HR Manager

Livevacancies; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Travel to regional offices

Job summary

Livevacancies is seeking an experienced HR Advisor or HR Manager to join our busy HR team in Reading. You will act as a trusted first point of contact for employees and managers, providing practical, commercially minded advice across the full employee lifecycle.

You will support employee relations, HR processes and systems, and contribute to HR projects. Regular travel to regional offices will be required, reflecting a multi-site organisation with a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Solid HR Advisor/Manager experience in a busy environment.
• Confident applying UK employment law in practice.
• Experience managing employee relations cases independently.
• Experience using an HR system (HRIS) and improving processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical, commercially minded HR advice across the full employee lifecycle.
• Manage a broad range of employee relations matters with confidence and discretion.
• Help improve HR systems, processes and ways of working.
• Support HR projects and the wider people agenda.
• Build trusted relationships with colleagues at all levels.
• Travel regularly to our regional offices in Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham.

Skills

Strong organisation

Judgement

Attention to detail

Proactive approach

Collaborative

Discretion

Education

CIPD Level 5 membership

Tools

HRIS administration

Job description

Human Resources

Full time

Permanent

Are you an experienced, commercially focused HR Advisor or HR Manager who enjoys working in a busy, people-focused business? If so we'd love to hear from you

About us

eCapital helps small and medium-sized businesses access flexible funding so they can grow with confidence. We are entering an exciting next phase of growth, with more than 800 colleagues across the UK, US and Canada.

We are committed to our purpose, empowering companies by accelerating their access to funding and leading the way as an innovative provider of cashflow solutions to small and medium businesses. For over 2 decades we have provided in excess of£2 billion of funding support to our clients in the UK and £36 billion across the group.

You will be joining at a very exciting time, after years of exponential growth, we continue to expand our global footprint, and seek bright minds and avid advocates to join us in our continued success story.

We are ambitious, collaborative and committed to creating a positive employee experience. We want our people to feel valued, supported and comfortable asking for help when they need it.

The role

This is a varied, hands-on generalist role supporting around 230 colleagues across five UK offices. Reporting to the Head of HR, you will be a trusted first point of contact for employees and managers, helping people feel heard, supported and able to do their best work.

You will enjoy building strong relationships, giving practical advice and finding solutions that work for both our people and the business. No two days will be the same: you may be supporting an employee relations case, improving an HR process, helping with recruitment or making better use of our HR systems.

You will:

• Provide practical, commercially minded HR advice across the full employee lifecycle.
• Manage a broad range of employee relations matters with confidence, care and discretion.
• Help improve HR systems, processes and ways of working.
• Support HR projects and the wider people agenda.
• Build trusted relationships with colleagues at all levels.
• Travel regularly to our regional offices in Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham.

About you

You will have solid HR Advisor or HR Manager experience and enjoy working in a busy, people-focused environment. You will be confident applying UK employment law in a practical way and balancing employee needs with business priorities.

You will also bring:

• CIPD Level 5 membership or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience managing employee relations cases independently.
• Experience using an HR system; HRIS administration or process improvement experience would be useful.
• Strong organisation, judgement and attention to detail.
• A warm, approachable and professional manner.
• The ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and willingness to get involved.
• Resilience and calmness when handling difficult or sensitive situations.

Experience in financial services, professional services or a multi-site organisation would be an advantage, as would experience with Moorepay or Access LMS.

If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, grow your HR career and be part of a supportive team, we would love to hear from you

For more information about the role, please look at the attached role profile

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

We are an equal opportunities employer and care about creating working environments and cultures where every individual can feel safe, a sense of belonging and is empowered to achieve their full potential

We are proud of our collaborative and diverse teams, working together across a mix of different nationalities, ages, accents, race, culture, religion, visible and invisible disabilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical appearance, political opinion, those with caring responsibilities as well as coming from a variety of different socio-economic circumstances and other different personal characteristics and experiences

If you require any reasonable adjustments though out the recruitment process, please let us know

Competitive

Hours

Office based in Reading with the option to work from home / remote one day per week; and travel as required to our other sites, in our other offices in Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol + Glasgow

Competitive

11-10-2026

Job attachments

HR_Manager_Job_Description_-_Sept_2026_FV.pdf