Director of People & Culture

Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Director of People & Culture to join our team!

Location: Homebased
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £80,000

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation, as long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

The Director of People & Culture role:

Part of the People & Culture team, the Director of People & Culture is a pivotal role for driving innovation at Migrant Help. You will be responsible for delivering strategic plans and the provision of strong strategic and operational leadership to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the full range of services within the People and Culture team will be a dynamic, results-driven leader, with a passion for making a difference, ensuring these functions support the achievement of the strategic goals of Migrant Help and its subsidiary.

Key responsibilities of our Director of People & Culture :

?Strategic

• Working in partnership with the Chief People Officer, Senior Management Team and Board of Trustees, to successfully implement and monitor the strategic plans
• Lead the delivery of the People Strategy across the People and Culture Team

?Leadership

• Develop and maintain structures, systems and processes, ensuring they remain fit for purpose and appropriate to the size and nature of the work of Migrant Help
• Provide excellent management of Migrant Help s resources to include all staffing under the postholder s control

?Operational

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across functions of the People and Culture Team.
• Take responsibility and accountability for the financial management of budgets across all services within the People and Culture Team.

The experience and skills you need

• Demonstrable previous experience in a senior People and Culture role.
• Excellent demonstrable knowledge across the breadth of the People and Culture portfolio.
• Demonstrable experience of managing people matters at a senior level in line with excellent knowledge of best practice, budget management and strategic planning
• Experience of consultation, negotiation and influencing different stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, able to analyse situations and focus on achieving solutions
• Ability to use quantitative and qualitative information to provide assurance on data integrity.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

This post is subject to a Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide a valid passport eg. 10 year full British passport, EU or non-EU Passport with indefinite leave to remain
• Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

These are some of the benefits we offer

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Please note that interviews are expected to take place 21 September 2026.

If you are interested in becoming our new Director of People & Culture , please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a valuable tool during the application process, for example to help structure your sentences and identify your transferable skills. However, please ensure you don t rely on it entirely. As your application will be reviewed by people, not systems, it is often easy to recognise when AI has been heavily used. We want to hear your unique voice and understand your experience.

Selection Criteria

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link, we therefore recommend you review both before you apply.

We encourage applications from disabled people and aim to progress candidates who meet the minimum criteria to the next stage of the recruitment process, For more information on how we apply the disability confident scheme.

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.

Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.