Overview

Role: People Programme and Projects Lead. Location: Ealing office base with hybrid working. Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week. DBS check required: Basic.

About us

We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.

With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.

We’re also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.

Role overview

We are looking for a People Programme and Projects Lead to join our dedicated People Services department. The People Services Programme & Project Lead supports the People Services Leadership Team to deliver A2Dominion’s People Strategy. The role combines strong HR generalist expertise with project management skills to ensure the effective delivery of HR initiatives across the employee lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Programme Management
  • Oversee and coordinate the People Services programme of work, setting priorities, sequencing projects, and identifying interdependencies
  • Monitor programme performance, ensuring progress through governance and alignment with the People Strategy
  • Facilitate benefits realisation and ensure continuous improvement through lessons learned
• Project Management
  • Lead, manage, and deliver people related projects, including cyclical initiatives, applying appropriate methodologies and frameworks
  • Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in partnership with project sponsors
  • Ensure HR projects are legally compliant with UK employment law and aligned with best HR practice
  • Manage project risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring effective mitigation strategies are in place
  • Develop robust business cases with Project Sponsor(s), including requirements, costs, benefits, risks, and issues
  • Work within governance and reporting frameworks, ensuring timely and accurate updates for sponsors and stakeholders, including PS Delivery Group meetings to update key stakeholders and gain decisions
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
  • Build strong relationships across People Services, the wider organisation, and external partners
  • Act as the primary point of contact for people project stakeholders, providing regular updates and facilitating decision-making
  • Coordinate and deliver communications plans in line with departmental and corporate standards
• Continuous Improvement
  • Participate in peer reviews and share best practice across the People Services function
  • Promote innovation and future-focused approaches to support the delivery of strategic people outcomes

More about you

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Math’s and English (Grades A*- C)
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience)
• Proven HR generalist experience across the employee lifecycle (e.g. employee relations, resourcing, reward, learning & development, policy development)
• Proven experience of delivering HR-specific projects in corporate environments
• Knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Knowledge of project methodologies, tools, and frameworks
• Experience supporting and influencing senior managers
• Proficiency in data management, analysis, HRIS systems, and Microsoft Office

Choosing us

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
• Up to 8% contributory pension
• Flexible working
• Investment in your learning and development
• Generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for you and your family