Team Lead Country HR UK & Ireland

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

The Team Lead Country HR Continental UK & Ireland is responsible for leading the local HR team across the UK and Ireland, ensuring legal compliance, smooth delivery of end-to-end HR services, and a positive employee experience on-site. The role acts as the operational backbone of HR in both countries, managing the interface with the HR Shared Service Center (SSC) and global HR functions.

Reporting to the Head of Country HR, the Team Lead ensures consistent execution of people processes, alignment with global HR frameworks, and effective collaboration with business leaders, employee representatives, and external stakeholders. The role combines leadership accountability for the local HR team with direct responsibility for operational HR delivery in a complex, cross-country environment.

About the role 

• Manage and develop the local HR teams in UK & Ireland, ensuring high-quality HR service delivery.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws, regulations, and collective agreements (where applicable).
• Act as escalation point for complex employee relations matters in collaboration with Country HR, Legal, and external advisors.
• Work closely with HR Business Partners to support business leaders, ensuring that HR initiatives and people-related decisions are legally sound and effectively implemented at local level.
• Serve as primary interface between business leaders, the SSC, and HR CoEs, ensuring smooth handling of HR transactions and people processes.
• Monitor service delivery performance, identify gaps, and implement improvements in employee experience. Translate global HR standards and initiatives into executable practices in the UK & IRE.
  Provide direction, coaching, and development for the HR teams in the UK & Ireland.
• Cultivate an effective, customer-focused culture in HR service delivery.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process efficiency, harmonization, and standardization in local HR processes.
• Ensure audit readiness, accuracy of HR data, and compliance with HR controls, data protection standards, and labor regulations.
• Support continuous improvement of HR processes and ensure operational excellence across both countries.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with business leaders, line managers, and employee representatives.
• Represent HR in audits, inspections, and regulatory interactions in the UK & Ireland.
• Support communication and change management for HR initiatives and organizational changes at country level.

Job requirements and experience 

• Effective leadership and management abilities in working with people.
• Service-oriented mindset with high focus on execution and delivery.
• Proficient communication and interpersonal skills, able to build trust with stakeholders at all levels.
• Methodical and structured working style; comfortable with HR data and reporting.
• Pragmatic, experienced, and solution-driven, with the ability to manage complexity in a multinational setting.
• 7+ years of experience in operational HR roles, including responsibility for employee lifecycle topics and HR services.
• Effective leadership experience in managing HR teams across multiple countries.
• Extensive knowledge of UK and Irish labour law, social partner collaboration, and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to implement and enhance HR processes in an international setting.
• Experience in handling employee relations topics and acting as escalation point for complex cases.
• Familiarity with HRIS systems (e.g. SAP, SuccessFactors) and workforce data management.

Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 91341, application period: 16.01.2026
Any questions? Contact HR: Sabrina Gale, sabrina.gale@rwe.com, Contact Business: Marco Höfler, #LH-SH1

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RWE Generation provides a flexible mix for a powerful future. With a team of around 3,500 employees, the division operates flexible gas power plants, bioenergy facilities, and hydropower stations in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and Turkey. These assets play a vital role in balancing the supply of renewable energy during periods of fluctuation, thereby ensuring the stability of the power grid. Recognising the importance of energy storage, RWE Generation is integrating battery systems into its operations and pioneering hydrogen-powered technologies — an essential element for storing renewable energy for when it is needed most. As a long-standing partner for the regions in which we operate, our reliable, clean and flexible assets enable us to play a key role in decarbonising the energy system. Our team continues to be inventive, using their experience, talent and sunrise technologies to be the cornerstone our society can rely on.