The Role
Leads the global People and Culture function, advising senior leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, change, and organisational development. Provides functional leadership across the People team and supports international growth in a complex, matrixed environment. Also contributes to the organisation’s equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonisation strategy, while ensuring measurable progress and alignment with organisational values.
Summary Generated by Built In
If you are a strategic HR leader who thrives in complex international environments, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for an exceptional Head of People & Culture to partner with senior leaders, lead a global People & Culture function, and help build an organisation capable of delivering lasting environmental impact. This is a unique opportunity to influence strategy, culture and organisational effectiveness at a critical leadership level.
If this opportunity excites you, we would encourage you to submit your application early and don't wait until the deadline. While the vacancy will remain open, we will begin reviewing candidates throughout the advertising period.
Important dates to note:
If this opportunity excites you, we would encourage you to submit your application early and don't wait until the deadline. While the vacancy will remain open, we will begin reviewing candidates throughout the advertising period.
Important dates to note:
- Deadline to submit an initial application: 21st of September
- If your profile passes initial screening, you will be asked to submit additional information in the form of three additional questions.
- The deadline to submit your answers is the 24th of September
- If we do not receive a response to these questions by the deadline we will assume you are no longer interested in the role.
- Interviews will take place from the week beginning 28 September 2026
Please also review the "Our Hiring Process" section at the bottom of this advert to learn more about the stages involved for this specific role.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted adviser to the Global Leadership Team and, with the People Business Partners, other senior leaders, providing expert guidance on People-related organisational design implications, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and change.
- Provide functional leadership and coordination across the People team, ensuring high standards, alignment and delivery while retaining clear accountability for the overall effectiveness and performance of the global People function
- Lead any People-related organisational development initiatives to support growth, international expansion, and evolving organisational models
- Contribute to the development and leadership of ClientEarth’s EDI and Decolonisation strategy, ensuring alignment with global best practice and organisational values and measurable progress in systems, decision-making, and leadership practice
See the job description for a full list of duties for this role.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- MCIPD-qualified HR professional, or equivalent senior-level experience in HR, organisational development, employee relations, or employment law (essential)
- Extensive experience leading or shaping a global People / HR function in a complex organisation and operating as a trusted adviser to senior leaders
- Experience working and negotiating with trade unions and other employee representative bodies
- Experience leading People-related organisational change projects in multi-country and matrixed organisations
See the job description for a full list of requirements for this role.
Job Benefits
Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based. See our benefits page for more: Benefits | ClientEarth Careers as well as our flexible working FAQ.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. See our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at ClientEarth | ClientEarth journey page for more.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in Belgium or the UK.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in Belgium or the UK.
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.
About
We are a non-profit using the power of the law to bring about end-to-end systemic change: informing, implementing and enforcing the law, drafting and advising decision-makers on policy, building legal expertise, and ensuring citizens’ access to the laws that defend them.We take governments to court – and win. We force polluting industries to shut down. We protect irreplaceable forests and vulnerable species. We empower people and NGOs with the legal rights to bring forward environmental battles of their own. Using the law means that we create real, long-lasting and embedded change.We’re working to secure a lasting civilisation in which people and nature thrive together. We work in partnership across borders, systems and sectors, ingeniously using the law to protect life on Earth.
Skills Required
- MCIPD-qualified HR professional or equivalent senior-level experience in HR, organisational development, employee relations, or employment law
- Extensive experience leading or shaping a global People or HR function in a complex organisation
- Experience acting as a trusted adviser to senior leaders
- Experience working and negotiating with trade unions and employee representative bodies
- Experience leading People-related organisational change projects in multi-country and matrixed organisations
- Pre-existing legal right to work in Belgium or the UK
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The Company
What We Do
ClientEarth is an environmental charity and organisation of activist lawyers dedicated to protecting life on Earth. They use the power of the law to create systemic change, addressing pressing environmental challenges by informing, implementing, and enforcing the law.
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