Human Resources Manager

Elevation Recruitment Group; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Westfield Health

Life Cover

Job summary

Elevation HR is partnering with an education organisation in Sheffield to appoint an interim HR Manager on a 12-14 month fixed-term contract, full-time. You will lead the generalist HR function, oversee two direct reports, and ensure delivery across the organisation.

Reporting to the HR Director, you will provide expert guidance on policies, recruitment, wellbeing, and compliance, while balancing flexible hours during half-term.

Qualifications

• An experienced HR professional with a strong generalist background and confidence managing the full employee lifecycle.
• Experience coaching or developing others and empowering a team.
• Experience in regulated environments like education or healthcare; CIPD qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert HR advice and guidance to managers and employees, building management capability and ensuring consistent, high-quality people practices across the organisation
• Oversee HR policies, procedures and employment practices, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, safer recruitment requirements and the organisations strategic objectives.
• Manage employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance cases, providing confidential advice and hands‑on support to managers and employees
• Coordinate the end-to-end recruitment and selection process, maintaining a central recruitment tracker, supporting hiring managers and monitoring vacancies through to appointment
• Lead staff training and development initiatives, including employee and volunteer inductions, identifying organisational training needs and delivering management training to strengthen HR capability
• Support staff wellbeing, absence management, return‑to‑work processes and reasonable adjustments
• Maintain accurate HR records, systems and management information, produce reports, support inspections and audits, and identify opportunities to improve HR processes and practices

Skills

Generalist HR

People management

Employee relations

Change management

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Elevation HR are working with an Education organisation to appoint an interim HR Manager for a 12-14 month fixed term contract on a full-time basis in Sheffield.

Reporting directly to the HR Director, you’ll take ownership of the generalist HR function, managing two direct reports and overseeing the day-to-day delivery of HR across the organisation. The role also offers flexibility around working hours during half-term, providing a great opportunity to balance work and personal commitments.

• Provide expert HR advice and guidance to managers and employees, building management capability and ensuring consistent, high-quality people practices across the organisation
• Oversee HR policies, procedures and employment practices, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, safer recruitment requirements and the organisations strategic objectives.
• Manage employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance cases, providing confidential advice and hands‑on support to managers and employees
• Coordinate the end-to-end recruitment and selection process, maintaining a central recruitment tracker, supporting hiring managers and monitoring vacancies through to appointment
• Lead staff training and development initiatives, including employee and volunteer inductions, identifying organisational training needs and delivering management training to strengthen HR capability
• Support staff wellbeing, absence management, return‑to‑work processes and reasonable adjustments
• Maintain accurate HR records, systems and management information, produce reports, support inspections and audits, and identify opportunities to improve HR processes and practices

Benefits as a HR Manager include:

• Hybrid Working
• Westfield Health
• Life Cover

The ideal HR Manager will have the following:

• An experienced HR professional with a strong generalist background and confidence managing the full employee lifecycle.
• Previous experience managing, coaching or developing others, with the ability to support and empower a team.
• Experience working within a regulated environment, such as education, healthcare or a similar sector, would be highly advantageous.Ideally CIPD qualified or currently working towards a CIPD qualification.