Interim HR Manager

McCarthy Recruitment; Coalville; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Coalville is seeking an experienced Interim HR Manager for a 3-month fixed-term contract. You will stabilize and accelerate transformation programs, simplify HR processes, and coach leaders while driving initiative and influence from day one. The ideal candidate brings strong retail or hospitality experience and a strategic mindset, coupled with the ability to work autonomously. This role offers the chance for immediate impact in a fast-paced and dynamic business environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for career progression

Collaborative team environment

Focus on diversity and innovation

Qualifications

• Experience in high volume, high velocity environments.
• Ability to set direction and make things happen.
• Comfortable working autonomously and making sound decisions.
• Pragmatic problem-solving skills.
• Commercially minded and justified decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Stabilise and accelerate live transformation programme.
• Simplify core HR processes to speed up decision-making.
• Coach leaders to adopt effective people practices.
• Use people metrics to focus efforts and communicate progress.
• Deliver quick wins while laying foundations for sustainable change.

Skills

Retail pedigree

Strategic capability

Independent initiative

Sound ER judgement

Data-literate

Job description

Overview

Interim HR Manager (3‑month FTC)
Salary: Up to £50,000 (pro‑rata)
Contract: 3‑month fixed term or interim
Location: Warrington

Are you ready to make an immediate impact? We’re looking for someone who can step in, quickly assess the landscape, and deliver results from day one. If you’re a strategic thinker who’s not afraid to roll up your sleeves, make confident decisions, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where juggling multiple priorities is the norm, we want to hear from you. This is your chance to bring energy, initiative, and real momentum to our team without waiting for direction.

Responsibilities

• Stabilise and accelerate a live transformation programme, aligning people plans to delivery milestones and commercial outcomes
• Diagnose and simplify core HR processes (ER, talent, OD, engagement) to remove friction and speed up decision‑making
• Coach and challenge leaders to adopt pragmatic, pacey people practices that stick in the operation
• Own the data and narrative use people metrics to focus effort, unblock issues, and communicate progress plainly
• Deliver quick wins while laying foundations for sustainable change (policies, comms, governance)

What you’ll bring

• Retail or hospitality pedigree or similar environments where you are used to high volume, high velocity environments and “many balls in the air”
• Strategic & hands‑on capability; you can set direction and personally make things happen
• Independent initiative comfortable working autonomously, making sound calls, and moving fast
• Sound ER & employment law judgement, with the pragmatism to solve problems, not create them
• Data‑literate and commercially minded, able to justify decisions and investments

Why this role

• Immediate influence: come in, shape the agenda, and get on with it.
• Autonomy: trusted to operate at pace with minimal hand‑
• Real‑world transformation: visible, measurable impact in a business that values speed and outcomes.

Why Join?

• Be part of a business that values fresh thinking, diversity, and real-world results
• Play a key role in advancing sustainability and innovation
• Enjoy real opportunities for career progression and personal development
• Join a supportive, collaborative team with ambitious growth plans

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