Salary: £ 126,100
Closing date: Thursday 17th July
Contract type: Permanent
Interview dates: W/C 28th July and 4th August
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.
We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won’t be solved by science alone.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of HR to join the People Leadership team to play an active role in helping develop and implement the plans enabling Wellcome become the best place to work, in support of the delivery of the mission.
Reporting into the Chief People Officer the Head of HR will partner closely with the Executive Committee to influence, develop and drive HR strategies aligned to the functions and across the organisation to enhance organisational performance, employee engagement and talent management.
The Head of HR will be a trusted adviser to Wellcome’s Senior Leaders, providing expert HR guidance, coaching and support, using insight to improve people and organisational outcomes.
You can view the full job description on our website
To apply for this role please submit an up-to-date CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role. The minimum requirements of the role are:
Significant HR partnering experience at Executive/Senior Leadership Team level.
Expertise in developing and delivering People Strategies for client groups aligned to an organisational wide People strategy.
Broad and comprehensive experience across all HR disciplines (Reward, ER, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Organisational Change).
Extensive experience working effectively with People Centres of Excellence to deliver and embed key strategic people projects into the organisation.
Strong coaching and influencing and relationship management skills and experience.
Strong intellect and business acumen, as a full member of the leadership teams, they will need to be able to contribute to the full organisation agenda
You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website
Our Hybrid Way of Working
We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.
At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility or contact us at jobs@wellcome.org.
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