HR Generalist

Jackson Hogg Ltd; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Jackson Hogg Ltd in Oldbury, West Midlands, is hiring a HR Generalist to provide hands-on HR support and lead strategic project work. The role is stand-alone but backed by the wider HR team across sites and will collaborate with managers and teams across the business.

You will work on employee relations, policy maintenance, recruitment and data reporting, and contribute to reward, wellbeing, engagement and culture initiatives.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in an HR Advisor or generalist role.
• Strong ER exposure and knowledge of HR policy.
• Able to advise managers and handle complex cases.
• Experience leading HR projects.

Responsibilities

• People Support & Employee Relations: Provide managers with clear, practical advice on performance, absence, disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Day-to-Day HR & Policies: Ensure HR policies are up to date, easy to follow, and applied consistently.
• Working With the Business: Build relationships with managers to understand goals and challenges and support decisions on people and culture.
• Recruitment and Talent Acquisition: Manage full recruitment lifecycle, onboarding and induction; support engagement initiatives.
• People Data & Reporting: Produce regular HR reports and highlight trends in engagement, turnover, and absence.

Skills

HR generalist experience

ER exposure

Stakeholder management

HR partnering

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

HR Generalist, Oldbury, West Midlands Salary up to £45,000

Jackson Hogg are delighted to be partnering with this exciting manufacturing plant 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 offers 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 in a stand alone HR capacity but with the full support of the wider team across other sites.

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

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

Experience working in a unionised environment is preferred

• 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