At Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, London, you will play an active role in leading and supporting our entire hotel operation. As the Director of Human Resources of such an iconic property, you will be the magic thread that links the business together to deliver on our ambitious people and business plan. You will partner with various stakeholders internally and externally to achieve our strategic company goals. A large part of the role is being a trusted confidante within the Executive team, you will closely partner together to achieve overall hotel goals in line with the mission and vision of the Company.
As can be expected, you will create the Human Resources strategy and deliver on people initiatives and projects including colleague engagement, colleague relations, talent attraction and retention by ensuring we have a great employer reputation and brand positioning in the market, offer robust and modern learning and development opportunities for our colleagues to further develop, fabulous benefits, and a robust Corporate Social Responsibility plan. You will be required to solve practical problems on a daily basis and have the foresight to always plan proactively and creatively.
Our proposition to you
Our aim is to keep and reward the very best, each year, where possible, we fill most of the company’s leadership positions via internal promotions and transfers and with over 50 projects in development around the world, the opportunities are endless.
You will receive a competitive salary, fantastic rewards for delivering financial results, 32 days of annual leave, company mobile phone and laptop, free meals whilst on duty, the dry cleaning of your work attire, worldwide complimentary accommodation within the Shangri-La group (including Traders, Kerry and Hotel Jen brands), long service awards, fun and fantastic social gatherings, hotel celebrations, leadership retreats, our promise to continuous learning and development opportunities both within the London property and within the wider-company. What more could you ask for?
In addition to a competitive compensation package, we believe that with the right attitude, anything is possible at Shangri-La and we will invest heavily in your development and with a very strong HR presence in all our hotels, a long-term career with Shangri-La is definitely on the cards.
We recognise our responsibility to our community and to the environment and have developed policies and practises which make a real difference. We have an active and passionate sustainable and green committee, and a partnership with our local community charity, Guys and St. Thomas’s Hospital - so we can make a real difference where we work, we even offer one paid volunteer day per year.
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