Associate Director - Business HR

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The Project: Working with Business Unit Directors and their leadership teams on the delivery of strategic and operational plans, providing insight and input into the development of the business strategy and goals and translates into organisation and people plans.

You'll Be Responsible For:

• Partnering with leaders on strategy, organisation and people plans.

• Driving change, OD initiatives and risk analysis.

• Using data insights to strengthen performance and inclusion.

• Directing workforce planning, mobilisation and resource decisions.

• Enabling effective recruitment and onboarding.

• Building leadership capability across performance, ER and wellbeing.

• Supporting talent, reward and engagement delivery.

• Directing HR projects and contribute to net‑zero aligned people actions.

You'll Need To Have:

• Senior HR professional with deep expertise across the full employee lifecycle.

• Advanced capability in people strategy, talent, reward, change and workforce planning.

• Strong knowledge of employment law and organisational design.

• Degree‑level HR qualification and CIPD chartered membership (or equivalent).

Our Values

Safety First - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client Focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create Opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.