Job Description - HR Generalist
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Rate: £23.40 per hour
Location: Manchester
Contract Length: 6 months
Role Purpose
The HR Generalist is responsible for providing first‑line support to Line Managers on all people‑related matters outside the scope of HR Operations. This includes Employee Relations, HRBP Workday actions, HR-driven interventions, and global people processes. The role ensures consistent, accurate, and proactive HR support across all UK sites.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the primary contact for Employee Relations matters (disciplinary, performance, absence, and general HR queries) across all UK sites.
* Provide timely, consistent guidance to line managers on day‑to‑day people issues.
* Drive annual HR processes such as performance management and the compensation cycle.
* Oversee HR tasks in Workday, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficient data management.
* Develop tools and generate meaningful data insights for interventions and decision‑making.
* Analyse trends using multiple data lenses and feedback channels.
* Support policy development and continuous improvement of HR guidelines.
* Ensure consistent application of HR policies across all sites.
* Help managers and employees navigate and interpret HR systems and processes.
* Partner with HR Consultants and Strategic Leads to drive wider strategic people initiatives across the UK.
* Work collaboratively to identify training needs, support roll‑out and delivery of development initiatives for employees.
* Assist with the implementation of HR initiatives, supporting communication and change management efforts.
* Identify and recommend opportunities to streamline HR processes and enhance efficiency.
* Act as the initial point of contact for recruitment activities, collaborate with line managers and recruiters to ensure effective vacancy management.
Essential Experience & Qualifications
* Significant HR generalist experience across a broad remit.
* Strong understanding of UK employment law and experience managing Employee Relations cases.
* Experience using HR systems (Workday, preferred).
* Data‑focused mindset with experience creating reports and analysing data.
* Strong skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and virtual collaboration tools (e.g., Zoom).
* Proven stakeholder management capability.
* Fluent English (verbal and written).
Desirable
* CIPD qualified or currently studying toward it.
* Experience working in a global organisation.
Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges
* Utilise clear, accessible metrics and data to deliver insights (e.g., engagement, retention of key talent, EVP effectiveness).
* Navigating complexities within a global matrix organisation.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG—The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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