HR Manager

Are you an experienced HR Generalist looking for an exciting new role in a growing business? If so, I am delighted to support this brand new exciting role, reporting to Directors, where you will be able to shape the HR for the company. Role Overview The HR Generalist will provide comprehensive, hands-on HR support across the employee lifecycle. The role will focus on employee relations, performance management, recruitment and retention, and learning and development, ensuring HR policies and processes are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation and company values. Key Responsibilities Employee Relations (ER) Act as the first point of contact for employee and manager HR queries Provide advice and guidance on employee relations matters, including absence management, conduct, capability and performance issues Support and manage disciplinary, grievance and absence processes, ensuring fair and consistent outcomes Ensure employment policies and procedures are followed and kept up to date in line with current legislation Performance Management & Appraisals Coordinate and support the annual appraisal and performance review process Assist managers in setting objectives and reviewing performance Provide guidance on development needs arising from appraisals Track appraisal completion and maintain accurate records Recruitment & Retention Support end-to-end recruitment activities, including drafting job descriptions, advertising roles, screening applications and coordinating interviews Assist hiring managers with candidate selection and offer processes Support initiatives to improve employee engagement, retention and talent development Monitor recruitment metrics and provide insights to support workforce planning Onboarding & HR Administration Manage all onboarding activity, ensuring completion of all associated paperwork (contracts, right-to-work checks, reference checks, policies and compliance documents) Coordinate inductions to ensure a positive onboarding experience for new starters Maintain accurate and confidential employee records and HR systems Learning & Development Schedule and coordinate internal and external training courses Support managers and employees with continuous professional development (CPD) Review and monitor Continuous Development Plans, ensuring progress is tracked and updated Liaise with training providers and manage training records General HR Support Contribute to HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives Support HR reporting and provide data when required Promote company values, equality, diversity and inclusion across the business Skills & Experience Proven experience in a generalist HR role Sound understanding of UK employment law Experience handling employee relations cases end-to-end Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities Excellent communication and interpersonal skills High level of confidentiality and professionalism Competent in MS Office and HR systems For Immediate consideration, please apply now.

We are seeking a Group Head of People Services to provide operational leadership across our People Services function. This role ensures the consistent, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all HR services under the strategic direction of the Group HR Director. The successful candidate will translate the HR and People Strategy into effective operational practice, oversee employee relations, HR operations, safer recruitment compliance, pay, and HRIS implementation, ensuring a positive employee experience across the organisation. This role is being offered on an interim to permanent basis. Purpose of the Role: Operational Leadership & Service Delivery: Lead the day-to-day delivery of People Services, ensuring high standards and compliance across all HR processes. Translate strategic plans into operational workflows and deliverables. Leadership & Management: Manage and direct staff to promote the highest standards across all People Services activities. Serve as Deputy DSL for People, covering safeguarding duties when necessary. Team Leadership & Development: Manage performance, appraisal, and development of People Services staff, setting annual performance targets and coaching staff to achieve their full potential. Employee Relations, Litigation & Casework Oversight: Oversee complex employee relations cases, ensuring fair, timely, and legally compliant outcomes. Assist with Employment Tribunal litigation casework. Recruitment, Onboarding & Safeguarding Compliance: Manage the Group’s recruitment and selection processes, ensuring compliance with safeguarding procedures. HR Operations, Systems & Data: Assist with the operational implementation and optimisation of HRIS systems, ensuring GDPR compliance and accurate payroll processing. Organisational Change & Workforce Planning: Support organisational change programmes and manage restructures, TUPE, and redundancy processes. Quality & Continuous Improvement: Work to complete the annual self-assessment report for People Services and implement action plans with clear success measures. Required Skills & Qualifications: Qualifications: CIPD Qualified Level 7 or equivalent professional/academic qualification. Experience: Significant experience in HR operations and recruitment, managing organisational change, and handling Employment Tribunal litigation. Skills: Strong leadership and people management skills, excellent communication, ability to analyse and solve problems, and a commitment to promoting equality and diversity. Benefits: Amazing pension scheme Flexible working Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning. Inclusive and supportive work environment.

We are seeking a Group Head of People Services to provide operational leadership across our People Services function. This role ensures the consistent, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all HR services under the strategic direction of the Group HR Director. The successful candidate will translate the HR and People Strategy into effective operational practice, oversee employee relations, HR operations, safer recruitment compliance, pay, and HRIS implementation, ensuring a positive employee experience across the organisation. This role is being offered on an interim to permanent basis. Purpose of the Role: Operational Leadership & Service Delivery: Lead the day-to-day delivery of People Services, ensuring high standards and compliance across all HR processes. Translate strategic plans into operational workflows and deliverables. Leadership & Management: Manage and direct staff to promote the highest standards across all People Services activities. Serve as Deputy DSL for People, covering safeguarding duties when necessary. Team Leadership & Development: Manage performance, appraisal, and development of People Services staff, setting annual performance targets and coaching staff to achieve their full potential. Employee Relations, Litigation & Casework Oversight: Oversee complex employee relations cases, ensuring fair, timely, and legally compliant outcomes. Assist with Employment Tribunal litigation casework. Recruitment, Onboarding & Safeguarding Compliance: Manage the Group’s recruitment and selection processes, ensuring compliance with safeguarding procedures. HR Operations, Systems & Data: Assist with the operational implementation and optimisation of HRIS systems, ensuring GDPR compliance and accurate payroll processing. Organisational Change & Workforce Planning: Support organisational change programmes and manage restructures, TUPE, and redundancy processes. Quality & Continuous Improvement: Work to complete the annual self-assessment report for People Services and implement action plans with clear success measures. Required Skills & Qualifications: Qualifications: CIPD Qualified Level 7 or equivalent professional/academic qualification. Experience: Significant experience in HR operations and recruitment, managing organisational change, and handling Employment Tribunal litigation. Skills: Strong leadership and people management skills, excellent communication, ability to analyse and solve problems, and a commitment to promoting equality and diversity. Benefits: Amazing pension scheme Flexible working Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning. Inclusive and supportive work environment.

We are seeking a Group Head of People Services to provide operational leadership across our People Services function. This role ensures the consistent, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all HR services under the strategic direction of the Group HR Director. The successful candidate will translate the HR and People Strategy into effective operational practice, oversee employee relations, HR operations, safer recruitment compliance, pay, and HRIS implementation, ensuring a positive employee experience across the organisation. This role is being offered on an interim to permanent basis. Purpose of the Role: Operational Leadership & Service Delivery: Lead the day-to-day delivery of People Services, ensuring high standards and compliance across all HR processes. Translate strategic plans into operational workflows and deliverables. Leadership & Management: Manage and direct staff to promote the highest standards across all People Services activities. Serve as Deputy DSL for People, covering safeguarding duties when necessary. Team Leadership & Development: Manage performance, appraisal, and development of People Services staff, setting annual performance targets and coaching staff to achieve their full potential. Employee Relations, Litigation & Casework Oversight: Oversee complex employee relations cases, ensuring fair, timely, and legally compliant outcomes. Assist with Employment Tribunal litigation casework. Recruitment, Onboarding & Safeguarding Compliance: Manage the Group’s recruitment and selection processes, ensuring compliance with safeguarding procedures. HR Operations, Systems & Data: Assist with the operational implementation and optimisation of HRIS systems, ensuring GDPR compliance and accurate payroll processing. Organisational Change & Workforce Planning: Support organisational change programmes and manage restructures, TUPE, and redundancy processes. Quality & Continuous Improvement: Work to complete the annual self-assessment report for People Services and implement action plans with clear success measures. Required Skills & Qualifications: Qualifications: CIPD Qualified Level 7 or equivalent professional/academic qualification. Experience: Significant experience in HR operations and recruitment, managing organisational change, and handling Employment Tribunal litigation. Skills: Strong leadership and people management skills, excellent communication, ability to analyse and solve problems, and a commitment to promoting equality and diversity. Benefits: Amazing pension scheme Flexible working Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning. Inclusive and supportive work environment.

We are seeking a Group Head of People Services to provide operational leadership across our People Services function. This role ensures the consistent, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all HR services under the strategic direction of the Group HR Director. The successful candidate will translate the HR and People Strategy into effective operational practice, oversee employee relations, HR operations, safer recruitment compliance, pay, and HRIS implementation, ensuring a positive employee experience across the organisation. This role is being offered on an interim to permanent basis. Purpose of the Role: Operational Leadership & Service Delivery: Lead the day-to-day delivery of People Services, ensuring high standards and compliance across all HR processes. Translate strategic plans into operational workflows and deliverables. Leadership & Management: Manage and direct staff to promote the highest standards across all People Services activities. Serve as Deputy DSL for People, covering safeguarding duties when necessary. Team Leadership & Development: Manage performance, appraisal, and development of People Services staff, setting annual performance targets and coaching staff to achieve their full potential. Employee Relations, Litigation & Casework Oversight: Oversee complex employee relations cases, ensuring fair, timely, and legally compliant outcomes. Assist with Employment Tribunal litigation casework. Recruitment, Onboarding & Safeguarding Compliance: Manage the Group’s recruitment and selection processes, ensuring compliance with safeguarding procedures. HR Operations, Systems & Data: Assist with the operational implementation and optimisation of HRIS systems, ensuring GDPR compliance and accurate payroll processing. Organisational Change & Workforce Planning: Support organisational change programmes and manage restructures, TUPE, and redundancy processes. Quality & Continuous Improvement: Work to complete the annual self-assessment report for People Services and implement action plans with clear success measures. Required Skills & Qualifications: Qualifications: CIPD Qualified Level 7 or equivalent professional/academic qualification. Experience: Significant experience in HR operations and recruitment, managing organisational change, and handling Employment Tribunal litigation. Skills: Strong leadership and people management skills, excellent communication, ability to analyse and solve problems, and a commitment to promoting equality and diversity. Benefits: Amazing pension scheme Flexible working Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning. Inclusive and supportive work environment.

We are seeking a Group Head of People Services to provide operational leadership across our People Services function. This role ensures the consistent, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all HR services under the strategic direction of the Group HR Director. The successful candidate will translate the HR and People Strategy into effective operational practice, oversee employee relations, HR operations, safer recruitment compliance, pay, and HRIS implementation, ensuring a positive employee experience across the organisation. This role is being offered on an interim to permanent basis. Purpose of the Role: Operational Leadership & Service Delivery: Lead the day-to-day delivery of People Services, ensuring high standards and compliance across all HR processes. Translate strategic plans into operational workflows and deliverables. Leadership & Management: Manage and direct staff to promote the highest standards across all People Services activities. Serve as Deputy DSL for People, covering safeguarding duties when necessary. Team Leadership & Development: Manage performance, appraisal, and development of People Services staff, setting annual performance targets and coaching staff to achieve their full potential. Employee Relations, Litigation & Casework Oversight: Oversee complex employee relations cases, ensuring fair, timely, and legally compliant outcomes. Assist with Employment Tribunal litigation casework. Recruitment, Onboarding & Safeguarding Compliance: Manage the Group’s recruitment and selection processes, ensuring compliance with safeguarding procedures. HR Operations, Systems & Data: Assist with the operational implementation and optimisation of HRIS systems, ensuring GDPR compliance and accurate payroll processing. Organisational Change & Workforce Planning: Support organisational change programmes and manage restructures, TUPE, and redundancy processes. Quality & Continuous Improvement: Work to complete the annual self-assessment report for People Services and implement action plans with clear success measures. Required Skills & Qualifications: Qualifications: CIPD Qualified Level 7 or equivalent professional/academic qualification. Experience: Significant experience in HR operations and recruitment, managing organisational change, and handling Employment Tribunal litigation. Skills: Strong leadership and people management skills, excellent communication, ability to analyse and solve problems, and a commitment to promoting equality and diversity. Benefits: Amazing pension scheme Flexible working Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning. Inclusive and supportive work environment.

HR Assistant My client is a leading and well-established organisation based in Belfast. They are currently seeking a HR Assistant to join their team. This is a Full-Time, Fixed Term Contract for 6 months Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. With a salary of £26,000 - £30,000 per annum (dependent on experience). Job Purpose: You will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Head of HR, executive staff and Conveners for the delivery of the agreed work programme for the Councils and Commissions supported by the HR Department. Essential Criteria: Previous HR Assistant/Admin experience within a similar role IT proficient with the use of IT packages – to include Microsoft Office Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels Ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team Adhere to confidentiality at all times Main Duties and Responsibilities: Place agreed advertisements for job vacancies, both internally and externally Provide administrative support during recruitment exercises, e.g. shortlisting and interview files Provide practical support during recruitment exercises as required Assist with pre-employment checks (references, ID documentation, pre-employment medicals) To prepare offer letters and contractual documentation as required Update Fair Employment Monitoring data Carry out the full range of administrative duties, including practical support for meetings, interviews and other events Provide an efficient administrative service Oversee the receipt, distribution, recording and dispatch mail Monitor the HR email account, responding to or forwarding messages as required Manage stock of office supplies, ordering replacements as necessary Assist with general office duties, callers and visitors, dealing with enquires where appropriate Input data onto the departmental databases as required To assist in co-ordinating and supporting witness involvement in investigatory and formal meetings and to provide other practical and administrative support as required (minute taking) Provide hospitality for meetings and events Record and process medical certificates Monitor absence levels and ensure senior HR staff are notified if line managers have not taken appropriate action to address ‘trigger points’ Manage HR file store, archiving and disposing of files which are no longer required in a safe manner in line with Data Protection Regulations Undertake training required for the efficient performance of the duties Contribute to overall departmental effectiveness Perform any other duties deemed appropriate by the Head of HR

HR Coordinator £26,000 - £28,000 Location: Plymouth Job Type: Full-time Reed is seeking a dedicated HR Coordinator to join our client's HR team in Plymouth. This role is crucial role and need someone who can hit the ground running, is adaptable, and can priortise and manage their workload. As an HR Coordinator, you will act as a vital link between employees and management, overseeing employee records, supporting recruitment and onboarding processes, and assisting with payroll and benefits. This position requires a high level of service that fosters strong working relationships throughout the organisation. Day-to-day of the role: Set up new employees on the system and maintain accurate employee records. Support the full recruitment cycle: posting job adverts, monitoring activity, shortlisting CVs, arranging and conducting phone screenings, and assisting in interviews and assessment processes. Handle recruitment enquiries professionally, providing information and making referrals as appropriate. Administer all new starter paperwork, including offer letters, contracts of employment, and ensure completion of IT request forms by department heads. Conduct new starter checks, manage the induction process, and assist managers during the probation period. Administer paperwork for changes in employee status, pay, and benefits. Create and run reports to analyse HR data for statistical reporting on various HR metrics. Monitor employee absences and liaise with Payroll to ensure all data is up-to-date and reflects any changes in staff terms and conditions. Support with Employee Relations (ER) issues and attend meetings as a note-taker. Manage low-level casework and support ad hoc HR projects as required. Maintain and update HR-related documentation and communication platforms, including e-learning systems. Support Health & Safety forums and Engagement Committee projects. Occasionally create and conduct training sessions. Required Skills & Qualifications: CIPD level 3 or currently studying towards it. Proven experience at HR Admin/Coordinator level. Knowledge of HR procedures, practices, and employment law. GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths, grade C or above. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience using HRIS. Understanding of Data Protection legislation and experience with payroll administration. Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and strong communication abilities. Ability to maintain confidentiality and trust, work independently, and manage time effectively. Flexible approach to work and committed to promoting a strong health & safety culture. Benefits: Opportunities for professional development and training. Supportive team environment focused on promoting best practices. If you feel you are suitable for the role, please apply today! Please contact Emma Hutchings at the Reed Devon & Cornwall office for more details.

HR Business Partner Location: Southampton, with travel to other sites. Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time Salary: £46,000 - £47,500 Join our client as a HR Business Partner to support the implementation of HR processes and policies, ensuring effective operational support across the organisation. Day-to-Day Responsibilities: Conduct colleague onboarding and oversee recruitment processes, including managing recruitment events and minimising agency spend. Provide HR case guidance, support disciplinary and consultation procedures, ensuring compliance with policies and legislation. Promote a performance management culture, assisting managers with the performance of their teams. Act as the first point of contact for HR queries, maintain HR documentation, and ensure all HR policies are up-to-date and adhered to. Develop and implement engagement, wellness, and employee relations initiatives. Travel to various locations to provide direct support to managers on HR matters, ensuring a consistent approach across all sites. Monitor HR metrics and contribute to management reports, ensuring data accuracy and timely submission of statutory reports. Required Skills & Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a HR Business Partner role or equivalent. CIPD level 5 qualification or equivalent. (not essential) Strong knowledge of employment law and HR practices. Excellent communication and organisational skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and HR software. Full, clean driving licence. To apply, please submit your CV detailing your relevant experience and qualifications.

Head of Learning & Development Location: Epsom, Surrey Working pattern: Flexible / Hybrid (typically 1 day per week or 2 days per month in office) Reed HR are partnering with a forward-thinking organisation to recruit a Head of Learning & Development. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced L&D professional to shape and deliver a forward-looking learning strategy. This role sits on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and plays a key part in driving organisational performance, capability, and culture through impactful learning initiatives. Key Responsibilities Lead and develop the Learning & Development function, managing a small team Design and deliver a cohesive L&D strategy aligned to organisational goals Partner with senior stakeholders to identify capability gaps and learning needs Embed a culture of continuous learning and development across the organisation Oversee leadership development, talent programmes, and organisational development initiatives About You Proven experience operating in a senior L&D leadership role Strong track record of leading and developing high-performing teams Ability to influence at executive level and contribute strategically at SLT Commercially aware, with a results-driven approach to learning impact Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills What’s on Offer Senior leadership position with strategic influence Flexible, hybrid working model Opportunity to shape and lead an organisation-wide L&D agenda If you’re a strategic L&D leader looking to make a meaningful impact at senior level, we’d love to hear from you.