Job Description
HR Manager | St Ives | Healthy salary with bonus | Permanent
The Opportunity
We’re supporting a well-established, values-led organisation with a strong reputation for quality and excellence, who are seeking an experienced HR Manager to join their UK leadership team.
This is a broad, hands-on generalist role, leading both strategic HR initiatives and HR operations, while managing and developing a high-performing HR and Talent team.
The role reports into a highly regarded HR Director and offers a positive, well-embedded HR landscape, alongside the opportunity to challenge, improve, and shape how people strategy supports the business.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead, coach, and develop a team of HR and Talent professionals
* Drive culture, values, engagement, performance management, and leadership development
* Deliver HR strategy aligned to business objectives
* Oversee UK HR operations including payroll providers, HR systems (Workday), reporting, and metrics
* Act as a trusted advisor to managers on employee relations and people management
* Lead HR projects including reward, benefits alignment, and organisational change
* Use job evaluation and salary benchmarking to support fair and competitive reward frameworks
* Ensure HR best practice, compliance, and continuous improvement
About You
This role suits a strong HR Manager or senior HR generalist who is confident technically, but whose real strength lies in people leadership.
You will likely bring:
* Proven experience in an HR Manager / Senior HR Generalist role
* Hands-on experience leading and developing an HR team
* Strong knowledge of employee relations and UK employment law
* Experience delivering HR projects and managing change
* Confidence using HR data and insight to inform decisions
* A proactive, pragmatic, and credible approach with stakeholders
* Excellent communication, influencing, and organisational skills
Cultural fit is important - this is a close-knit team that values collaboration, integrity, and constructive challenge.
Reward & Benefits
* 25 days annual leave (with buy/sell option)
* Private medical insurance
* Life assurance (4x salary)
* Annual health checks
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Onsite gym access
* Subsidised onsite restaurant
Application deadline – applications are encouraged to be made ASAP but ideally no later than Sunday 18th January.