People & Culture Lead

As People and Culture Lead, you will play a key role in supporting the Head of People in the development and implementation of our overall people and culture strategy. Your primary focus includes shaping and embedding a high-performance, inclusive, and values-driven culture across the organisation.

This role leads on employee experience, engagement, EDI, Employee Resource Groups, reward, wellbeing, people insights, and governance, ensuring a consistent and positive experience across both site-based and office teams.

Working closely with colleagues in Recruitment, HR Business Partnering, HR Information Systems, Learning & Development and Talent Management, the role ensures that people initiatives are aligned, data-informed, and support workforce planning, retention, and business performance.

People Strategy & Culture

• Support to deliver the People & Culture strategy aligned to business priorities.
• Define and embed company values and behaviours and support embedding of Farrans Leadership Model.
• Collaborate with the wider People and Engagement Team to ensure an integrated approach to employee development.
• Support workforce planning, talent management, and succession planning efforts across functions.
• Act as a cultural ambassador, championing initiatives that foster engagement, inclusion, wellbeing and retention.
• Establish and oversee Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Own and deliver employee engagement surveys and action planning.
• Align HR policies and working practices to embed a standardised approach.
• Lead quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives across People & Culture processes, identifying opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, compliance and the overall employee experience.
• Support organisational change efforts by providing training, communication, and resources to employees during periods of transition.
• Support the Head of People with data analysis and reporting on key HR metrics and KPIs.

Reward & Benefits

• Support the Head of People in managing the reward and benefits strategy within the business.
• Advise managers and employees on pay, benefits, and reward practices in line with company policy and legislative requirements.
• Support the communication and promotion of the organisation’s benefits offering, ensuring employees understand the value of their overall reward package.
• Support locally led recognition initiatives that encourage and celebrate employee contribution and reinforce organisational values.
• Coordinate annual salary review in collaboration with business leaders.
• Ensure fair and transparent reward and recognition practices.
• Support the preparation and governance of the organisation’s gender pay gap report.
• Support the governance and implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, ensuring appropriate processes, reporting and compliance.
• The responsibilities outlined above are not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time to reflect the evolving needs and priorities of the organisation.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and align with organisational goals
• Strong understanding of the following: Culture, engagement, and behaviour frameworks; Inclusion & Engagement practices; reward and benefits principles; workforce planning and people analytics
• Project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data to inform decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; or professional certifications.
• 5+years of experience in a generalist HR role with ownership of People & Culture initiatives and significant exposure to Reward & Benefits principles.
• Demonstrable experience driving culture change and engagement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of People & Culture best practices
• Passionate about people and culture
• High level of integrity and professionalism
• Resilient and adaptable in a changing environment
• Inclusive mindset with a commitment to equality and diversity
• Proactive and solutions-focused

Desirable

CIPD qualified or working towards it.

Experience within the construction, engineering, or related sectors.