Head of People £43,000 - £53,000 per annum London Application Deadline - 28th April Our client is the governing body for higher education sport in the United Kingdom, they are responsible for organising 54 inter-university sports in the United Kingdom. They are now looking for a new Head of People who will be responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction for the human resources and safeguarding. As a result, the Head of People will ensure that our client is compliant with Health and Safety regulations to protect our staff and ensure this is echoed in their approach to safeguarding participants as defined in their safeguarding policy. To achieve this, the Head of People must ensure the effective management and optimisation of human resources services, development and maintaining a motivated and valued workforce whilst acting as a role model for organisational culture and values. Provision of a comprehensive, structured and holistic professional development programme is central to this. This requires the Head of People to work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and members of the Remuneration and Staffing Committee, and to directly support the Management Team and wider team leaders. Working closely with members of the governance and compliance team responsible for ensuring statutory and industry standard compliance, the Head of People will chair the Safeguarding Strategy Group. The purpose of this group is to embed safeguarding practice into the operations,