We're looking for an experienced and driven HR Manager to play a pivotal role in shaping and building our HR Team.
Reporting to the Head of HR, you'll lead the HR team and be responsible for ensuring our people strategy translates into meaningful outcomes across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with operational leadership, helping to create an engaged, high-performing, and values-driven organisation.
You'll partner closely with leaders across the business, providing expert guidance on all aspects of the employee lifecycle, from talent acquisition and workforce planning through to employee engagement, organisational development, reward, and change management. As a trusted advisor, you'll use people insights and data to influence decision-making, drive continuous improvement, and support business growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop the HR team, ensuring a high-performing, customer-focused HR function.
- Work in partnership with the Head of HR to develop and implement people strategies, policies and initiatives that support organisational objectives, growth and business performance.
- Oversee the delivery of HR operations, ensuring consistency, compliance and the effective implementation of HR policies, procedures and best practice.
- Provide strategic HR advice and guidance to senior leaders and managers, supporting informed decision-making and effective people management.
- Lead on complex employee relations matters, organisational change programmes, restructures, consultations and business transformation initiatives, ensuring risks are effectively managed and legal compliance is maintained.
- Develop leadership capability across the business through coaching, guidance and support, promoting consistent and effective management practices.
- Lead workforce planning, talent management, succession planning and organisational development activities to support current and future business needs.
- Oversee the effective use of HR systems, data and reporting, producing people insights, workforce analytics and management information to support business decisions and continuous improvement.
- Support recruitment and talent acquisition activities, ensuring effective workforce planning, attraction, selection and onboarding processes that support business growth and organisational capability, while enhancing the employer brand and employee value proposition.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent is essential, along with a proven and successful track record in an HR role.
- At least 5 years of experience handling complex employee relations matters.
- Experience leading and developing HR teams, including managing performance, capability, and employee development.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice, with experience managing complex employee relations matters.
- Experience supporting organisational change, restructures, consultations, and business transformation initiatives.
- Experience developing and implementing HR policies, procedures, and people initiatives aligned to business objectives.
- Experience of workforce planning, talent management, employee engagement, and organisational development activities.
- Experience overseeing recruitment and talent acquisition activities.
- Experience using HR systems and analysing people data, metrics, and workforce trends to inform decision-making.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Benefits
- Attractive salary of £45-£50k
- 32 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Company-paid health cash plan allowing you to save on day to day health essentials
- Company pension scheme – 5.66% employer contribution
- Cycle to work Scheme - allowing you to save on a new bike and spread the payments over 12 months
- 2 x Life Assurance
Pay: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
