Deputy Director of Human Resources

Package: Management and Specialist grade 8 from £59,138 - £66,537 per annum. Subject to annual pay award. 

Job description

Pattern of work: Hybrid   

We’re looking for a talented professional to join the HR team at Loughborough University and play a key role in shaping our People and Culture strategy! 

Our HR Team is on exciting journey of transformation following a period of growth and investment. 

As a Deputy Director of HR and part of the HR Executive Senior Team, you will manage several portfolio areas covering the whole employee lifecycle, including HR Services, Pay and Reward, and HR Data and Systems. 

You will be responsible for key programmes of work including: 

• Our Total Reward Strategy
• Transforming HR processes and policies
• Our People Systems Programme Management Board.

Additionally, you will work in close partnership with the Director of Human Resources (HR), Deputy Director of HR and Director of Organisational Development and Change to enable the strategic delivery of our People and Culture work, as we seek to develop a best in sector employment proposition at Loughborough University. 

Why apply? 

If you are a HR professional who enjoys being empowered, with strong technical, collaborative skills and a desire to deliver transformational change this could be a role for you. 

If this sounds like the right place and role, please do get in touch. We’d love to have a conversation. 

For more information, please refer to our candidate pack.

For an informal discussion please contact Alison Brumwell, PA to Director of HR, Matt Hammonds on a.brumwell1@lboro.ac.uk. 

Our Benefits:  

Loughborough University offers a comprehensive benefits package. Here are just some of the key benefits: 

• Generous Holiday Allowance – including 14 university closure days and bank holidays and the option to purchase more. 
• Financial wellbeing with competitive pay, two great pension schemes, and opportunities to make savings every day. 
• Supporting you and your family – with an on-site nursery, flexible and hybrid working options and healthcare offers including eyesight testing and wellbeing support. 
• Your health and wellbeing - discounted gym memberships, access to incredible sporting facilities including physiotherapy that you’d expect from the world’s No 1 sporting university. 
• We would be willing to consider a market supplement for an exceptional candidate.

We continuously review our staff benefits and advantages and you’ll find our complete package on our webpage. 

Closing Date: Monday 31st March 2025

Interview and Assessment Date: To be confirmed