HR Manager

Dovetail HRS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Pension with employer contributions

Complimentary tickets

Press nights

Ticket offers

Bar/café discount

Flexible working

Wellbeing programme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Training and development

Cyclescheme

Computer scheme

Travel season ticket loans

Job summary

Dovetail HRS in Salisbury is seeking a Human Resources Manager / Head of People to lead the People function for a multi-site arts charity. The role covers recruitment, onboarding, performance, reward, payroll and HR policy, ensuring compliance with employment law and best practice across the organisation.

The post requires strong people leadership, robust HR knowledge, and the ability to implement improvements while maintaining accurate records and effective union liaison where required.

Qualifications

• Extensive people management experience including dealing with sensitive situations such as disciplinary or redundancy processes.
• Empathetic and calm under pressure.
• Level 5 CIPD qualification or able to demonstrate equivalent experience.
• Robust understanding of the application of employment law.
• Experience of managing an HR function, including compliance, HRIS, payroll and line manager support.
• Ability to communicate complex issues to a range of stakeholders.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to draft comprehensive policy documents.
• Data analysis skills and confident using Excel and HR software.

Responsibilities

• Lead the People function, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, performance, reward and offboarding.
• Ensure employment law and HR best practices are applied across all People matters.
• Manage the employee lifecycle with policies and operational improvements.
• Maintain accurate staff records, including personal data, contracts, annual leave and sickness.
• Oversee the wages and salaries budget and payroll data for accuracy.
• Stay informed on employment law developments and advise management.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion across all People processes.

Skills

People management

Disciplinary proceedings

Communication

Policy drafting

Data analysis (Excel)

Stakeholder management

Education

Level 5 CIPD

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

ATS

Job description

Human Resources Manager / Head of People

35,000

Salisbury

Permanent role

This is a prominent multi-venue arts charity and cultural engine operating a diverse, multi-site portfolio in the South West. The organisation encompasses a flagship regional producing theater, a dynamic multi-disciplinary arts center housed in a historic venue, and a high-profile annual international arts festival.

The Head of People role leads the People function, ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive service supporting line managers and having oversight of the employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding, through performance and reward, to offboarding. The role will ensure that employment law and best practice is adhered to in all People matters.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR professional looking to make an impact in an arts organisation that offers variety and opportunities for personal development.

To ensure a robust People function for the organisation, to maintain continued recruitment and retention of staff through overseeing good-practice operational policies and procedures

To manage the employee lifecycle, identifying and implementing initiatives for improvement

To ensure accurate record keeping for staff including personal details, contractual changes, annual leave and sickness records

To ensure compliance with law and policy on all people matters, by communicating policies and procedures and ensuring they are delivered consistently across the organisation

To have oversight of the wages and salaries budget and ensure that the People team deliver accurate information into the payroll process

To stay informed and up to date with employment law developments and advise management of upcoming changes to ensure continued compliance

To promote EDI throughout all people processes and policies

Employee Relations

To support line managers on all employee relations matters, including performance and absence, and to lead on disciplinary procedures

To manage the annual appraisal process

To carry out regular pulse surveys to inform decision making

To be the main point of contact for any union representatives

Recruitment

To oversee recruitment planning including budget management, business case preparation and ensuring suitable job descriptions

To implement recruitment processes including advertising and arranging interviews

To manage the ATS

Training

To set and manage the centralised training budget

To ensure mandatory training is scheduled and completed

To identify training needs with line managers and ensure that staff receive training as appropriate

Management Reporting

To provide the Executive Director and Finance Director with payroll forecasts and monitoring as required

To provide updates for the Board as required by the Executive Director

To provide People practice insight and reporting on an ad hoc basis as required

Experience required:

• Extensive people management experience including dealing with sensitive situations such as disciplinary or redundancy processes
• Empathetic and calm under pressure
• Level 5 CIPD qualification or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
• Robust understanding of the application of employment law
• Experience of managing an HR function, including compliance, HRIS, payroll and line manager support
• Ability to communicate complex issues to a range of stakeholders
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to draft comprehensive policy documents
• Data analysis skills and confident using Excel and HR software

Benefits:

• 28 days holiday
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme through People's Pension, with 3% employer contributions based on qualifying earnings, subject to eligibility
• Complimentary tickets for in-house shows
• Invitations to press nights
• Occasional ticket offers on visiting shows
• Discount in our bars and caf s
• Opportunity for flexible working patterns
• Wellbeing activities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A fully trained team of Mental Health First Aiders
• Training and development opportunities
• Cyclescheme
• Computer Scheme
• Interest-free travel season ticket loans