Location: Leeds (Hybrid working available) Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 4pm on Friday 3rd October 2025 Interview Date: 9th/10th October 2025 times TBC Aspire Community Benefit Society is a staff-led mutual and social enterprise supporting over 700 people with learning disabilities across Leeds. We\'re one year into an ambitious 5-year strategy to strengthen our culture, systems, and commercial focus - and we\'re looking for a visionary Director of People and Culture to help lead this transformation. Why Join Aspire Now? This is a defining opportunity to shape the future of a respected organisation with a vital social purpose. You\'ll help Aspire thrive during a challenging time for social care - emerging stronger, fairer, and more effective for the people we serve. If you\'re ambitious, energetic, and thrive in top-level leadership, we want to hear from you. The Role As a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, you\'ll lead our people strategy, workforce planning, leadership development, employee experience, and organisational culture. You\'ll be instrumental in building a resilient, engaged, and high-performing workforce while ensuring our values-driven culture remains at the heart of everything we do. Key Responsibilities

Lead the development and delivery of a forward-looking people and culture strategy. Drive workforce planning, leadership development, and employee engagement. Champion cultural change that supports innovation, accountability, and person-centred practice. Oversee HR operations, modernise systems, and introduce robust metrics for organisational health. Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and senior leaders, managing HR and resourcing budgets.

About You We\'re looking for a values-led leader with:

CIPD Level 7 or equivalent senior HR leadership experience (ideally in social care, health, or a values-led organisation). Proven success in leading organisational and cultural change. Strong knowledge of employment law, workforce planning, and change management. Excellent communication, emotional intelligence, and strategic thinking. A growth mindset and the ability to thrive in complexity and ambiguity.

Working at Aspire

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Opportunities for personal development. A culture that values inclusion, empowerment, and continuous improvement. Enhanced occupational company sick and maternity/paternity pay Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, wellbeing and advice services Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 high street voucher

Are you ready to make a difference?

Apply now and help us build a future where everyone is supported to live full and purposeful lives.

For an informal discussion please contact: If you are interested in applying for this role, please complete our online application form HERE #J-18808-Ljbffr