Acting Head of People (6 month contract)

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● Own employee relations, personally, taking immediate control of any ER matters that arise, including performance management, extended absence and return-to-work, grievances, investigations, and exits.
• ● Hold the function, taking ownership of the existing P&C operating rhythm, OKRs and FY plan, and keeping them on track.
• ● Be the trusted partner, partnering with the CEO and Leadership Team on the people implications of business decisions, including hiring trade-offs, organisation design, performance, and retention of critical talent, and giving direct advice quickly.
• ● Lead, coach and support the P&C team, making sure they're set up for success during your time here and after you leave.
• ● Drive the hiring plan, working alongside the Talent Acquisition Manager to deliver the FY headcount plan, owning the plan, unblocking it, and staying close enough to the numbers to know when it's slipping.
• ● Implement the new bonus structure, landing it cleanly and on time.
• ● Run the people cycles, delivering performance, compensation review and engagement cycles on time and with integrity.
• ● Keep the company compliant, maintaining employment obligations across the jurisdictions it operates in, in a regulated environment where getting this right is non-negotiable.
• ● Document and train, ensuring playbooks, processes and key decisions are captured, and embedding best practice into internal tooling so it outlives the engagement.
• ● Set the guardrails on AI, governing how AI is used with employee data and in decisions that affect individuals, using AI to lift the throughput of the P&C team, and supporting leaders as AI changes the shape of roles across the business.
• ● Plan and execute a structured transition at the end of the engagement.
• ● Be an advocate for FrankieOne, its product, people and values.