Responsibilities will include:

Accountable for workforce availability, legal compliance, quality, performance, and cost.

Responsible for leadership coaching and top-team effectiveness.

Accountable for implementation of HR programmes within the sector and adherence to Group policies and process.

Accountable for HR solutions design and implementation in and for the sector.

Managing a team of resourcing and training managers effectively and in collaboration with the wider members of the HR function to ensure an effective overall HR service is delivered.

Driving culture change, change management initiatives, and high-profile ER/IR activities.

Managing the talent pipeline in conjunction with the business leadership.

Identifying the organisational capabilities required to execute the business strategy.

Analysing, driving, and monitoring organisation performance.

Providing effective input into sales and marketing activity from a generalist perspective, including tenders, re bids and presentations to support the growth of the business units.

Ensuring that TUPE transfers, contract mobilisations and change programmes are managed in an effective and compliant manner.

Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with trade union officials to avoid IR issues and support the implementation of business initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience required:

Graduate, ideally MCIPD qualified or equivalent

Extensive operational HR experience of which some has been gained as a strategic HR business partner working as part of a senior team.

You will have strong generalist HR knowledge/specialisms (e.g., Talent, Reward, ER and Resourcing) and experience with the capability to challenge and interpret policies and procedures and their implementation by management teams.

Excellent knowledge of Employment Law, including extensive experience of Trade Union negotiations and collaboration.

Experience of managing and leading change.

Highly commercial and analytical with the ability to demonstrate commercial acumen when offering advice to key stakeholders and colleagues.

Ability to business partner across different business units and actively manage competing stakeholder priorities.

Highly credible and influential at all levels.

Excellent knowledge of how to inspire performance in multi-site operations.

Experience of working positively with Trade Unions and conducting negotiations for pay and terms and conditions

Experience of working with Private Sector clients and TUPE staff with a clear understanding of terms and conditions

What will you get in return?

• An enhanced pension scheme (above auto enrolment rates) - to save for the future
• Life Assurance – to protect your family should the worst happen
• 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays on top
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Private Medical Insurance – to protect you
• Access to 100s of high street discounts
• Financial Wellbeing support - Access to low interest loans
• Recognition scheme ‘OCS Stars’- monetary rewards given to top performers
• Training and Development- apprenticeships, e-learning, English as a Second Language and our award nominated ‘Impact’ Programme
• Long Service Awards
• Cycle to work scheme- discounted bicycles
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme- 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support

Why join OCS Group UK Ltd?

OCS prides itself as a company with strong family values and we are passionate about hiring people who demonstrate the same.

We take CARE of you; We act SAFELY and responsibly; We are TRUSTWORTHY; We work as EXPERTS. If you share these Values, we want you to be part of our team.

OCS have a well-respected brand and our colleagues are empowered to be the best version of themselves. We offer job stability and are committed to developing our colleagues by offering more than just a job. We are a financially stable business who continues to be privately owned since its inception in 1900.

We reward those who demonstrate our values and since the launch of our OCS Star recognition scheme we have rewarded nearly 1,500 colleagues with monetary vouchers, certificates, and public recognition within the business.

We invest and support the growth of our people and are currently sponsoring over 310 colleagues who are enrolled in a variety of apprenticeship programmes, ranging from Level 3 qualifications in customer service to degree programmes in Leadership. If you want to develop you career, OCS is a great choice.

OCS offers the family feel of smaller organisations although large enough to offer so many opportunities. We recognise your efforts and contribution and show our appreciation through a variety of reward schemes which in turn results in our colleagues staying with OCS.  Our business is the family you can choose, and our people stay for the friendships, opportunities, and career fulfilment we offer