Invest Your Future, Join Our Team
Reeves Group is an award-winning FT Top 100 Advice Firm, recognised for delivering outstanding client care across pensions, retirement planning, and investment services. Our continued growth is driven by a strong people strategy, clear values, and a commitment to developing capable, engaged teams.
As we scale through organic growth and acquisitions, we are seeking an experienced HR Associate to strengthen our People function, assist with training and development across the Group, and play a key role in TUPE and integration activity.
The Role
In this role (known internally as the People & Training Lead) you will be a hands‑on people leader responsible for supporting the People and Training strategy across the business. You will ensure that training, development, compliance, and people processes are effective, consistent, and scalable, while supporting the business through periods of change, including TUPE transfers and business acquisitions.
We are looking for an individual who has HR experience and is looking to be part of a fast paced and dynamic company. We are at an exciting time of growth within our organisation and would like someone to join us in supporting our People team to develop our employees.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver the People and Training strategy in partnership with the People and Training Team, ensuring activity supports business growth, acquisitions, TUPE integration, project delivery, and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain accurate and compliant employee records across the Reeves Group and the mergers and acquisitions process.
- Play a key role in the people workstream for acquisitions and TUPE transfers, including due diligence, consultation support, employee communications, onboarding, integration planning, and ensuring legal compliance and a positive employee experience.
- Act as a trusted advisor to managers, supporting performance management, employee relations, and people decision-making.
- Coordinate core People operations, including inductions, probations, performance management, sickness data and administration.
- Support wider People projects and systems, management applications, SharePoint, and project documentation.
- Assist in the delivery of training and development activity, including Adviser training, qualifications, monitoring and measuring of training success and overall capability uplift across the business.
What We’re Looking For
- A confident and credible people professional with strong operational delivery skills.
- Involved in managing change, transitions, and TUPE activity in a growing business.
- Highly organised, detail driven, and comfortable managing a variety of people requirements.
- Able to build strong relationships with managers and senior stakeholders.
- Aligned with our core values: Trust, Integrity, Honesty, and Care.
- Accountability and ownership.
Experience
- Experience in a generalist HR / People role, including training and development.
- Demonstrable experience supporting TUPE transfers, including due diligence, consultation support, and onboarding.
- Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations.
- Background in a regulated or professional services environment (financial services desirable but not essential).
Qualifications (not essential)
- CIPD Level 3 or above (or equivalent experience).
- TUPE / employment law training or formal HR certification.
Benefits
22 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days with service
Flexible shift patterns
Birthday day off
Enhanced maternity
Salary sacrifice option
Cycle to Work Scheme
Opportunities for Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Exciting social events throughout the year
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £32,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Cycle to work scheme
Experience:
- Human resources: 1 year (required)
Location:
- Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7TZ (required)
Work Location: In person
