) for the successful individual.

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲:

Reporting to the COO and working closely with the VC, CFO and wider Executive Board, the Interim Executive Director will lead an HR & OD Directorate of approximately 50 colleagues, working through a Deputy HR Director and senior functional leads and Heads. The portfolio encompasses organisational development and employee relations, reward and resourcing, payroll and pensions.

The successful interim will provide leadership to an established HR team, maintain momentum across the Directorate and contribute at Executive level as the University continues to deliver its organisational priorities and wider programme of change and transformation.

In summary, we are looking for an experienced interim HR leader who is comfortable operating strategically at Executive Board level whilst retaining the operational knowledge and judgement required to lead a large and complex people function.

𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮:

We are ideally looking for all the following.

• Substantial experience operating successfully as an HRD, CPO or equivalent senior HR leader within a large and complex organisation, ideally within the Higher Education sector or similarly regulated and aligned sectors i.e. Health, Government, wider Public Sectors.
• Significant experience of working constructively within unionised environments and navigating high level employee relations matters.
• A strong track record of providing HR leadership through periods of organisational change.

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀:

We will be shortlisting on or by 21st August, so please get in touch with Akhil Yerneni at akhil.yerneni@andersonquigley.com to discuss further.