Hr Manager

Find Apprenticeships; St Albans; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A successful client-focused company in St Albans is seeking an HR Manager to support their operations and align HR projects with company values. This role includes responsibilities like recruitment, payroll management, and fostering a collaborative work environment, with a competitive salary up to £52k. If you possess significant HR experience and a relevant degree, we invite you to drive impactful HR initiatives in our firm.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus 2 for Christmas

Subsidised parking

Generous pension scheme

Private healthcare

Death in service

Qualifications

• Significant previous experience in a managerial or advisory HR role.
• Up-to-date understanding of employment legislation.
• Experience in professional services or commercial focus.

Responsibilities

• Line management of HR Assistant and recruitment processes.
• Managing payroll and ensuring compliance with HR policies.
• Developing HR training and engagement strategies.

Skills

Good communication

Numerically literate

Line management

Confidentiality

Excellent IT skills

Problem solving

Supportive and collaborative

Education

BA / BSc or Level 5 qualification

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Would you like to work as a HR Manager for a successful client focused company based in St Albans?

This role plays a vital part in ensuring people are supported, working to their best and in line with company values. This role works alongside the Head of People to deliver HR projects and manage the day-to-day operational people matters of the firm.

What s in it for you?

• Salary: up to £52k depending on experience
• Hours: Mon- Fri 9am-5pm, office based until after probation 3 days in the office, 2 at home.
• 25 days holiday (plus 2 additional for Christmas period)
• Subsidised parking
• Generous pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Death in service

Key responsibilities:

• Line management of the HR Assistant, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Recruitment and onboarding, ensuring the best possible talent.
• Induction, ensuring strong relationships are forged in the early days and that incoming team members feel integrated into the firm and understand the company values.
• Managing the payroll process and authorise monthly reports for processing.
• Administering pensions to include compliance with pension legislation.
• Performance management, supporting the firm to build knowledge, skills and behaviours in line with their values.
• Internal movements, role changes, probationary periods.
• Leavers, including exit interviews.
• Regularly review all HR process and policies to ensure legal compliance, excellence and continued Lexcel/ISO accreditation.
• Working with the Head of People to create an HR data dashboard, providing and advising on HR metrics for lifecycle activities to support decision making and identify areas for improvement.
• Serving as an approachable, trusted first point of contact for internal customers with HR queries.
• Responding to employee and line manager HR enquiries with consistent, high-quality advice.
• Managing all employee relations casework with care, approachability and empathy.
• Supporting the Trainee programme and apprenticeships
• Supporting with return-to-work interviews and reporting on patterns of absence.
• Working with the Head of People to develop training needs analysis and where required develop and deliver in-house training and development.
• Supporting the roll-out of any HR projects, processes and services as required.
• Engaging in continuous professional development to allow us to constantly improve.
• Providing absence cover for the HR Assistant.

What the client are looking for:

Significant previous experience in a managerial or advisory HR role.

BA / BSc or Level 5 qualification in a relevant field desirable

Good communication skills and the confidence to deal with people at all levels of the firm.

Ability to build good relationships with colleagues by building trust and credibility.

An up-to-date understanding of present and planned employment legislation.

Numerically literate, comfortable working with numbers, making sense of metrics and processing figures with spreadsheets.

Line management experience.

Experience of working in professional services / commercially focussed.

Confidentiality.

Excellent IT skills including the use of HRIS.

A progressive approach to problem solving.

A commitment to continual learning and encouraging the same in others.

A supportive and collaborative approach

Red Door Recruitment is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. Full details available on our website.

Please note due to the number of applications we often receive; only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.