Fractional People Director (12 Months)

Fractional People Director

2 or 3 days a week (Fractional)

18 Month FTC

Bristol or South West

We’re working in partnership with a fast-growing business to hire a Fractional People Director.

We are looking for someone to operate at board level and develop and deliver a People and Performance Strategy as they have identified the need to build out a new well-rounded People Strategy looking at elements like Employee Benefits, Core Values, Leadership Development, Performance Management and Recruitment Processes.

We’re looking for an experienced People Leader who wants to get stuck into a transformational project and take ownership for building a People Strategy.

Role overview

• Own and deliver the multi‑year People & Performance strategy aligned to business goals.
• Lead organisation design, ensuring clear structure, roles, and accountability.
• Set and embed high‑performance standards, including objective‑setting, feedback, and consequence management.
• Build leadership capability, oversee succession planning, and ensure strong talent pipelines.
• Shape reward, benefits, and incentive frameworks that drive performance and retention
• Strengthen culture, engagement, and employee experience across all sites and functions
• Oversee people governance, data, analytics, and risk management to support commercial decisions.
• Ensure robust policies, compliance, and consistent people practices across the organisation.
• Lead and develop the People & Performance team, setting priorities and building capability.

We’re looking for experience:

• Acting as the People Lead at board level in a similar sized business
• In a similar organisation (industrial, construction, manufacturing)
• Working in transformational HR Projects where you’re improving process and people strategy
• Comfortable with Fractional People Director roles

Couple of days a week on-site at the start is essential for this one – they have offices in the South-West and along the M4 corridor.

The role is initially an 18-month Fixed Term Contract – There may be opportunity for the role to continue for longer

If this role is of interest, please apply below or send your CV to tim.bosworth@sandersonplc.com

If you’re able to include a bullet point or two on a similar project you’ve completed for a business of a similar size, that would be amazing as we expect a high level of interest.