People Programme and Projects Lead

People Programme and Projects Lead
Salary: £47,464 - £50,000
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 but not limited to PS Delivery Group meetings used to actively update key stakeholders on progress, challenges and to gain decisions & direction
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 is easy

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.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:

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.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.