HR Manager

hireful; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established children's charity in Stafford is seeking an HR Operations Manager. This role involves leading HR administration and payroll, as well as managing a small HR team. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of employment law, experience in creating HR policies, and a passion for optimising HR systems. The position offers a salary up to £44,500 and benefits such as a healthcare cash plan, pension, and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Healthcare cash plan

Pension

Staff discount

31 days holiday (inc. bank hols)

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a HR team effectively.
• Strong understanding of employment law and compliance.
• Proven track record in creating HR policies.
• Experience in payroll processing workflows.
• Ability to optimise HR systems and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR administration and payroll processes.
• Manage and improve HR System and reporting.
• Ensure compliance and write HR policies.
• Design efficient HR workflows and templates.
• Act as technical HR lead on payroll and queries.
• Handle Employee Relations issues escalated from the team.

Skills

Experience managing a HR team

Knowledge of employment law and HR compliance

Experience creating HR policies and processes

Payroll experience

Optimising HR systems and reporting

CIPD Level 5 or working towards

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

Bamboo HR

Job description

If spreadsheets, systems and spotless HR processes are your love language, this one s for you.

This role managing HR operations with a well-established children's charity, is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys getting into the detail while influencing at a strategic level.

Leading a small, fast-paced People team, reporting to the Head of HR, you ll take ownership of HR administration, payroll processes, HR systems and data - ensuring everything runs smoothly, compliantly and efficiently.

This role is based in Cannock, Staffordshire - easily commutable from Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Burton, Stoke - with some options for home working too.

Salary of up to £44,500 depending on your qualifications, skills and experience, plus benefits including healthcare cash plan, pension, staff discount and 31 days holiday (inc. bank hols)

You will be responsible for:

• Leading all HR administration and payroll processes, and supervising a small HR team
• Managing the HR System (Bamboo) and people data integrity, all HR reporting and MI
• Compliance, policy and process writing and their implementation
• Designing and improving HR workflows, templates and processes
• Acting as the technical HR lead on payroll, statutory leave, contracts and queries
• Point of escalation for Employee Relations queries from your team

What you need to bring:

• Experience managing a HR team, and getting the best out of them
• Strong working knowledge of employment law and HR compliance
• Proven experience creating (not just following) HR policies and processes
• Payroll experience (there is a Payroll officer, but you will be the one pressing the button!)
• Enjoyment of optimising HR systems, data and reporting (ideally Bamboo HR)
• Ideally CIPD Level 5 qualified or actively working towards

Step up encouragement: if you ve been a Senior HR Advisor, HR Officer, or similar, as long as you have experience in managing a team, then we want to hear from you.

A brilliant opportunity for an operationally strong HR professional who likes things done properly - and enjoys making them even better.