Head of Strategic Resourcing and People Operations in Edinburgh, Scotland

We are looking for an exceptional HR professional to lead one of our most critical functions: attracting, mobilising and retaining brilliant talent so our organisation can thrive, now and in the future. This is a senior, influential role at the heart of our People function. You will ensure we have the right skills, in the right place, at the right time, while driving innovation, simplicity and excellence across the whole employee lifecycle.

Alongside setting and delivering our strategic resourcing agenda, you will design and implement a modern HR Hub, a central, intuitive service that streamlines, automates and elevates the end-to-end employee journey, from joiner to leaver.

What you will do:

• Lead and evolve our strategic resourcing function, aligning workforce capability with organisational priorities.
• Shape and deliver our People Plan, influencing business strategy at the highest levels.
• Design, build and embed an HR Hub that simplifies and automates people processes across the employee lifecycle.
• Champion data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Build a high-performing team and foster a culture of excellence, curiosity and collaboration.
• Be a visible, trusted leader across the organisation.

Why choose Companies House?

At Companies House, we take a proactive approach to wellbeing by promoting a welcoming culture, healthy work-life balance and supporting colleagues to be their best in work because we know people are the key to our success.

Your main areas of focus will change depending on the needs and priorities of your Directorate.

Role Purpose

To lead Strategic Resourcing, ensuring the organisation is sustainably resourced with the right skills, in the right roles, at the right time. The role spans the full joiner-to-leaver lifecycle and enables the delivery of organisational priorities through strategic planning, deployment of skills and supported by modern people operations processes.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for resourcing, workforce planning and people operations, ensuring plans are evidence-based, future-focused and aligned to organisational priorities.
• Work closely with senior leaders to understand current and future workforce and skills requirements.
• Lead enterprise-level workforce, resourcing and skills discussions.
• Establish and embed strategic approaches to the deployment and redeployment of skills.
• Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of an HR Hub covering the end-to-end employee life journey.
• Drive the development and ongoing refinement of the employer offer.
• Use workforce insight, skills data and labour market intelligence to inform strategic workforce planning.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Lead and develop the Strategic Resourcing team, fostering a professional, inclusive and high-performing culture.
• Provide clear direction, coaching and support to enable the team to work effectively.
• Oversee performance management and capability development across the team.
• Work collaboratively across HR and the wider organisation.

Operational Excellence

• Provide oversight of end-to-end resourcing and people operations.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes, systems and governance.
• Promote the effective use of people data, performance metrics and insight.
• Ensure a consistent, fair and positive experience for candidates and colleagues.
• Lead delivery of skills and capability initiatives aligned to workforce plans.

Stakeholder Management and Influence

• Build strong, effective working relationships with senior leaders and hiring managers.
• Act as a trusted advisor on resourcing and workforce planning matters.
• Work in partnership with HR Business Partners and specialist teams.

Person specification

• Demonstrable experience of designing, building and embedding resourcing or people operations functions.
• Proven ability to design and implement automated and digitised HR processes.
• Deep understanding of current recruitment trends, technologies and best practice.
• Exceptional leadership, coaching and people management skills.
• Highly analytical and data-driven.
• Outstanding communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and delivering strategic resourcing and workforce plans.

Qualifications

A CIPD Level 7 qualification and/or Chartered Member (MCIPD) or Chartered Fellow (FCIPD) status is required.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation.

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you.

To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers. We are proud to be a disability confident leader.

Where will you be working?

You will be based at either our Cardiff or Edinburgh office where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis. We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work.

Key dates

Closing date - 28th June 2026, at 23:55. Sifting - 29th June 2026 onwards. Main panel interviews - 13th and 14th July 2026.