Hr manager

Details:

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Salary: £45,000

Location: 454 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 1FD

FTE: 5 days (min of 4 days in the office)


Thank you for your interest in the HR Manager role at Four Square Scotland. This is a great time to join our team (and a great decision to make).


Our charity is ambitious and growing. We are looking for an HR Manager to ensure our greatest asset: our people, are supported and enabled to deliver great work.


This is a stand-alone HR Manager role, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. You’ll support 7 managers across our 7 sites to lead their teams, and you’ll work with the Chief Operating Officer to deliver strategic HR programmes including employee engagement, talent management and reward.


This is varied generalist multi-site HR role with over 100 staff, volunteers and students on placement. Due to the nature of our work, almost all our people are on site all the time and so this role is on site with a maximum 1 day a week remote working option.


Please review the job pack on our website and if you have any questions please get in touch.


Overview:


This role is all about people: supporting them through all aspects of their employment with Four Square. Supporting managers across our 7 sites to lead their teams, you’ll oversee performance, wellbeing, recruitment, induction, HR skills training and help support our payroll function. You'll also support the Chief Operating Officer deliver strategic HR programmes including employee engagement, talent management and reward.

This is varied generalist multi-site HR role with over 100 staff, volunteers and students on placement. You'll report to the Chief Operating Officer, sit on the management team and work closely with all the other members of the central support team working across our services for people experiencing homelessness and our social enterprises.


Responsibilities:

This is a stand alone role and your responsibilities include:

• Full generalist HR responsibilities;

• Recruitment and onboarding of new staff;

• Employee Relations & case management;

• Oversight and maintenance of the HR database;

• Run reports and analyse data to demonstrate performance against KPIs;

• Create HR Training for Line Managers;

• Collate monthly Payroll input data;

• Oversight and reporting of the employee assistance programme;

• Performance and attendance management;

Carry out and support others to carry out key HR functions such as investigations, fact findings, disciplinary processes;

• Support the Chief Operating Officer on the delivery of strategic HR projects;

• Conduct exit interviews and collate data on reasons for leaving;

• HR Administration;

• Update HR procedures, policies and our employee handbook;

• Support business critical functions in the central team as required;


Behaviours

• Be a committed and trusted member of the team;

• Engage in healthy conflict, challenge and support;

• Focus on the shared goals of the organisation and be accountable;

• Be curious about the roles and challenges of colleagues;

• Own and be accountable for all areas of own work;

• Role model a coaching style within a high performance culture where expectations are explicit and delivered alongside support;

• Believe in the organisation, be an ambassador for our work and have a strong alignment with our values;


Requirements

• Right to work in the UK (we are not a sponsor organisation);

• At least three years’ experience of working in a generalist HR role;

• HR qualified to CIPD level 5 or equivalent;

• Highly confidential and professional manner;

• Able to work autonomously within a diverse team;

• Ability to multi-task and prioritise an everchanging workload;

• Ability to take responsibility to proactively resolve issues, be solution focussed;

• Flexible and agile, able to provide support in challenging situations;

• Proven ability to plan for and deliver longer term events and projects;

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal;

• Ability to build relationships at all levels across the organisation and with external stakeholders;

• Detailed focus, highly organised and able to plan and organise work with strong attention to detail;

• Advanced skills in MS Office Packages; and remote meeting technology;

• Good knowledge of UK employment law;

• Basic disclosure / DBS check;

• Understanding of and alignment to working in the charity sector;

• Office based to ensure collaboration with stakeholders and a consistent presence in the organisation.


Please note we will only advertise the job add on this website for one week, but the actual closing date is 27/03/2026. Please check our website for more information.