People Transfer and Transition Manager (Ref: 0026ZC)

We Are With You; Remote; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization in the UK is seeking a People Transfer and Transition Manager to oversee TUPE processes and manage significant people-related transitions. This role demands demonstrated expertise in HR management, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to design effective workforce strategies. With competitive salary and benefits, this full-time position allows for home-based flexibility with some travel required. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to supporting individuals facing drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Access to a Blue Light Card for savings

Refer a Friend scheme with bonuses

Qualifications

• Experience in HR management and change processes.
• Understanding of TUPE regulations and procedures.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead TUPE and people decisions with stakeholders.
• Design strategies for new business and contract retention.
• Analyze and interpret employee terms during HR due diligence.
• Develop proposals for HR-related solutions.
• Communicate bid submission outcomes clearly.

Skills

Chartered membership of the CIPD or significant demonstrable experience

Experience of delivering end to end TUPE processes

Credible HR people processes and change management experience

The ability to influence and consult with a wide range of stakeholders

Excellent attention to detail

Job description

About the Role

All applicants need to submit a CV and a covering letter on why you should be considered for this role. Applications will not be accepted if no covering letter is included.

Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised.

Closing date : Friday 12th December

Join us as our new People Transfer and Transition Manager (TUPE) - Job Description / Person Specification

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us here .

Job Opportunity

Working in the People team at WithYou brings something new every day - we are :

• There to listen and support
• Ready to help our managers find solutions
• On hand to provide expert advice
• Always thinking about how we can provide the best employee experience

Our People team is recruiting for a People Transfer and Transition Manager, to design and lead effective people plans for the transfer and implementation of new business and contract retention, using best practice and innovation.

This is a full time and permanent home-based role, with some travel required and a salary of circa £50,000 per annum.

The postholder will lead the transformation of our workforce to deliver our contractual service delivery commitments and vision. This will include responsibility for informing people related decisions, risks and mitigation, ensuring the practical and lawful application of TUPE and designing strategies for mitigating people impacts related to new business and contract retention. You will also be required to support the growth of existing services where additional investment in delivery results in an increased workforce.

As our People Transfer and Transition Manager, your key responsibilities will include :

• Leadership of TUPE and people decisions in collaboration with multiple stakeholders - including commissioners; outgoing / incoming providers; external partners and subcontractors; our new business and contract retention team and Operations and People teams
• Devising strategies to mitigate people impacts related to new business and contract retentions and design suitable people transfer approaches
• Analysing and interpreting employee terms and conditions via HR due diligence
• Developing specific proposals for solutions for selected key issues in the HR environment - including job matching, culture change and workforce development
• Ensuring that the result of a bid submission is clearly communicated and handed over to the relevant person

Essential Skills

We’d love to see applications from candidates with :

• Chartered membership of the CIPD or significant demonstrable experience
• Experience of delivering end to end TUPE processes
• Credible HR people processes and change management experience
• The ability to influence and consult with a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to carrying out multiple tasks / projects

DE&I

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period