Head of Talent and Culture

Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Head of Talent and Culture to join our team!

Location: Dover (hybrid)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £52,000

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

The Head of Talent and Culture role:

Part of the People and Culture team, the Head of Talent and Culture is a strategic and innovative role at Migrant Help. You will be responsible for the Talent plan for our ever-growing charity. As an inclusive and collaborative leader, you will ensure the delivery and implementation of Migrant Help s newly agreed 5-year strategy and support making us a Great place to Work. Through effective communication and partnership, you will collaborate directly with the Charity s SLT to identify and create a robust talent plan for the organisation. The role will also identify any specific OD approaches and content needed for delivery via the Leadership Academy.

If you have demonstrable knowledge and proven ability of strategic workforce planning with successful influencing skills to build relationships with others, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Head of Talent and Culture:

• Collaborate with P&C Director to create and deliver workforce and development planning, progress monitoring and proved regular reporting.
• Design, deliver and report against succession and talent management approaches and plans
• Collaborate with OD team and Senior managers to create and oversee delivery of OD plans
• Monitor and address any shortfalls in delivery of talent management programmes
• Lead on timely and engaging Talent and Development communications and oversee activities performed by the wider talent & culture team.
• Lead the learning and development programmes, such as the Leadership Academy, to enhance employee skills, career growth and leadership development.

The experience and skills you need to become our Head of Talent and Culture:

• Demonstrable experience of a senior generalist HR role in a comparable sized organisation.
• Experience of creating and managing successful organisational wide talent management and succession planning programmes
• Experience of collaborating with others to develop an OD plan in support of organisational requirements
• Successful track record of deploying coaching and facilitation skills to achieve organisational outcomes.
• Ability to motivate and engage a diverse range of stakeholders to deliver change in support of organisational and people strategies

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.)
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date: 12th March 2026?

If you are interested in becoming our new Head of Talent and Culture, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.
Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.