One of Scotland’s largest and most innovative charitable organisations, Enable supports more than 15,000 people to live, work and participate as active citizens across Scotland and beyond. Rooted in human rights, equality and empowerment, Enable has doubled in size over the last five years and now employs 3,500 colleagues across Enable Cares, Enable Works and Enable Communities, delivering life-changing social care, employability and community advocacy programmes.
As Enable continues to grow its national and international impact, the organisation is seeking an exceptional People Director to join its Leadership Team and help shape the future of its workforce.
This is a pivotal role, providing strategic and operational leadership across HR and Organisational Development. The People Director will play a critical role in strengthening organisational resilience, enhancing workforce performance, and embedding a proactive, values-driven culture across a large, diverse, and geographically dispersed workforce.
The role will lead the development and delivery of a forward-thinking People Strategy that supports sustainable growth and organisational excellence. This will include driving strategic workforce planning, embedding data-led decision-making, and shaping a modern, high-performing people function. The People Director will also lead on employee relations and trade union partnerships, ensuring fairness, transparency, and constructive engagement, while embedding strong governance, compliance, and risk-aware people practices that keep Enable agile and future-ready.
Enable is seeking a strategic yet hands-on people leader with experience leading high-performing HR/People functions in complex organisations. The successful candidate will bring strong expertise in workforce planning, organisational development, and employee relations, alongside a proven ability to build collaborative, productive partnerships—including with Trade Unions. They will also have a track record of delivering meaningful culture change, supporting front-line services, and improving workforce performance at scale. Crucially, they will be able to balance organisational risk, values, compliance, and commercial considerations to deliver sustainable outcomes.
With empathy, integrity, and emotional intelligence, the People Director will inspire confidence at all levels. Above all, they will share Enable’s commitment to building an equal society where everyone has the right to live, work and participate in the communities of their choice.
To learn more about this exciting opportunity, applicants are encouraged to view the full role profile below or reach out to Douglas Adam at Livingston James, Enable’s retained recruitment partner: [email protected].
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Enable is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
