Director of HR

HM Land Registry; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 125,000; Full time

Job description

HM Land Registry

Director of HR

Salary: Up to £125,000

Location: National - One of the 14 HMLR Locations

Closing Date: 23:55 on Wednesday 16th April 2025

HM Land Registry (HMLR) has a foundational role in the UK economy and a proud history spanning more than 160 years. We register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales, providing expert services to all who rely on property transactions - homebuyers, developers, businesses, lenders, and policymakers alike. Our mission is clear: to improve accessibility, transparency and efficiency for our customers, guaranteeing property rights and enabling the housing market to function effectively. We are a non-ministerial department of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and we have exciting plans for the future which include creating a fully digital, geospatial land register.

As our new Director of HR, you will be at the forefront of creating the Land Registry of the future, ensuring that we have the right people, develop all colleagues in their roles, and create an environment in which they can thrive. This role combines a core strategic focus on delivering an evolving organisation-wide People Strategy, centred on capacity, capability and culture across our complex multi-site business, with the day-to-day operational leadership of a range of HR disciplines. You will lead our team of c. 100 HR professionals, developing them in their strategic and delivery capabilities, and you will oversee a budget of c. £10m in support of our c. £330m business.

Job description

As part of the executive team, you will provide strategic HR advice and support to the Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar, HM Land Registry (HMLR) Board and other senior managers, within the context of the Business Strategy. Through collaboration with senior stakeholders, you will deliver an evolving organisation-wide People Strategy and people change programmes to drive up the overall capacity and capability of HMLR’s workforce. By using and building existing diverse talent and attracting a range of talent to the organisation, you will develop the people resources and skills needed to enable the organisation to operate effectively.

You will enable a professional people management capability across the organisation and foster a culture of staff engagement through partnership working and engaging HMLR people by sponsoring a positive employee relations environment with the departmental trade unions. You will deal with and give advice on the most complex or sensitive personnel cases, providing counsel to senior staff. You will utilise your strong influencing and partnering skills to manage senior stakeholder relationships and confidently challenge at executive level.

Person specification

You will bring a track record of leading a HR function within an organisation of a significant size and complexity, with a proven ability to develop strategic leadership and HR operational leadership in others. You will offer demonstrable experience of delivering an organisation-wide People Strategy in collaboration with senior stakeholders, within a multi-site organisation; and you will bring wider experience of designing and delivering people-focused change programmes to improve organisational culture and performance. You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and experience, coupled with the ability to make an impact at the highest level across the organisation and wider professional community.

You will have experience of partnership-based employee relations, and an ability to develop and deliver a professional expert HR services that are aligned with and contribute directly to the achievement of business goals. You will also utilise your expertise in applying coaching skills to support both HR professionals and wider management teams, particularly in the context of leadership development at all levels.

Skills and Qualifications Required:

Chartered member status within the CIPD (Chartered MCIPD).

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £125,000, HM Land Registry contributes £36,212 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

1. UK nationals
2. nationals of the Republic of Ireland
3. nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
4. nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
5. nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
6. individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
7. Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

How to Apply

To find out more about this role, please click on Apply. For a confidential conversation contact [e-mail]

Closing Date: 23:55 on Wednesday 16th April 2025