People Generalist

Cottrell Moore Ltd; Watford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday day off

Perkbox discounts

Pension up to 3%

Life Assurance

Staff discount

Cycle to work

Long service rewards

Job summary

Cottrell Moore Ltd is seeking a dedicated HR Generalist to join our People Team. This true HR Generalist role supports six locations across London, with travel to five sites as required. Location is Watford; hours are 8.30am – 5pm, Monday to Friday on a fixed-term contract for 18 months.

Salary is negotiable and reflects experience. You will advise managers and colleagues, drive process improvements, and ensure compliance with HR policies and employment laws while strengthening stakeholder

Qualifications

• Significant experience in employee relations.
• CIPD Level 5 certification.
• Strong understanding of HR principles, employee relations, practices, and employment laws.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build robust relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to use and understand AI tools.

Responsibilities

• HR Business Partnering: support the Senior People Business Partner and management with process improvement and query resolution.
• Manage employee relations issues end-to-end, ensuring policy compliance.
• Act as trusted advisor to the business, providing operational HR support.
• Assist with long-term objectives and five-year planning.
• Facilitate talent management and succession planning.
• Visit branches to provide HR presence and timely advice.
• Design and deliver in-house management upskilling workshops.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives and communicate HR policies.

Skills

Employee relations

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

HR policy understanding

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

AI tools

Job description

Location: Watford (with essential travel to 5 sites across London when required)

Salary: Negotiable

Hours: 8.30am – 5pm Monday to Friday

Type: 18 months fixed-term contract

Come and join our People Team! This is a true People Generalist role where no two days are the same. As a busy, growing builders' and plumbers' merchant with six locations across London, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for someone who enjoys variety, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and wants to play a key role in supporting our colleagues, managers and senior leadership team as we continue to grow and improve. Your primary focus will be to support our branches offering advice both over the phone and in person, whilst exploring measures to continually improve and maintain our processes.

Benefits:

• 25 Days Holidays, plus bank holidays and your Birthday Day off
• Longservice and milestone birthday celebrations
• Perkbox – 24/7 discounts, wellbeing support, online GP access and more
• Competitive salary
• Pension – up to 3% Company Contribution
• Life Assurance – subject to length of service
• Staff Discount
• Cycle to work scheme

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required:

• Significant experience in employee relations.
• CIPD Level 5 certification.
• Strong understanding of HR principles, employee relations, practices, and employment laws.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build robust relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to use and understand AI tools

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

HR Business Partnering:

• Support the Senior People Business Partner, team members and the wider management teams/colleagues with process improvement and query resolution
• Manage employee relations issues end-to-end, ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the business, providing HR support at an operational level.
• Supporting the business with long-term objectives and five-year plan
• Facilitate talent management and succession planning.

Employee Relations:

• Manage and resolve employee relations issues, ensuring compliance with company policies and employment law.
• Design and deliver in-house management upskilling workshops
• Visiting branches to ensure HR presence and advice is available for timely support

Employee Engagement and Culture:

• Drive a positive culture by implementing employee engagement initiatives, including surveys and focus groups.
• Actively own and contribute to HR projects at any given time
• Administrate online benefits platform via Perkbox and become a super user to actively promote to staff
• Regularly update and communicate HR policies and procedures.
• Designing and Delivering weekly company induction programme for onboarding new colleagues