Director of People & Culture
Salary: £110,592* per annum (£88,473* pro rata) *pay award pending
Hours: Part-Time, 0.8 FTE - 4 days per week
Location: Central Sheffield (with some agile working)

The Post: Our client, a Fire & Rescue Service, is looking for an exceptional individual who can bring a fresh, forward thinking and collaborative approach to developing and driving high performance and innovative practice in the People profession. The successful candidate will be responsible for operational and strategic leadership across all aspects of the employee journey, creating and supporting a culture where staff feel valued, supported, listened to and involved in decision-making.

This isn’t just about being a Director of People and Culture who has oversight of all aspects of the People function which includes occupational health, fitness and health & wellbeing. This role is also about delivering visible and compassionate leadership as part of the Executive Team, consistently upholding and embodying this Service's values of honesty, integrity and respect. In this influential role and as a member of the Executive Team, you will be at the heart of the organisation's efforts when it comes to its vision to 'Make South Yorkshire safer & stronger’.

As a member of the Executive Team, this role is a key player in this organisation's Senior Leadership Team and a key advisor to the Authority. This critical role is also the Executive Lead for the service’s People & Culture Board.

The Candidate: You will be a highly experienced, motivated corporate people leader with extensive knowledge and expertise in all aspects of people management, strategy and policy development. You will have a record of leading and implementing change, driving innovation and improvement and providing inspirational leadership to the wider team and service.

This role requires close working with the Fire & Rescue Authority, the Executive, Senior Leadership and Corporate Management Teams, as well as partners and representative bodies to ensure the service continues to develop and implement strong and innovative staff engagement strategies which promote a culture of high performance and living the organisation's values of honesty, integrity and respect. You will be a very strong team player who is visible and leads with passion, energy and optimism.

Benefits: The service offers an attractive pension scheme, a wide range of work life balance policies, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, on site gyms, various discounts to both local and national retailers and many other benefits.

This position is subject to a Standard DBS Check.

Recruitment Process Timeline

Closing Date for Applications: 0900 Monday 23 June 2025
Notification of Shortlist: w/c 30 June 2025
Psychometric Testing (online): w/c 7 July 2025
Assessment process: w/c 14 July 2025

• Interview with Stakeholder Panel
• Presentation & interview with Senior Leadership Team
• Media assessment

Final interview with Fire Authority Appointments Committee (for final shortlisted candidates): w/c 21 July 2025

Interested?

To apply, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions.

Within both this Fire Service and Authority, they believe diversity in all its forms delivers a better service for their staff and their communities. As an equal opportunities employer, they positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Please note the appointment is subject to successful pre-employment screening i.e. asylum and immigration check, references, medical screening, substance misuse testing and a minimum of a standard level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check which includes current and spent criminal records information. Enhanced checks with barred lists will be carried out for roles that undertake 'regulated activity’ which is a term related to working with children or vulnerable adults.

This organisation’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect their commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff are expected to share this commitment.

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