Job Description
If juggling ER casework, HR projects and People sounds like your idea of fun you might be our kind of HR Manager.
This role is a 12-month FTC, covering maternity leave, and offers a blend of hands-on ER leadership, team management, and delivery oversight of a planned HR project programme for 2026.
You ll work closely with a well-established People function, ensuring the year s priorities stay on track while acting as the escalation point for Employee Relations cases across two UK business units.
With your predecessor stepping away for a 10-month period, you ll enjoy a comprehensive and well planned handover, both before and after their leave.
Why you ll love this role:
- Industry-matched salary with 5% completion bonus at the end of the FTC
- Lead a small, capable HR team of 3
- Work on meaningful HR projects with the autonomy to deliver, refine, and shape initiatives throughout the year
- Join a people-focused organisation offering excellent training, wellbeing support, pension scheme, and 25 days holiday (plus bank hols)
- Easily accessible office location on the outskirts of Birmingham with free on-site parking
What you ll be doing
- Acting as the senior escalation point for ER matters, handling complex cases and supporting the HRBP on all reactive and proactive ER activity
- Overseeing recruitment progress, reviewing hiring metrics, and ensuring strong workforce planning conversations
- Leading, coaching and supporting your team through weekly 1:1s and ongoing delivery checkpoints
- Producing accurate board reports, HR dashboards, attending leadership team meetings
- Managing and delivering the agreed HR projects for the FTC period, ensuring clear timelines, communication and implementation
What you need to bring
- HR management experience, with particularly strong ER expertise
- Confident handling complex Employee Relations casework
- Excellent organisational skills and proven project management capability
- Strong employment law knowledge and experience working with senior stakeholders
- A calm, pragmatic, influential style someone approachable, grounded and able to balance people needs with business priorities
Ready to lead, steady the ship and deliver real impact? If you re an ER-savvy HR Manager who can keep a busy function running smoothly while driving key projects to completion, then apply today!
Interviews in December to secure a January/early-February start and a comprehensive handover.
