HR Generalist, Billingham
Salary up to £45,000
About the Role
Jackson Hogg are delighted to be partnering with this progressive organisation as they look to grow their HR team! This is a brand new role and a real chance to make the role your own. We’re looking for someone who’s ready to take the next step in their HR career. This role sits nicely between a Senior HR Advisor and an HR Business Partner, offering a mix of hands-on HR support and more strategic project work. You’ll work closely with managers and teams across the business, giving practical advice, helping solve problems, and getting involved in the projects that shape how they work. You will work as part of a small HR team alongside an HR Advisor and will report into the HR Manager.
If you’re a Senior HR Advisor looking for more responsibility, or an early-stage HRBP wanting broader experience, this could be a great role for you!
Responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
People Support & Employee Relations
• Give managers clear, practical advice on everything from performance and absence to disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Support or lead more complex cases, making sure they’re handled fairly and professionally.
• Coach and guide managers to help them build confidence in managing their teams.
Day-to-Day HR & Policies
• Make sure our HR policies are up to date, easy to follow, and used consistently.
• Work closely with the wider HR team to keep our day-to-day processes running smoothly.
• Use people data to spot trends and highlight areas we can improve.
Working With the Business
• Build good relationships with managers and teams so you understand their goals and challenges.
• Offer insight and suggestions that help shape decisions around people, teams, and ways of working.
• Support company-wide projects around reward, wellbeing, engagement, and culture.
Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
• The full recruitment lifecycle from interviewing, offer, onboarding and induction
• Support the wider HR team with projects like updating our performance process, or rolling out engagement initiatives.
• Help the team deliver change programmes, from restructures to new ways of working.
People Data & Reporting
• Pull together regular HR reports and help managers understand what the data means.
• Look at trends around engagement, turnover, and absence to help guide decisions.
Criteria:
Experience & Knowledge
• Solid experience in an HR Advisor or generalist role, ideally with some strong ER exposure.
• A good understanding of how HR partnering works and the confidence to work with senior managers.
• Experience getting involved in or running small HR projects.
Skills & Style
• Great at building relationships and working with different people.
• Able to balance hands-on tasks with bigger-picture thinking.
• Comfortable coaching managers and having honest, constructive conversations.
• Strong attention to detail and good at juggling priorities.
• Confident with data and turning insights into simple explanations.
• Good knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
Qualifications
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience) is ideal