Strategic HR Advisor | Lead Change, People & Growth

cmap; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical & dental insurance

Life assurance

Help@Hand 24/7 support

Enhanced parental leave

Reward Gateway discounts

Team outings and events

EV Salary Sacrifice

Manchester city-centre office

Job summary

CMap is seeking an HR Advisor to join our Manchester-based People team. You’ll cover generalist HR across the employee lifecycle, lead ER matters end-to-end and work with managers to ensure compliant, people-focused practices.

You’ll shape policies, analytics, and engagement, while partnering with the management team to drive value for the business. CIPD level 5 is a bonus; UK employment law knowledge is essential.

Qualifications

• Generalist HR experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• Track record of leading ER processes yourself, not just supporting them.
• Solid working knowledge of UK employment law, applied with common sense.
• Commercial awareness: HR is there to help a business run well.
• Empathy, emotional intelligence and a collaborative, roll-your-sleeves-up approach.
• CIPD Level 5 is a bonus, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Leading employee relations cases end to end: performance, probation, absence, grievance and disciplinary.
• Coaching managers so they can confidently handle difficult conversations and own the people side of their roles.
• Keeping our HR policies clear, current and in line with legislation.
• Shaping how we work. From change management and organisation design to absence management, talent analytics and employee engagement, you'll guide our people practices.
• Looking after our HR system and people data, and turning that data into insight for our Management Team.
• Helping shape management training, competency frameworks and appraisals.
• Getting involved in culture, engagement and internal comms.

Skills

Generalist HR experience across the…

ER processes

UK employment law

Commercial awareness

Empathy & emotional intelligence

CIPD Level 5 (bonus)

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

CMap is seeking an HR Advisor to join our Manchester-based People team. You’ll cover generalist HR across the employee lifecycle, lead ER matters end-to-end and work with managers to ensure compliant, people-focused practices.

You’ll shape policies, analytics, and engagement, while partnering with the management team to drive value for the business. CIPD level 5 is a bonus; UK employment law knowledge is essential.