Group Human Resources Director

The Arora Group is a successful UK focused private group of companies, which leverages synergies across its specialist property, construction and hotel divisions to its strategic advantage. Since 1999, the Group has built its standing through meticulously managing projects from inception to delivery and beyond. Today, it owns and manages a diverse portfolio of flagship assets across the nation's key business locations, partnering with some of the world's most recognised brands to deliver consistently high service levels and sustainable growth.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, this is a rare opportunity for a strategic and commercially minded people leader to drive organisational performance, culture, and talent across a dynamic and fast growing group of businesses.

The Opportunity

As Group Human Resources Director, you will develop and execute a forward thinking people strategy that enables business growth, operational excellence, and a high performance culture across all divisions.

You will provide strategic leadership across workforce planning, talent acquisition, leadership development, employee engagement, organisational effectiveness, culture transformation, and people governance. Working closely with senior executives and business leaders, you will ensure the Group attracts, develops, and retains exceptional talent while creating an environment where people can thrive and perform at their best.

Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership

• Develop and deliver a Group wide People & Culture strategy aligned to business objectives and future growth plans.
• Act as a trusted adviser to the Executive Team on people related opportunities, risks, and organisational priorities.
• Lead and inspire a high performing People & Culture function across the Group.

Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience

• Champion a values driven, customer focused and high performing culture.
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, and retention initiatives.
• Lead cultural transformation programmes that strengthen organisational effectiveness and performance.

Talent & Leadership Development

• Build leadership capability across operational and corporate teams.
• Establish robust succession planning and talent review frameworks.
• Deliver learning and development strategies that support career progression and future business needs.
• Coach and develop senior leaders to enhance effectiveness and accountability.

Organisational Effectiveness & Change

• Lead organisational design and workforce planning initiatives.
• Support acquisitions, transformation projects, restructuring programmes, and future growth opportunities.
• Implement data driven workforce analytics and performance measures.
• Drive effective change management practices across the organisation.

Employee Relations & Governance

• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and best practice people governance.
• Provide strategic leadership on complex employee relations matters.
• Maintain robust HR policies, systems, controls, and risk management frameworks.

Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing

• Develop and deliver Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.
• Promote a psychologically safe, respectful, and inclusive workplace.
• Enhance wellbeing initiatives that support employee performance and engagement.

About you

• Significant senior HR or People & Culture leadership experience within hospitality is a must.
• Demonstrated success leading culture transformation and organisational development programmes.
• Strong expertise in workforce planning, talent management, leadership development, and employee engagement.
• Deep understanding of employment law, industrial relations, and people governance.
• Experience partnering with Executive Teams and Boards.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate people strategy into measurable business outcomes.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong commercial awareness.
• Influential, collaborative and credible leader.
• High emotional intelligence and resilience.
• Skilled change agent with a track record of driving transformation.
• Results focused while maintaining a people centred approach.
• Passionate about developing exceptional leaders, teams and cultures.

Compensation: Competitive salary