HR Manager

James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Walsall; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Work from home up to 2 days/week

Job summary

James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd represents a health and social care organisation recruiting an HR Manager on a permanent basis. The role is hybrid with home working up to two days a week and office-based in Walsall; salary 45,000-50,000 per year.

You will lead the HR team, handle complex employee relations, ensure compliance with employment law and CIPD standards, and drive TUPE and organisational change.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience managing complex employee relations to dismissal level.
• Experience advising line managers on staffing issues.
• Experience managing ACAS Early Conciliation and Employment Tribunal claims.
• Experience managing large and complex TUPE transfers.
• Fully CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.
• Full driving licence and willingness to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR team to provide consistent, practical guidance across all HR matters.
• Manage complex employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, absence, and redundancy.
• Drive absence management and wellbeing interventions, including Occupational Health referrals and return-to-work interviews.
• Manage ACAS Early Conciliation and Employment Tribunal claims with legal advisors.
• Lead TUPE transfers, acquisitions and organisational change programmes.
• Develop HR policies and manager guides; deliver management development training.
• Draft Settlement Agreements and coach managers through protected conversations.
• Monitor HR casework, reporting and identifying trends, risks.

Skills

Employee relations

Employment law

HR policies

Management training

TUPE transfers

Disciplinary

Grievance

Absence management

Wellbeing

ACAS

Employment Tribunal

Education

CIPD qualification or working towards

Job description

Our client, a health and social care organisation, is currently recruiting for an HR Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. Offering a salary of £45,000-£50,000, this hybrid role provides flexibility to work from home up to two days per week, with the remainder of the week based at their Walsall office.

The successful candidate will bring substantial experience in managing complex employee relations cases, alongside a strong understanding of employment law, HR policies, and HR best practice. The client is looking for candidates to be fully CIPD qualified or be working towards qualification.

Duties will include:

• Leading and managing the HR team to provide consistent, practical advice and guidance across all HR matters
• Managing complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, dismissal, restructure and redundancy matters
• Driving absence management and wellbeing interventions, including Occupational Health referrals, return-to-work interviews and phased returns
• Managing ACAS Early Conciliation and Employment Tribunal claims, working with legal advisers to prepare documentation and support proceedings
• Leading and supporting TUPE transfers, acquisitions and organisational change programmes
• Developing HR policies, practical manager guides and management development training
• Creating and delivering management development training to help line managers apply HR policies, procedures and employee relations processes consistently
• Drafting Settlement Agreements where approved and coaching line managers through protected conversations and associated negotiations
• Monitoring HR casework, reporting management information and identifying trends, risks and proactive interventions

Experience required:

• A minimum of two years’ experience managing complex employee relations cases to dismissal level
• Experience advising line managers on a wide range of staffing issues
• Experience managing ACAS Early Conciliation and Employment Tribunal claims
• Experience managing large and complex TUPE transfers into and out of a business
• Supervisory or line management experience
• Thorough, up-to-date knowledge of employment law, HR policies, procedures and best practice
• Fully CIPD qualified or working towards qualification
• A full driving licence and willingness to undertake an enhanced DBS check

Working hours:

• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm