Senior Human Resources Generalist

Leo Cancer Care; Crawley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Leo Cancer Care is seeking a UK HR Generalist to provide hands-on HR support across the employee lifecycle in Crawley. You will own BambooHR UK, coach managers through performance and disciplinaries, and ensure contractual compliance while aligning with commercial goals.

You will support payroll, benefits, and responses to employee queries, contributing to a consistent approach with the broader HR team. You will balance autonomy with collaboration in a scale-up environment.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 or above preferred; significant relevant HR experience will be considered in lieu of formal qualification.
• Proven generalist HR experience in a hands-on, standalone or small-team environment
• Working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Experience supporting a manufacturing, engineering, or similarly operational workforce
• Confident and competent user of BambooHR or a comparable HRIS
• Demonstrable ability to balance commercial pragmatism with genuine care for people
• Skilled at building trust quickly across all levels of an organisation
• Emotionally intelligent, able to hold difficult conversations with empathy and directness in equal measure
• Highly organised, self-sufficient, ability to work in a scale up environment
• Project Coordination

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain BambooHR for the UK, employee records, workflows, absence tracking, onboarding/offboarding, and reporting
• Manage the full employee lifecycle from offer letter to exit interview, ensuring a consistently positive experience
• Maintain up-to-date employment contracts, policies, and HR documentation in line with UK employment law
• Track and manage absence, holiday, and leave entitlements (including pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Act as a trusted, approachable first point of contact for all employee queries and concerns
• Support and coach line managers through performance conversations, disciplinaries, grievances, and absence management
• Be the conscience of the business. Flag people risks early and propose pragmatic, fair solutions
• Support wellbeing programmes and ensure employees feel seen, heard, and valued
• Manage the UK Benefits
• Provide HR support for the UK payroll process, ensuring employee changes, new starters, leavers, benefits, absence and other payroll inputs are accurate and submitted on time; work closely with the payroll team to resolve queries and discrepancies.
• Manage employee relations matters end-to-end, including performance, disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence cases, providing managers with clear, commercially sound advice and ensuring appropriate documentation and process.
• Support organisational change, including restructures, role changes, consultation processes and other employee-impacting business changes.
• Build manager capability through direct coaching and practical guidance with support of CHRO, enabling managers to handle people matters confidently, consistently and appropriately.
• Monitor changes in UK employment legislation and proactively recommend updates to policies, contracts and working practices to maintain compliance and reduce people-related risk.
• Partner with managers and HR team members on workforce needs, recruitment, onboarding and internal people decisions, working with Talent Acquisition and other partners where appropriate.
• Work closely with HR colleagues and business leaders globally to ensure UK requirements are understood while supporting consistent company-wide people practices and initiatives.

Skills

HR Generalist

Coaching managers

Employee relations

Organisational change

Stakeholder management

Education

CIPD Level 5 or above

Relevant HR experience

Tools

BambooHR

Job description

Reports to: Chief HR Officer

Position summary: This is a key hire for Leo Cancer Care. As our UK HR Generalist, you will be an experienced, hands-on HR professional providing trusted advice and practical support across the full employee lifecycle. You will work directly with managers, coaching them through people decisions, performance issues and complex employee relations matters, while supporting organisational change and ensuring our UK people practices remain compliant and commercially sound. You will combine strong HR judgement with operational delivery, including ownership of BambooHR and support for UK payroll. While you will operate with a high degree of autonomy, this is not a standalone HR role. You will be an active member of the wider HR team, working collaboratively, sharing information and contributing to a consistent approach across Leo Cancer Care. You will know when to take ownership, when to seek input and how to balance the needs of our people with those of the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Own and maintain BambooHR for the UK, employee records, workflows, absence tracking, onboarding/offboarding, and reporting
• Manage the full employee lifecycle from offer letter to exit interview, ensuring a consistently positive experience
• Maintain up-to-date employment contracts, policies, and HR documentation in line with UK employment law
• Track and manage absence, holiday, and leave entitlements (including pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Act as a trusted, approachable first point of contact for all employee queries and concerns
• Support and coach line managers through performance conversations, disciplinaries, grievances, and absence management
• Be the conscience of the business. Flag people risks early and propose pragmatic, fair solutions
• Support wellbeing programmes and ensure employees feel seen, heard, and valued
• Manage the UK Benefits
• Provide HR support for the UK payroll process, ensuring employee changes, new starters, leavers, benefits, absence and other payroll inputs are accurate and submitted on time; work closely with the payroll team to resolve queries and discrepancies.
• Manage employee relations matters end-to-end, including performance, disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence cases, providing managers with clear, commercially sound advice and ensuring appropriate documentation and process.
• Support organisational change, including restructures, role changes, consultation processes and other employee-impacting business changes.
• Build manager capability through direct coaching and practical guidance with support of CHRO, enabling managers to handle people matters confidently, consistently and appropriately.
• Monitor changes in UK employment legislation and proactively recommend updates to policies, contracts and working practices to maintain compliance and reduce people-related risk.
• Partner with managers and HR team members on workforce needs, recruitment, onboarding and internal people decisions, working with Talent Acquisition and other partners where appropriate.
• Work closely with HR colleagues and business leaders globally to ensure UK requirements are understood while supporting consistent company-wide people practices and initiatives.

Relevant Knowledge and Skill requirements:

• CIPD Level 5 or above preferred; significant relevant HR experience will be considered in lieu of formal qualification.
• Proven generalist HR experience in a hands-on, standalone or small-team environment
• Working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Experience supporting a manufacturing, engineering, or similarly operational workforce
• Confident and competent user of BambooHR or a comparable HRIS
• Demonstrable ability to balance commercial pragmatism with genuine care for people
• Skilled at building trust quickly across all levels of an organisation
• Emotionally intelligent, able to hold difficult conversations with empathy and directness in equal measure
• Highly organised, self-sufficient, ability to work in a scale up environment
• Project Coordination

About Leo Cancer Care

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to complement our passionate team in their mission to revolutionizing cancer treatment. You can be part of a world class team, developing the treatments of tomorrow.

Leo Cancer Care is helping make changes in Radiation Therapy by shifting to upright patient positioning, imaging and treatment. We do what we do to find a better way, a better way to treat cancer and create a paradigm shift in radiation therapy to benefit all. We will do this by improving the accessibility and medicine in cancer care globally, making cancer treatment a more human experience for all.

Working in radiotherapy not only will you be driving change for the greater good, but you'll be working on products that span a large field of different disciplines.

Ways of Working

Leo Cancer Care is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace environment. We embrace and celebrate the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all individuals. We believe that diversity enriches our organization and strengthens our ability to innovate and excel. Discrimination or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and join us in our mission to create a respectful and equitable workplace for all.

Leo Cancer Care is an equal opportunity employer.