Job Title: HR Manager – £50‑55,000 per annum
Hours: 45 hours per week – Monday to Friday, fully office based.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing company as a People and Culture Manager, reporting to the People and Culture Director. The successful candidate will form part of the senior management team.
Role and Responsibilities
* Manage the HR team consisting of a People & Culture Generalist, ER Assistant, People Assistant, and Recruitment Assistant; performance manage, coach, mentor and develop the team to ensure an excellent People service is always delivered to the business.
* Build strong collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Continuously review and improve the delivery of People processes, practices, policies and procedures.
* Manage the People Team department budget.
* Drive and develop the company’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy.
* Ensure operations understand the implications and effects of any proposed change in employment law and company People policies and procedures.
* Support current and future business needs of the organisation.
* Work with the wider HR team to keep our clients informed of any People‑related changes on their contracts (planned or unpredicted).
* Support continual diversity and positivity in the workplace.
* Manage recruitment and retention processes.
* Advise, lead and deliver on change programmes such as reorganisations, redundancies, restructures, TUPE (onboarding, mobilisation, de‑mobilisation) etc.
* Lead on prestigious and/or complex contacts/sites as People lead.
* Support and manage high‑risk ER cases.
* Accountable for dealing/responding to ACAS EC claims, ET claims, negotiating and drafting settlement agreements or advising on other exit strategies.
* Lead the performance appraisal process.
* Ensure the team supports the business with poor performance, misconduct, absence management, probation fails, and other business‑related issues.
* Guide managers through relevant processes and procedures, and attend/lead meetings with staff as appropriate.
* Develop the training strategy.
* Support the business with succession planning and talent management.
* Monitor changes in employment legislation and provide appropriate advice.
* Guide and support the team members in their work, activities, and continued professional development.
* Actively involved in the tender process; attend presentations.
Person Specification
* Excellent communication skills.
* Experience delivering presentations.
* Strong leadership and motivational skills.
* Self‑motivated, proactive, collaborative team player.
* Previous senior HR role such as HR Manager, People Partner/HRBP, Head of People.
* Desirable: CIPD qualified (level 5 or above).
* Strong knowledge of employment legislation/TUPE experience.
* Experience handling varied and complex ER casework.
* Recruitment experience.
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