HR Manager

Trident Group – UK; Sutton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Moving home days off

Life assurance 3x salary

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Trident Group – UK is seeking an HR Manager to lead a small HR team and provide expert advice to managers and senior leaders in Birmingham. You will coordinate advisory, employee-relations and administrative services and manage complex cases.

You will work 37.5 hours per week, with a salary of £46,500 plus a £1,680 car allowance, and a focus on policy development, governance and service improvement within a compassionate, inclusive People & Culture function.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a generalist HR management role.
• Experience managing and developing an HR team.
• Significant experience handling complex employee-relations cases.
• Experience advising managers and senior leaders on sensitive issues.
• Experience developing and implementing HR policies.
• Experience using HR systems and producing workforce reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small HR team delivering advisory, ER and admin services.
• Provide expert advice to managers and senior leaders on complex people issues.
• Coordinate HR services across the organisation and lifecycle events.
• Partner with hiring managers on talent needs and recruitment strategies.
• Design and embed a performance management culture.
• Champion EDI across the Group's activities.

Skills

People management

CIPD Level 5

Collaborative leadership

HR advisory

Education

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management

Tools

HR systems

Microsoft 365

Job description

About The Role

The HR Manager will manage and develop a small HR team, ensuring that HR advisory, employee-relations and administrative services are coordinated, responsive and delivered consistently. The postholder will also manage complex and sensitive employee-relations cases, providing expert advice to managers and senior leaders where appropriate.

Reference 188914
HR Manager
Erdington, Birmingham
£46,500.00 plus £1680 car allownace
37.5 hours per week
Closing date 26th September 2026

What You’ll Be Doing

• To lead the effective delivery of day-to-day HR services across the organisation, providing high-quality advice, guidance and support to managers and employees.
• Ensure that the HR team provides consistent support across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, probation, performance, attendance, conduct, development and offboarding.
• Lead or provide expert advice on complex and sensitive employee-relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, TUPE, ET and workplace relationship matters.
• Ensure effective partnering with hiring managers to define talent needs and recruitment strategies
• Design, implement and embed a performance management culture. Providing the tools and guidance to enable managers to define colleague and team goals that support Group objectives
• Be an organisational champion for the benefits of EDI, working to integrate into all areas of the Group’s activities

You Will Have

• Proven experience in a generalist HR management, HR business partnering or senior HR advisory role.
• Experience managing and developing an HR team, including setting objectives, allocating work, providing supervision and managing performance.
• Significant experience managing complex employee-relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and absence matters.
• Experience advising managers and senior leaders on sensitive, high-risk or legally complex people issues.
• Experience developing, reviewing and implementing HR policies and procedures.
• Experience using HR systems and producing workforce reports and management information.
• Experience working in social housing, public sector, regulated services or another complex organisational environment is desirable.
• Experience supporting organisational change, restructuring, consultation or service improvement is desirable.

Skills And Capabilities

• Strong people-management skills, with the ability to motivate, develop and support an HR team.
• CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management, or equivalent professional experience.
• Able to lead through collaboration, set clear expectations and create a positive team culture.
• Excellent employee-relations judgement, with the ability to assess evidence, risk and proportionality.
• Able to provide clear, confident and commercially aware advice to managers and senior leaders.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills, including the confidence to challenge constructively.
• Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to prepare reports, case documentation, policies and formal correspondence.
• Strong verbal communication skills, with the ability to handle difficult and sensitive conversations professionally.
• Able to manage competing priorities and ensure that urgent or high-risk matters receive appropriate attention.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to interpret legislation and policy and translate requirements into practical advice.
• High level of discretion, integrity and emotional resilience.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate record-keeping.
• Able to use HR data to identify trends, inform decisions and support service improvement.
• Confident using HR systems, case-management tools and Microsoft 365.
• Able to build effective working relationships across the organisation and contribute positively to a collaborative People & Culture service.

Why join us?

• Trustworthy
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• People Focused
• Caring in all we do

The Benefits

• 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
• A day off for your birthday
• 4 days off when you move home
• Life assurance (3 x salary)
• Employee Assistance programme & wellbeing programme

Who we are?

Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than 650 staff, works with volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more.

The Group consists of:

• Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance
• Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering trauma informed care and support services.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and as a trauma informed organisation we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected and equally guided by our beacon of hope.

All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.

As an organisation we do not offer visa sponsorships. Only applicants with existing right to work in the UK will be consdidered.

Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.