Head of People

Head of People

Key Aviva locations: London, Norwich, York and Bristol

Salary: £100-120k

Are you someone who thrives on strategic partnership and driving impactful people initiatives?

This role would suit someone with strong HR business partnering experience, ideally at a senior level, who’s ready to influence and shape the people agenda across a complex and dynamic organisation. You’ll be confident working with senior leaders and comfortable navigating ambiguity, transformation, and change.

A bit about the job:

Our Head of People roles partner with senior leaders in commercial business units and functional teams across Aviva’s businesses. These roles play a key part in shaping and delivering people strategies that support business performance, transformation, and colleague experience. You’ll be joining a collaborative and forward-thinking team that works across a broad portfolio, driving strategic initiatives and enabling leaders to get the best from their teams.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in senior HR business partnering roles, ideally within large, complex organisations

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge and support senior leaders

• Experience in leading change and transformation programmes

• Commercial acumen and a strategic mindset

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver outcomes in a fast-paced environment

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.  

• Salary £100,000 - £120,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications) 

• Bonus opportunity – 25% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s. 

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in. 

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days 

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts 

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme 

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave  

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work  

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others 

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools 

Take a look to learn more.  Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 

Aviva is for everyone: 

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. 

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. 

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here 

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. 

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Alice Neal a call on +44 7393469953 or send an email to alice.neal@aviva.com