Job Description

Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an
inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
We are looking for a HR Director to join our Building and Finance Leadership Teams in Leavesden.
What you'll do:

• People plan in place and being delivered to achieve key strategic objectives including: Inclusion and Diversity, resource and skill planning, support of YVOS action planning across the OU/EF

• Effective governance in place for key people activities and sharing of "best practice" around HR/People activities.

• Coach & develop team to build succession for the HR function.

• Clear visibility of resource & skills requirements and plans in place to ensure low levels of vacancies.

• Embedding 'Learn Fast' adoption across OU / EF

• Ensuring PDR / goal plan / development plan completion.

• Enabling development of ER competence amongst line managers.

• Appropriate level of employee voluntary turnover.

• Strong and diverse succession with active talent development plans in place for key roles.

• Strong understanding of trends and data correlations which lead to actionable insights.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Proven delivery in the core areas of generalist HR at senior level along with CIPD qualification.

• Proven experience of championing and improving Inclusion and Diversity.

• Management of business and people change.

• Forecasting and planning.

• Strong commercial & business understanding.

• A thorough and up to date knowledge of employment law, and experience of practical application.

• Track record of building credible relationships at all levels.

• Resilient - able to face challenges proactively.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the right balance of empathy and rigour.

Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using or call 0330 105 2000 - Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:
Closing date
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

Skills Required