Macmillan Davies

HR Manager, £65,000 - £70,000 Per Annum, Manchester Macmillan Davies is proud to be partnering with a global professional service for a HR Manager. This role will focus on coaching and upskilling managers on day-to-day people matters within business services teams, while providing expert oversight of more complex or high-risk cases. It ensures consistency and compliance, enabling a stronger focus on value-added activities. Key Responsibilities: Partner with leaders and managers to provide practical HR advice that supports business goals and reinforces organisational values. Support workforce planning and resourcing, ensuring effective recruitment practices, coaching managers on interviewing, and promoting quality feedback processes. Oversee onboarding to ensure a positive and consistent experience for new joiners. Lead the strategic talent agenda, ensuring consistent, fair people practices and strong engagement with HR initiatives. Manage and lead the annual salary review process in partnership with senior stakeholders, ensuring fair and commercially sound outcomes. Drive improvements in employee relations capability, coaching managers to handle performance, probation, and conduct matters effectively and consistently. Support and oversee family leave processes, ensuring compliance and positive employee experience. Handle and support complex employee relations cases, ensuring fair, timely, and well-documented outcomes. Improve exit processes and use leaver insights to identify themes and recommend actions to improve retention. Ensure HR policies are understood and applied consistently, contributing to updates where needed. Work closely with HR colleagues across shared services, payroll, resourcing, L&D, and occupational health to deliver integrated HR support. Identify and drive improvements in HR processes and and self-service capability. About You: HR Generalist/HRBP experience in professional or corporate services environments. Experience improving HR service delivery and building manager capability through tools and training. Strong knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations case management. Proven ability to coach managers on performance, capability, and probation issues. Experience supporting wellbeing, attendance, and workplace adjustments across the employee lifecycle. Able to analyse people data and turn insights into practical actions. Strong communicator with the ability to influence and handle sensitive issues. Comfortable working in ambiguity and balancing competing priorities. Coaching-led, commercially aware, and solutions-focused approach. High integrity and commitment to confidentiality . If you're passionate about shaping a high-performing, people-focused environment and driving meaningful change in how HR supports managers and employees, please apply with an up to date copy of your CV or contact Amy Mottershead on

PEOPLE OPERATIONS LEAD (12-MONTH FIXED-TERM CONTRACT) Location: City of London (Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office, 2 days a week from home) Salary: £70,000-£80,000 plus benefits Industry - Energy Sector - industry experience required Are you an experienced HR generalist who enjoys being close to the business,solving problems and building trusted relationships? We're partnering with a growing organisation in the energy sector (approximately300 employees ) to recruit a People Operations Lead on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of the day-to-day people function while partnering closely with senior leadership during a period of business evolution and growth.This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys balancing operational delivery with strategic business partnering.You'll work across the full employee lifecycle, support managers with complex people matters and help drive practical HR solutions that enable the business to succeed.WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Managing the full employee lifecycle from onboarding through to offboarding. Providing expert guidance on employee relations, including performance management, disciplinary and grievance matters. Coaching and supporting managers with sometimes difficult decisions and conversations Supporting organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives. Working closely with senior leaders to deliver commercially focused HR solutions. Managing HR processes including contracts, payroll liaison, recruitment approvals and compliance activities. Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure an effective people service.ABOUT YOUYou'll be an experienced HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is confident switching between strategic conversations and operational delivery.You'll bring: Proven experience in a broad HR Generalist or People Operations role Strong Employee Relations experience, including managing complex cases from start to finish Experience within the energy and/or infrastructure sector, ideally in organisations of approximately 300 employees Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach with a willingness to roll your sleeves up Confidence working with senior leaders while remaining approachable and collaborative A solid understanding of UK employment law and its practical application Experience supporting managers through organisational change Please note you must be eligible to live and work in the UK with no restrictions