Interim Head of HR

The Diocese of London is the group of Church of England organisations that comprises parishes, schools, chaplaincies, missional communities and other organisations, which are united by their common Christian faith. The Diocese is overseen by the Bishop of London, assisted by Area Bishops, Archdeacons and senior staff, and administrated by the staff of the London Diocesan Fund and its cathedral is the famous St Paul's.

The development of a high-performing and pro-active HR team is essential in the delivery of our ambitious 2030 vision and our commitment to do all that we can to support mission and ministry in the Diocese of London. We are now seeking an Interim Head of HR to provide leadership to the HR team to ensure the delivery of a trusted and high performing HR service to the London Diocesan Fund (c140 employees) and wider Diocese which includes partnering support and advice to Bishops and Archdeacons.

As leader of our HR team, you will ensure the provision of high quality HR services across the whole employee lifecycle whilst also delivering trusted HR partnering and advice to senior leaders and managers. Some key priorities will include delivering a recruitment programme including engagement with recruiting managers, to ensure that we are swiftly able to source, attract and recruit good calibre staff, improvement of our HR systems and operations to ensure they work well and implementation of a new HR information system to maximise our people data and provide management insight and inform ongoing practice improvements.

We have a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and this role will be key in ensuring we continue to embed our EDI principles across every aspect of recruitment, development of our people and our ways of working.

If you would like to find out more regarding this role and receive the job information, please contact us ASAP.