Deputy Director of People and Culture
Posted
1st September 2025
Salary
From £76,162 pa
Location
London
Interviews Scheduled
31st October 2025
Located at the heart of London’s newest permanent creative community on the Greenwich Peninsula, and with a growing community of over 5,000 students, Ravensbourne University London is an innovative, industry-focused university. We are champions of creativity and collaboration, dedicated to giving our learners the specialist skills and opportunities they need for outstanding careers in digital, media, design and business. We are proud to be at the leading edge of technology, creativity and business and are close collaborators with the creative and technology industries.
With a new Vice Chancellor and an ambitious new institutional strategy to 2030 that will see us become one of the UK’s leading universities at the intersection of the technology, creative and business disciplines, this is an exciting time to join Ravensbourne. As our Deputy Director, People and Culture, you will play a pivotal leadership role in ensuring our people practices and culture support delivery of the strategy and enable our staff community to flourish.
As an experienced HR professional you will be responsible for developing and delivering the people partnering and advisory service, supporting business objectives through effective people management and development practice, and ensuring HR & OD policy and practice is embedded and operationalised. You will lead by example in supporting a positive employee relations climate and will be committed to delivering operational excellence.
MCIPD, you will be able to demonstrate senior management experience in HR within a complex organisation and a successful track record of working with employee representatives in the public sector, including leading on negotiation and consultation activity. You will have expertise in managing complex employment case work and experience of successfully using HR analytics to support planning and decision-making experience. Familiarity with job evaluations systems and the UK Higher Education environment is also required.
If you have strong leadership capabilities with a track record of building, inspiring, and developing a high-performing team, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal conversation about this opportunity, please contact Emma Wilkins at emma@dixonwalter.co.uk
Applications should be made via email to emma@dixonwalter.co.uk and must include on separate documents:
- a letter of application setting out your interest in the role and details of how you match the person specification
- a comprehensive curriculum vitae (CV)
- details of three referees and notice period (referees will not be contacted without your permission)
- a completed Personal Details Form (available above)
We are operating a flexible approach in terms of closing date for applications. Please just get in touch if you are interested in applying
Final interviews will take place on campus on Friday 31 October
In making an application for this role we ask you also to view our Privacy Notice which outlines our compliance to General Data Protection Regulations and the use and storage of your data. Personal Data is held and processed on the lawful basis that such action is in the Legitimate Interest of the company in pursuing the purposes described and has been considered through the use of a Legitimate Interest Assessment utilising the Balance Test to not be outweighed by risks to the rights, freedoms and interests of the Data Subject.
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