Closing Date: Thursday 25 October 2018

Salary: Competitive

National role, based in Southampton

The National Mapping Authority of Great Britain, Ordnance Survey aims to provide mapping that informs, guides and inspires, creating, maintaining and distributing definitive and authoritative geospatial and cartographic data and products.  A 220 year old institution of significant skill and expertise, OS has transformed over the last fifteen years to become a big data powerhouse, powering Britain by producing and managing data of unparalleled depth and breadth which underpins business planning and operations, and government services and decision-making.  A creative, digitally-focussed organisation, OS operates at the very forefront of the Geo-Services market, enabling Smart Cities all over the world, for example, and 5G planning and implementation.

OS has an exciting future and faces tremendous opportunity.  Already a commercially successful £155m turnover business, the quality of its geospatial data supports an increasingly wide array of users across the private and public sectors.  OS works with a diverse range of customers and partners in the UK and internationally, providing accurate location-based data which is used to underpin products and services, drive efficiencies and support critical citizen services.

In April 2015 the organisation moved from being a Trading Fund and Government Agency into a Government owned Company, providing a strong platform for commercial growth, investments and product development.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the HR Director will make an active, decisive, contribution to the strategic direction of OS. They will develop and lead people and HR strategies to positively enable the business to achieve its corporate goals and vision while minimising people-related risks. They will develop and lead on the implementation of HR & organisational change strategies to enable the business to maximise the value of its human capital and achieve its business plan.

The successful candidate will be an experienced, senior HR professional with a considerable track record of functional leadership and strategic contribution to people and organisational strategies at board level. Evidence of working successfully within a range of organisations, of comparable complexity, and in different sectors, would be advantageous, as will be an understanding of both public and private sector dynamics. They will need to be able to support our international ambition, while also having experience of working with trade unions. The successful candidate will be naturally collaborative and will act as a role model for the organisation’s values of being adventurous, incisive, restless and true.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to The Ordnance Survey on this appointment.  For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference HATBD.  Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours).  Applications should be received by noon on Thursday 25 October 2018.