Senior HR Manager

Location: St Helena Island, South Atlantic

Contract: 1 year FTC available immediately

Salary: £50k - £55k pa, depending on experience and qualifications, plus International Supplement

Enjoying unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Although better placed to develop economically and socially as a result of opening our international airport in 2017, we are not at the stage of self-sufficiency and therefore remain dependent on UK government aid.

We are seeking a talented Senior Human Resources practitioner, with experienced gained at senior level within large / complex organisations. Ideally with local authority or government background. Reporting to the Head of HR and OD, this is a 12-month assignment, to provide on-island senior level HR leadership for a busy, complex HR workload, in a diverse public service organisation.

Your professional HR technical support and advice, aimed at transforming and developing the organisation and strengthening the HR team, will ensure that managers are able to access guidance and information to manage their workforce issues. You will give expert professional and trusted Senior level HR advice to the Strategic Leadership Team and engage with executive and legislative councils, partners and colleagues across the Public Service to support the delivery of our ongoing strategic vision.

With demonstrable experience of successfully leading a team of qualified HR professionals, you will provide expert guidance, advice and information to ensure both day-to-day, complex employee relations and strategic people-related matters are dealt with efficiently, effectively and in compliance with St Helena legislation, policy and practice. As a Senior Manager you will need to be self-sufficient, self-motivated, resilient and empathetic, with the ability to develop and nurture talent within the team.

With degree level education or equivalent in HR Management or Organisational Development and qualified to CIPD Level 7 or equivalent, you have attained Chartered MCIPD or Chartered FCIPD or equivalent member/registration status. You have successfully led HR teams and developed the skills of HR team members, handled complex employee relations matters and advised on case management. Your track record includes delivering successful Workforce Planning and successful HR transformational and modernisation projects across diverse organisations

In addition, you must be aligned with and demonstrate our core values of fairness, integrity and teamwork and use your senior expertise and experiences to ensure your time on the Island has the broadest benefit to St Helena. As an officer funded through the Technical Co-Operation Programme, you will be expected to share your knowledge and skills beyond the workplace contributing to workforce, community and capacity development in St Helena.

Our Benefits Package Includes:

• An International Supplement, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at our website.
• Relocation Allowances, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at our website.
• Annual Pension Contribution of 7.5% of salary
• Annual Leave of 30 days per annum plus Public Holidays

How to Apply:

An application form is available at our website via the button below where further information can also be found, or you may contact Kedell Worboys on or via email.

Applications must be sent to and received by 11 July 2025.

Interviews are planned for week commencing 28 Jul 2025.

To be considered for this role, you must complete our application form. Failure to do so will mean that your application will not be considered. Please do not submit your CV.

The Public Service positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specification.