Job at a glance
The HR Manager will manage and develop a small HR team, ensuring that HR advisory, employee-relations and administrative services are coordinated, responsive and delivered consistently. The postholder will also manage complex and sensitive employee-relations cases, providing expert advice to managers and senior leaders where appropriate. Working as part of the People & Culture team, the HR Manager will contribute to the delivery of the organisation's people strategy, support a positive employee experience, and ensure that people policies and practices reflect organisational values, employment law and the requirements of a regulated social housing environment.
What you'll be doing + To lead the effective delivery of day-to-day HR services across the organisation, providing high-quality advice, guidance and support to managers and employees. + Ensure that the HR team provides consistent support across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, probation, performance, attendance, conduct, development and offboarding. + Lead or provide expert advice on complex and sensitive employee-relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, TUPE, ET and workplace relationship matters.
+ Ensure effective partnering with hiring managers to define talent needs and recruitment strategies + Design, implement and embed a performance management culture. Providing the tools and guidance to enable managers to define colleague and team goals that support Group objectives + Be an organisational champion for the benefits of EDI, working to integrate into all areas of the Group's activities You Will Have, Our purpose is putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide.
To deliver against our purpose we will be: + Trustworthy + Collaborative + Accountable + People Focused + Caring in all we do The benefits + 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days + A day off for your birthday + 4 days off when you move home + Life assurance (3 x salary), All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.
As an organisation we do not offer visa sponsorships. Only applicants with existing right to work in the UK will be consdidered. Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS). We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. At Trident Group, we only consider agency introductions where a signed agreement is in place, and where the agency has been specifically contacted by a member of our People & Culture Team.
We do not accept responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited or speculative CV submissions made directly to our employees or outside of the above. + Proven experience in a generalist HR management, HR business partnering or senior HR advisory role. + Experience managing and developing an HR team, including setting objectives, allocating work, providing supervision and managing performance. + Significant experience managing complex employee-relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and absence matters.
+ Experience advising managers and senior leaders on sensitive, high-risk or legally complex people issues. + Experience developing, reviewing and implementing HR policies and procedures. + Experience using HR systems and producing workforce reports and management information. + Experience working in social housing, public sector, regulated services or another complex organisational environment is desirable.
+ Experience supporting organisational change, restructuring, consultation or service improvement is desirable. Skills and capabilities + Strong people-management skills, with the ability to motivate, develop and support an HR team. + CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Manag