Utilise your skills and experience to drive meaningful change as our Group People Manager. Lead diverse people initiatives and make a significant impact within an established and respected company.
Reporting to and taking direction from the Managing Director, the role of the Group People Manager is to manage the People function (currently two people advisors and one people coordinator), focusing on partnering with the business and overseeing all aspects of the employee lifecycle.
A Breakdown of the Role
Role Responsibilities
- Lead and support People activities across the employee lifecycle, including Talent, Reward, Organisational Design, and Employee Value Proposition, and design relevant initiatives that meet business needs.
- Develop strong and trusted partnerships with the SLT to provide objective and independent challenge, coaching, and advice; supervise and provide consultation to SLT on strategic resourcing plans, compensation and benefits, and training and development and advise on compliance with employment law to mitigate risk.
- Lead the People elements of any business change projects, including restructures and redundancies and review, develop, and implement People systems and policies appropriate to the organisation.
- Oversee and facilitate all annual People processes, including performance management and salary reviews (People Day).
- Motivate and lead the People team to deliver a proactive People service across the wider business.
- Coach and advise the SLT, MT, and People team colleagues to ensure a consistent, compliant and best-practice approach when managing people-related issues.
Employee Relations
- Manage all day-to-day employee relations matters, as well as grievances, disciplinaries, complex dismissals, and redundancies, with confidence and consistency of approach.
- Liaise with legal advisors and ACAS to mitigate risk relating to potential Employment Tribunals.
- Champion the use of Breathe HR to ensure all data is maintained in a consistent and compliant format.
- Provide essential reports for MD, including retention figures, headcount costs, and other employee metrics.
- Manage all sponsorship, visa, and immigration matters proactively and compliantly.
- Proactively manage absence analysis, including consistently acting on 'triggers' reached.
Job Requirements
- CIPD qualified (minimum CIPD Level 5), with extensive HR generalist experience in a variety of senior roles gained within a mix of large corporates and SMEs (preferred recent experience gained within a production/manufacturing environment)
- Thorough and current knowledge and understanding of employment law and how to implement this in a commercial environment across the full range of employee relations issues
- Experience of complex employee relations situations, including ACAS negotiations
- A confident and articulate communicator with the ability to build, develop, and maintain strong working relationships, partnering across all levels of the organisation and with a track record of influencing senior managers
- A flexible approach with the ability to handle an extremely varied workload within a fast-moving environment
- An excellent working knowledge of MS Office suite, including SharePoint
- Previous experience working in a team, managing employees, and managing change within an organisation
Are you ready to shape the future of our team? Apply now for the Group People Manager role, and we'll be in touch with the next steps.
Benefits
25 Days + Bank Holidays