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Interim Senior Talent & Delivery Director
6-Month Contract | Outside IR35 | Potential to Become Permanent
Location: Fully Remote (with occasional travel to London and Europe)
Start Date: ASAP
Availability: Candidates must be immediately available
Working Pattern: Full-time, with occasional extra Sunday working to support a Middle East-based partners.
Salary: Daily rate of £500-£700 (Outside of IR 35)
About the Company
Goodman Masson are delighted to be exlusively partnered with our client who is an ambitious and fast-growing digital marketing agency entering an exciting scaling phase. With fewer than 20 employees in the UK and a growing presence across Europe, the business is investing in its people strategy to build the infrastructure, talent, and processes required for sustainable international growth.
This is a unique opportunity to join the organisation at a pivotal stage, working directly with senior leadership to shape the future of the business.
The Opportunity
Reporting directly to the Chief Administrator & Operations Officer, this is a highly visible interim role responsible for transforming the organisation's talent strategy while supporting wider organisational development initiatives.
This position combines strategic workforce planning with hands-on delivery. You'll assess current capability, identify talent gaps, build scalable recruitment strategies, improve organisational effectiveness, and implement best-in-class recruitment technology and processes.
Success in this role will come from your ability to deliver immediate results while creating long-term foundations for growth.
Key Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition & Workforce Strategy
- Design and implement an international recruitment strategy aligned with business growth plans.
- Lead end-to-end recruitment across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
- Build talent pipelines for specialist, leadership and business-critical roles.
- Identify current and future capability gaps and develop succession planning initiatives.
- Develop scalable recruitment processes that improve quality, speed and candidate experience.
- Support rapid business growth through effective workforce planning and hiring strategies.
Organisational Development
- Assess organisational structure and recommend improvements to support future growth.
- Lead organisational development initiatives that improve capability, performance and engagement.
- Design and facilitate workshops for leaders and wider business teams.
- Support change management and embedding of new ways of working.
- Partner with Directors to provide strategic people advice and practical solutions.
Recruitment Operations & Technology
- Review, implement, optimise and manage the company's Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
- Improve recruitment reporting, metrics and hiring performance.
- Introduce best practice recruitment processes and governance.
- Utilise market intelligence to support hiring decisions and workforce planning.
Projects & Leadership
- Lead high-impact people and transformation projects from concept through to delivery.
- Work closely with Directors on strategic business priorities.
- Take ownership of multiple workstreams, ensuring projects are delivered on time and with measurable impact.
- Influence senior stakeholders and challenge existing approaches where appropriate.
About You
We're looking for an experienced Talent, Organisational Development or People Transformation leader who enjoys building functions from the ground up and thrives in fast-paced, scaling businesses.
You'll be equally comfortable developing strategy and rolling up your sleeves to deliver.
Essential Experience
- Significant experience leading Talent Acquisition, Talent Strategy or Organisational Development within international organisations.
- Experience recruiting
Thank you!
Interim Senior Talent & Delivery Director
6-Month Contract | Outside IR35 | Potential to Become Permanent
Location: Fully Remote (with occasional travel to London and Europe)
Start Date: ASAP
Availability: Candidates must be immediately available
Working Pattern: Full-time, with occasional extra Sunday working to support a Middle East-based partners.
Salary: Daily rate of £500-£700 (Outside of IR 35)
About the Company
Goodman Masson are delighted to be exlusively partnered with our client who is an ambitious and fast-growing digital marketing agency entering an exciting scaling phase. With fewer than 20 employees in the UK and a growing presence across Europe, the business is investing in its people strategy to build the infrastructure, talent, and processes required for sustainable international growth.
This is a unique opportunity to join the organisation at a pivotal stage, working directly with senior leadership to shape the future of the business.
The Opportunity
Reporting directly to the Chief Administrator & Operations Officer, this is a highly visible interim role responsible for transforming the organisation's talent strategy while supporting wider organisational development initiatives.
This position combines strategic workforce planning with hands-on delivery. You'll assess current capability, identify talent gaps, build scalable recruitment strategies, improve organisational effectiveness, and implement best-in-class recruitment technology and processes.
Success in this role will come from your ability to deliver immediate results while creating long-term foundations for growth.
Key Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition & Workforce Strategy
- Design and implement an international recruitment strategy aligned with business growth plans.
- Lead end-to-end recruitment across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
- Build talent pipelines for specialist, leadership and business-critical roles.
- Identify current and future capability gaps and develop succession planning initiatives.
- Develop scalable recruitment processes that improve quality, speed and candidate experience.
- Support rapid business growth through effective workforce planning and hiring strategies.
Organisational Development
- Assess organisational structure and recommend improvements to support future growth.
- Lead organisational development initiatives that improve capability, performance and engagement.
- Design and facilitate workshops for leaders and wider business teams.
- Support change management and embedding of new ways of working.
- Partner with Directors to provide strategic people advice and practical solutions.
Recruitment Operations & Technology
- Review, implement, optimise and manage the company's Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
- Improve recruitment reporting, metrics and hiring performance.
- Introduce best practice recruitment processes and governance.
- Utilise market intelligence to support hiring decisions and workforce planning.
Projects & Leadership
- Lead high-impact people and transformation projects from concept through to delivery.
- Work closely with Directors on strategic business priorities.
- Take ownership of multiple workstreams, ensuring projects are delivered on time and with measurable impact.
- Influence senior stakeholders and challenge existing approaches where appropriate.
About You
We're looking for an experienced Talent, Organisational Development or People Transformation leader who enjoys building functions from the ground up and thrives in fast-paced, scaling businesses.
You'll be equally comfortable developing strategy and rolling up your sleeves to deliver.
Essential Experience
- Significant experience leading Talent Acquisition, Talent Strategy or Organisational Development within international organisations.
- Experience recruiting
Thank you!
Finance Director
Hours of work 30 hrs / 4 days per week, permanent contract
Based Newhaven, with some hybrid working available after completing induction
Starting Salary £60K per annum pro rata
Are you an experienced senior level finance decision maker with broad cross sector knowledge, who demonstrates excellent communication skills, and wants to use your skills to support a community facing organisation? If so, we would welcome your interest and application!
You will be a qualified accountant, with an understanding of the complexities of working within the 3rd sector funding framework. With responsibility for providing expert strategic financial advice and professional input right across the organisation, you will ensure the finances of the Charity run smoothly and efficiently. You will consider the wider internal and external factors presented to you by our internal knowledge experts alongside the financial position in order to support the delivery of the services and enterprises, which fulfil the organisation’s mission and values.
You will also provide effective leadership and direction of the well-regarded finance team with a person-centred approach.
Providing sound financial, contract & risk management advice and ensuring compliance with legal, statutory and audit requirements, you will contribute to the strategic leadership of the charity as an active member of our Senior Management Team.
We are looking for people to join our team who have the qualities and skills we feel would most benefit our internal and external clients; professionalism, empathy, kindness and understanding. In return, we understand people want to work in a supportive environment with friendly colleagues. We offer a flexible, hybrid approach to delivery wherever possible, annual leave of 25 days per year pro rata plus bank holidays and sick pay from the start (increasing with service), additional sick pay per year for planned operations and recovery, a pension scheme, bereavement leave, and managers who are available to you… plus a day off for your birthday!
Interviews will be held in Newhaven.
Closing date: 5pm on Sunday 19th July 2026
1st stage interviews: Wednesday 29th July 2026 / 2nd stage interviews: w/c Monday 3rd August 2026
For the job description and to apply, please visit the website
Completed application forms can be sent to HR
You may think that you’re not a 100% match to what we’re looking for, but we recognise that some skills and experience may be transferable rather than an exact match. If you’re unsure about whether to apply, please do contact the HR team, and we would be happy to arrange an informal discussion with the CEO or current FD.
SCDA includes: Employability; Community Advice and Wellbeing; Community Development & Health
Registered Charity Number: 1094905
Company Limited by Guarantee: 3387617
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.