HR Manager

hireful clients; Manchester; Vor Ort; GBP 45.000 - 55.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

hireful clients in Manchester is seeking an experienced HR Manager to deliver a practical, responsive HR service across a varied employee population. Reporting to the Head of HR, you will own day-to-day operations, employee relations and key projects, partnering with managers to provide clear advice and maintain accurate records.

This generalist role covers the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, payroll coordination, policy updates and engagement initiatives.

Qualifikationen

• CIPD Level 5 or progress towards it.
• Five years or more of relevant HR experience.
• Strong generalist HR background with ER experience.
• Solid knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience with payroll and HR reporting tools.

Aufgaben

• Oversee day-to-day HR operations and employee relations.
• Advise managers on employment matters and policy compliance.
• Manage onboarding, contracts, and offboarding processes.
• Coordinate payroll inputs and monthly payroll activity.
• Prepare workforce reports on headcount, turnover, and absence.
• Lead HR projects to improve processes and service quality.
• Support salary reviews and benefits administration.
• Coordinate HR for international employees with external providers.
• Drive employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives.

Kenntnisse

HR generalist

Employee relations

UK employment law

Data reporting & Excel

Communication skills

Ausbildung

CIPD Level 5

Tools

HR systems

Payroll inputs

Workforce reporting

Jobbeschreibung

Location: Manchester
Salary: up to £50k DOE
Contract: Perm/ 37.5 hours per week

We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on HR Manager to deliver a practical, responsive HR service across a varied employee population.

Reporting to the Head of HR, you’ll take ownership of day-to-day HR operations, employee relations and key projects. You’ll work closely with managers and employees, providing clear advice, maintaining accurate records and helping improve the employee experience.

This is a generalist role with no direct reports, offering responsibility across the full employee lifecycle.

The role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance, capability, flexible working and family leave matters.
• Supporting organisational change, consultation, restructures and redundancy processes.
• Advising and coaching managers on employment matters, applying policy and UK employment law consistently.
• Overseeing employee administration, including offers, contracts, onboarding, contractual changes and offboarding.
• Ensuring right-to-work checks, employee records and documentation are accurate, complete and maintained appropriately.
• Coordinating performance reviews, development activity and recruitment support.
• Working with Finance and payroll providers to ensure monthly payroll inputs and changes are accurate and submitted on time.
• Supporting salary reviews and bonus processes, administering benefits and resolving employee queries.
• Maintaining HR systems and producing accurate workforce reports covering headcount, turnover, absence and recruitment.
• Coordinating HR administration for international employees, working with external payroll, employment and advisory providers.
• Delivering HR projects, updating policies and improving processes to strengthen service quality and reduce unnecessary administration.
• Supporting employee engagement, wellbeing and retention initiatives.

About you

You’ll bring:

• CIPD Level 5, progress towards this qualification, or equivalent practical HR experience, alongside at least five years’ relevant experience.
• Strong generalist HR experience and confidence managing a varied employee relations caseload.
• A sound working knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience supporting organisational change, consultation and redundancy processes.
• Experience with HR systems, payroll inputs, employee benefits and workforce reporting.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce accurate employee documentation.
• Good Excel and data-handling skills, including formulas, analysis and presentation of workforce information.
• The confidence to advise managers, challenge constructively and recognise when to escal.
• Strong organisation, discretion and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A practical, collaborative approach and a strong sense of ownership.

Experience supporting international employees or working in a regulated environment would be advantageous.