People & Performance Manager (Maternity Cover)

Tangerine; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

25 days annual leave + birthday off

Wellbeing day off quarterly

Pension scheme

Regular socials

Charity fundraising events

Job summary

Tangerine, a specialist communications agency, is seeking an experienced People & Performance Manager for a 12-month maternity cover. The role focuses on the employee experience, learning, development and engagement, with operational leadership across core People activities.

You’ll collaborate with managers across the business to maintain momentum on the People roadmap, ensuring continuity, consistency and a great experience for our people during the maternity period.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Human Resources Management.
• Solid generalist HR experience.
• Experience of managing and leading an HR function.
• Sound employment law knowledge.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload.
• Line management experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for the People & Performance function during maternity cover.
• Lead the delivery of the People & Performance roadmap with measurable outcomes.
• Partner with leaders/managers on employee relations and people-related decisions.
• Oversee employee relations matters, ensuring legal compliance and alignment with company values.
• Maintain People governance, policies and compliance activities.
• Ensure operation of People systems, reporting and data management to support business decisions.
• Oversee recruitment operations and workforce planning to ensure high-quality candidate experience.
• Drive learning, development and capability-building to strengthen manager effectiveness and business performance.
• Oversee reward, recognition and benefits framework to support wellbeing and employer brand.
• Champion continuous improvement across People processes and ways of working.
• Maintain momentum on People initiatives during the maternity leave period.

Skills

HR Generalist

Employment Law

People Management

Organisation & Planning

Learning & Development

Education

Degree in Human Resources Management

Job description

About Us

We're Tangerine – a team of 100+ content creators, digital planners, strategists, designers, creatives and consultants who help brands solve problems, think differently and truly connect with people.

Our vision is simple:

To be the specialist communications agency top brands want to work with — and the place the most talented people want to work for.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced People & Performance Manager to join us on a 12-month maternity cover, and we welcome applications from candidates seeking either full-time or part-time opportunities.

This is a hand-on, high-impact role for someone who can keep the People function moving with clarity, pace and care. You'll take ownership of the employee experience, supporting the ongoing learning, development and engagement of our teams, while providing operational leadership across core People activities.

Working closely with managers and employees across the business, you'll help maintain momentum on our People roadmap, ensuring continuity, consistency and a great experience for our people throughout the maternity cover period.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for the People & Performance function, ensuring continuity, accountability and effective decision-making throughout the maternity cover period.
• Lead the delivery of the People & Performance roadmap, translating strategic priorities into practical, measurable outcomes across the business.
• Act as a trusted partner to leaders and managers, providing expert guidance on employee relations, organisational challenges and people-related decision making.
• Oversee complex employee relations matters, ensuring risks are managed appropriately and outcomes align with both employment law and company values.
• Maintain People governance, policies and compliance activities, ensuring frameworks remain effective, legally compliant and reflective of Tangerine's culture.
• Ensure the effective operation of People systems, reporting and data management, using insight and metrics to support informed business decisions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Oversee recruitment operations and workforce planning activity, ensuring an efficient, high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Drive the delivery of learning, development and capability-building initiatives that strengthen manager effectiveness and support business performance.
• Oversee Tangerine's reward, recognition and benefits framework, ensuring a consistent, engaging and commercially effective approach that supports employee wellbeing, retention and employer brand.
• Champion continuous improvement across People processes, systems and ways of working, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, scalability and employee experience.
• Maintain momentum on key People initiatives, ensuring agreed objectives and priorities are delivered effectively during the maternity leave period.

How you will work

• Be visible, approachable and responsive for managers and employees across the business.
• Work closely with the P&P Partner so that operational activity, business partnering, engagement, performance and talent priorities stay connected.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to maintain a people-focused culture and support the ongoing employee experience.
• Bring structure and pace to day-to-day delivery while remaining flexible to changing business needs.

Experience

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Human Resources Management
• Solid generalist experience in HR
• Experience of managing and leading a HR function
• Sound employment law knowledge
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
• Line management experience is beneficial

Schedule

• We are open to full-time and part-time applicants
• Hybrid working

What we offer

• A healthy annual training budget
• 25 days annual leave + your birthday off
• Wellbeing day off once a quarter
• Late start/early finish once a quarter
• Health Insurance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Regular socials
• Charity fundraising events/activities

Open to all

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace were everyone can thrive and help enhance the way we work through their unique perspectives and experiences.

Please get in touch to discuss any assistance you may require with our application process.