Anderson Knight is delighted to be partnering with a high-growth, market-leading healthcare organisation to appoint a Head of HR to a newly created, strategic leadership role.

Our client is a UK-wide organisation employing 500+ staff across multiple sites and is undergoing an exciting phase of growth and transformation. This role will play a critical part in shaping a high-performance, inclusive and future-ready culture.

Reporting into the executive leadership team, you will lead the People function, a team of 5, owning the full people agenda across a multi-site operation.

Key Responsibilities:

People Strategy & Change

* Lead and develop a high-performing People team

* Partner with senior leadership to align people strategy with business growth

* Lead organisational change and transformation initiatives

* Drive workforce planning and future talent strategy

* Champion Diversity, Equity & Inclusion across the organisation

Culture & Engagement

* Embed company values and lead cultural evolution

* Design and deliver engagement, wellbeing and inclusion initiatives

* Act as a visible culture ambassador across all sites

HR Operations & Governance

* Oversee all HR operations including onboarding, contracts, and HR systems

* Ensure continuous improvement of HR processes and employee experience

* Ensure compliance with employment law, H&S and regulatory standards

Reward & Benefits

* Design and manage competitive compensation and benefits frameworks

* Lead reward, recognition and performance initiatives

* Ensure market competitiveness and internal fairness

About You

You will be a senior, commercially minded People leader with experience operating at scale in a complex, multi-site environment.

You will demonstrate:

* CIPD qualification (or equivalent)

* Proven experience in a senior HR/People leadership role

* Strong experience leading organisational change and transformation

* Excellent knowledge of employment law and HR best practice

* Experience building scalable people strategies aligned to business goals

* Strong leadership presence, gravitas and stakeholder management skills

* Data-led, analytical approach to decision making

Why Apply?

* Opportunity to shape a people-first culture in a growing organisation

* True leadership role with influence at executive level

* Competitive salary and benefits package

* Chance to deliver business-critical, high-impact change