Job Title: Part-Time HR Manager
Location: Leicester
Hours: Part-time, flexible (30 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
Type: Permanent
Salary: The pro-rated salary for this role is £36,000 - £40,000 per annum, dependent on experience, based on 30 hours per week
About the Role
Our client is a well-established, highly respected and growing accountancy practice. They are seeking an experienced and proactive HR Manager to lead and develop their people strategy. This role is central to building a positive workplace culture, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, and supporting partners, managers, and employees across the firm.
The HR Manager will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership while managing day-to-day HR operations and driving continuous improvement across all people-related practices.
Key Responsibilities
. Lead the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to exit processes
. Manage recruitment for trainee, qualified, and senior professional roles
. Advise partners and managers on employee relations, performance management, disciplinaries, and grievances
. Ensure compliance with UK employment legislation and professional standards
. Develop and maintain HR policies and procedures appropriate for a regulated professional services environment
. Support learning and development, CPD, and career progression frameworks
. Oversee performance review and appraisal processes
. Maintain accurate HR records and produce management reports
. Work with PeopleHR software to improve usage and understanding across the firm
. Support employee engagement initiatives and nominations in collaboration with partners
About You
. Proven HR management experience, ideally within accountancy, professional services, or another regulated environment
. Strong working knowledge of UK employment law
. Confident advising senior managers, including partners
. Practical, discreet, and commercially aware
. Excellent communication and organisational skills
. Able to balance employee advocacy with business needs
Qualifications & Experience
. CIPD Level 5 or above (or equivalent) preferred
. Proven experience in a senior HR role, ideally as an HR Manager
. Strong knowledge of employment law, HR policies, and best practice
Benefits
The HR Manager role offers a competitive benefits package, including:
. Competitive market-rate salary
. Salary sacrifice schemes
. Performance and career development support
. Open-plan office environment
. Death in service benefit
. Free onsite parking
. Healthshield
. 34 days' holiday (with the option to purchase additional days)
. Private health insurance