Location: Hybrid with flexible base location
London: £103,847 to £129,808 per annum plus £5k car allowance
National: £91,696 - £114,620 per annum plus £5k car allowance
Hours: 36 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
It's an exciting time to join Clarion Housing Group as we deliver our new People Strategy and continue our ambition to become a sector-leading, learning-led organisation.
We're looking for an exceptional Head of Strategic People Partnering to lead how we connect our people priorities with organisational performance, helping ensure we have the workforce, capability and leadership needed to deliver our ambitions.
Reporting to the Director of People, you'll lead our Strategic People Partnering, Reward and Workforce Planning functions, acting as the primary interface between the People team and the wider business. You'll work closely with senior leaders to shape people strategy, drive organisational performance and ensure our people plans are aligned to current priorities and future workforce needs.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading Strategic People Partnering, Reward and Workforce Planning to deliver integrated people solutions that support organisational performance.
- Acting as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, providing insight, challenge and guidance on workforce plans, organisational design, performance and change.
- Driving a robust workforce planning approach that identifies future capability needs, risks and opportunities.
- Shaping reward and recognition frameworks that support performance, fairness and market competitiveness.
- Leading complex organisational change programmes, including restructures, consultations and transformation activity.
About you
You'll bring significant experience of leading strategic people functions within a complex organisation, together with a strong track record of delivering organisational change, workforce planning and business-focused people strategies.
You'll be comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and translating business priorities into practical people solutions. You'll also have experience across areas such as organisational design, workforce planning, reward, performance improvement and organisational transformation.
If you're a CIPD Chartered Member who combines strategic thinking with delivery excellence and enjoys working in complex environments where you can make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
If this sounds like an opportunity for you, then please review the full role profile Head of Strategic People Partnering and Behaviours & Mandatory Accountabilities OD Level 2 before applying.
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Closing Date: Sunday 28th June 2026 at midnight.
Interviews will be held in London on 15 and 16 July 2026.
This is a hybrid role with a base location at the nearest office to your home address. Candidates will be expected to travel to our Head Office in London on a regular basis.
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You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.
This vacancy may close without notice.
Skills Required
- Significant experience leading strategic people functions in a complex organisation
- Track record delivering organisational change, workforce planning and business-focused people strategies
- Experience in organisational design, workforce planning, reward, performance improvement and transformation
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate business priorities into people solutions
- CIPD Chartered Member
- Eligible to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship)
- Reside in England or Wales for the duration of employment
- Willingness to travel regularly to Head Office in London (hybrid role)
What We Do
We are Clarion - the country’s largest housing association, We provide a home to 350,000 people nationwide. We build more than 2,000 new homes a year and through Clarion Futures (our charitable foundation) we provide opportunities for our residents to thrive – supporting people into work, improving neighbourhoods and focusing on sustainability. We exist because there is a housing crisis in our country. There simply aren’t enough affordable and suitable places for people to live. You might have experienced this yourself, or have friends and family who have. We believe having a home to call your own is fundamental to being able to access the right opportunities in life. That is why our mission is to provide homes for those who need them most, We’re all driven by this shared purpose at Clarion. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to build a better future and we’re relentless in pursuing it
