GROUP HR MANAGER

Reflect Recruitment Group; Spalding; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Reflect Recruitment Group is seeking a Group HR Manager in Spalding to lead HR across a diverse set of businesses. You will balance day-to-day HR delivery with driving meaningful improvements and support a small HR team, collaborating with managers and senior leaders to shape the future of HR across the group.

You will own recruitment, employee relations, and day-to-day HR while helping build a workplace where people can develop, perform and succeed.

Qualifications

• Strong generalist HR experience and a sound understanding of UK employment practice.
• Confidence managing employee relations matters, making informed decisions and knowing when specialist advice is required.
• Ability to build trusted relationships while having honest, constructive conversations.
• Experience helping managers take greater ownership of their teams and improve people management.
• Excellent organisation, attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
• Confidence using HR systems, data and reporting to identify issues and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR operations across recruitment, employee relations and day-to-day HR, providing practical advice and consistent handling of issues.
• Drive performance improvements by supporting managers to improve attendance, engagement and retention.
• Develop talent through strengthening workforce planning, appraisals and learning and development processes.
• Improve group HR systems, records and reporting to provide meaningful information for better decisions.
• Lead the HR team and oversee payroll delivery in partnership with Finance.
• Support wider business needs by overseeing facilities and eligible business-service projects and grant applications.

Skills

Generalist HR experience

Employee relations

People management

HR analytics

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

GROUP HR MANAGER

Spalding

£50,000–£60,000 DOE

Permanent

Ready to make a real impact on people, performance and business success?

Are you an experienced HR professional who combines sound employment knowledge with a hands‑on approach, strong commercial awareness and the confidence to challenge and support managers?

We are looking for a confident, commercially minded Group HR Manager to take the lead on HR across a diverse group of businesses.

This is an opportunity to work directly with business leaders, influence how people are managed and developed, and shape the future of HR across the group.

The role.

You will be the go-to HR lead across the group, balancing the delivery of a reliable day-to-day HR service with the opportunity to drive meaningful improvements.

You will lead a small HR support team, work closely with managers and senior leaders, and help build a workplace where people can develop, perform and succeed.

Your role will include:

• Leading HR operations: Take ownership of recruitment, employee relations and day-to-day HR, providing practical advice and ensuring issues are handled fairly, confidently and consistently.
• Driving people performance: Support and challenge managers to improve attendance, engagement, retention and overall team performance.
• Developing talent: Strengthen workforce planning, appraisals, learning and development, and the processes that help people reach their potential.
• Improving how the Group work: Enhance HR systems, records and reporting to provide accurate, meaningful information that supports better business decisions.
• Leading the team: Manage the HR support function and oversee payroll delivery in partnership with Finance.
• Supporting wider business needs: Oversee facilities and agreed business-service projects, while identifying relevant grant and funding opportunities and leading applications where appropriate.

You will have the autonomy to make improvements, the support of an existing team and direct access to the people making key business decisions.

The ideal candiate:

We want someone who can combine strategic thinking with practical delivery — a person who is equally comfortable advising on a sensitive employee relations issue, coaching a manager through a difficult conversation or improving a process that makes the business run more effectively.

You will have:

• Strong generalist HR experience and a sound understanding of UK employment practice.
• Confidence managing employee relations matters, making informed decisions and knowing when specialist advice is required.
• The ability to build trusted relationships while having honest, constructive and sometimes challenging conversations.
• Experience helping managers take greater ownership of their teams and improve people management.
• Excellent organisation, attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
• Confidence using HR systems, data and reporting to identify issues and drive improvements.

A CIPD level 5 qualification and payroll experience are desirable, but practical experience, sound judgement and the ability to make a difference matter just as much. Equivalent experience is very much welcomed.

This role is immediately available for the right candidate.