Job title and organisation: Director of People and Culture - Aspire
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
Location: Aspire Community Benefit Society, LS12 4PX
Closing Date and Time: Friday 3 October 2025 at 4 PM
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
- Workplace pension scheme
- 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:
Annabel Lane (Interim HR Director) on: 07851 101771 or
Marc Barnes (Resourcing Manager) on: 0113 3781025
Application forms and a job description can be found on our website: Careers & Volunteers - aspirecbs.org.uk
If you are interested in applying, please submit an application form to: Marc Barnes
By email: info@aspirecbs.org.uk
By post / hand delivery
Aspire Community Benefit Society
Unit 2 Westfield Chambers
Lower Wortley Road
Leeds LS12 4PX
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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