HR Manager

Rubicon Recruitment Agency; Poole; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health and dental care

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Autonomy to shape HR policy

Job summary

Rubicon Recruitment Agency in Poole seeks a Group HR Manager to take ownership of the HR function, shaping policy and running HR with autonomy and senior leadership backing.

You will lead disciplinary and grievance processes, manage recruitment and onboarding, and ensure robust HR documentation and compliance across the business. This is a stand-alone, influential role with significant impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR management, ideally in manufacturing or similar environment.
• Strong understanding of UK employment law and best practices.
• Proven ability to recruit, onboard and coach managers independently.
• Track record handling disciplinary, grievance and performance processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead disciplinary and grievance processes with formal documentation.
• Create, maintain and update HR policies and employee records.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment from job specs to offers and onboarding.
• Oversee new starter, leaver and probation processes including contracts and inductions.
• Coordinate absence, holiday and payroll documentation and training records.
• Support HR compliance activities and risk assessments.

Skills

UK HR experience

Disciplinary & grievance

Full-cycle recruitment

Policy development

Education

CIPD Level 3 or above

Tools

PeopleHR

Job description

Group HR Manager | Poole | £42,000

As Group HR Manager, you'll take full ownership of the HR function across the business, not just administer it. This is a standalone role, so you'll shape and run HR exactly as you see fit, backed by senior leadership.

As Group HR Manager, you will benefit from:

• Private health and dental care
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Genuine autonomy to shape HR policy and process across the business

As Group HR Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading disciplinary and grievance processes, ensuring formal meetings are documented accurately, while providing day to day HR guidance to Managers across the business
• Creating, maintaining and updating HR policies, the employee handbook, data protection documentation and employee records
• Managing end to end recruitment, from drafting job specs and liaising with agencies through to interviews and offer stage
• Overseeing new starter, leaver and probation processes, including contracts, inductions and review scheduling
• Administering absence, holiday and payroll documentation, including back-to-work interviews and training certification tracking
• Coordinating annual Workstation Risk Assessments alongside wider HR compliance activity

As Group HR Manager, your experience will include:

• Proven experience as an HR Manager or senior HR Advisor, ideally within a manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and current HR best practice
• CIPD Level 3(or above), or equivalent experience
• Confidence managing full-cycle recruitment and onboarding independently, without close oversight
• A track record of handling disciplinary, grievance and performance cases without hand-holding
• Experience using PeopleHR or a similar HR information system would be an advantage

If you're ready to step into a Group HR Manager role where your decisions carry real weight, we'd love to hear from you.