Description
Job Title: HR Manager
Location: Carrickfergus (with oversight of Bath site)
Contract Type: Part-Time, Contract (with potential to become Permanent for the right candidate)
Working Hours: 24–25 hours per week (8:00–16:30 or 9:00–17:30)
Preferred Working Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (flexible)
About the Role
Our client is seeking a proactive and experienced HR Manager to join its global team. This part-time role supports a business with a headcount of 40–42 employees, primarily based in Carrickfergus and Bath. The successful candidate will work mostly independently, managing HR operations for both sites, while reporting to EMEA HR Lead and liaising with US-based leadership to deliver strategic and operational HR support across two legal jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead and manage recruitment processes across Carrickfergus and Bath sites
2. Develop and maintain employee engagement initiatives and track HR KPIs globally ( labour turnover, engagement scores)
3. Manage front-end payroll processes: gather internal changes ( sick leave, salary adjustments, maternity leave), liaise with external payroll providers, approve payroll, and collaborate with finance to ensure timely payments
4. Oversee contractor payroll and contribute to month-end reporting
5. Ensure compliance with local employment legislation, including Equality Commission requirements
6. Support onboarding and offboarding processes
7. Act as a key HR point of contact for employees and managers
8. Provide strategic HR guidance in a private equity-backed, small business environment with limited corporate HR infrastructure
Ideal Candidate Profile
9. CIPD Level 7 qualified
10. Proven experience in a small business setting
11. Exposure to US-based private equity environments
12. Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to liaise with US leadership while ensuring compliance with UK and NI employment law
13. Solid understanding of employment/labour law across multiple jurisdictions
14. Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities
15. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
16. Experience with front-end payroll and recruitment processes
Weekly Hours: 24–25 hours (3 days per week)
Skills
17. Human resource management
18. Performance management
19. Employee relations
20. Employee Engagement
21. CIPD
22. human resources
Job Title: HR Manager
Location: Carrickfergus, UK
Rate/Salary: - GBP Daily
Job Type: Contract
Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands.