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Job Title: People HR Manager Location: St Albans Contract / Hour: Monday to Friday (9am-5pm) Salary: £48,000 - £55,000 per annum Industry: Professional Services Make a Real Impact Where People Come First Ourt client is looking for a People HR Manager to help them nurture a positive, progressive and high-performing culture where everyone can do their best work. Working closely with the Head of People, this is a hands-on role that balances strategic HR thinking with operational delivery. You'll lead and support key HR functions, champion employee wellbeing, and help shape the future of our workplace culture. Daily Responsibilities: HR Operations & Lifecycle Management Lead, coach and develop the People Officer. Manage all aspects of the employee lifecycle: oRecruitment & onboarding - attract and secure top talent. oInduction - ensure smooth integration and values alignment. oPayroll - manage the payroll process and authorise monthly reports. oPensions - ensure compliance with legislation. oPerformance - support line managers and drive continuous improvement. oInternal changes, probation, exits & offboarding. Keep HR policies and processes up to date, legally compliant, and in line with Lexcel/ISO standards. Support the creation of an HR data dashboard to analyse key people metrics and inform decisions. Employee Relations & Culture Be the first point of contact for HR queries, approachable, consistent, and solutions-focused. Manage employee relations casework with care and professionalism. Support return-to-work interviews and monitor absence patterns. Work with the Head of People on training needs analysis and, where appropriate, deliver in-house training. Assist with key people projects including apprenticeships, Trainee programmes, and L&D initiatives. Provide absence cover for People support roles. Stay ahead of developments in employment law and best practice, supporting our culture of continuous improvement. Essential skills & experience: Solid experience in a managerial or senior advisory HR role. Ideally experience within Law or professional services Experience managing high-volume, fast-paced HR operations. A relevant degree or CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience). A confident communicator with the ability to influence at all levels. Proven line management experience. A good understanding of current UK employment law. Strong IT skills and experience with HRIS systems. Comfortable using and interpreting HR data and metrics. Experience within professional services or a commercially driven environment. Discreet, trustworthy, and empathetic. Ready to Take the Next Step? If you're a proactive HR professional who thrives on making a difference, we'd love to hear from you. Thank you for your interest in this vacancy, which is being advertised by Smart10 Recruitment Group, who are acting as an employment agency / business. Your application will be considered in competition with others, and we will contact you within 3 working days if you have been shortlisted. Smart10 is a multi-award-winning specialist recruitment consultancy focused on the supply of temporary, contract and permanent placements across a select group of business sectors. In order to keep up to date and search for all our active jobs, please visit our website, like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn. Please refer to Smart10's Privacy Policy as to how we hold your data.

12 month contract - Inside IR35 - Investment Banking Core accountabilities of role Advanced level expert to lead work on the Bank's UK Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes, to include actuarial funding, investment, Trustee accounting, Corporate accounting, administration and vendor management. Manage medium and large DB projects that arise in the year, which is likely to include merging several DB schemes Able to autonomously manage all key stakeholders independently, reporting to the Head of UK Pensions, Benefits & Wellbeing Lead contact and adviser for Heads of HR and CFOs at UK group companies with DB schemes and represent those Group companies to the Professional Trustee Lead the pension accounting process (IAS19) to support Group HR and local Finance, ensuring timely reporting of balance sheet and P&L numbers, agreeing key financial assumptions with actuaries, Group companies and Group HR and managing market movement issues with the key stakeholders and external auditors Lead the Professional Trustee relationship ensuring continuing constructive and collaborative engagement. Lead services to the schemes and trustee to ensure the efficient operation of the schemes and the providers in line with best practice, UK regulatory requirements and Group policies. Manages third party suppliers, including corporate actuaries, lawyers, company auditors, trustee auditors and administrators, including management of advisor budgets across all UK pension schemes (trustee and corporate). Member of the Bank's International Pension Plans Committee, and lead management of the IPP provider in Jersey Support DC Pension Specialist on UK Defined Contribution (DC) Scheme projects, including support for monthly pension contribution reconciliation and DC pension communications. Management of complex pension employee queries to central mailbox and via internal HR portal. Provision of pension 121s for employees with complex issues on request and provision of pension and support on wider HR matters (such as employee assignments, redundancies etc.) Technical expert reviewer for work of Head of Pension, Benefits & Wellbeing Liaising with internal procurement, governance and IT security teams regarding pension team vendor reviews/documentation. Managing the documentation and annual review of Pension procedures for internal governance purposes. Knowledge, Skill and Experience Essential Extensive experience in the pensions industry Expert level of DB pensions knowledge Very good working knowledge of pension tax rules Very good working knowledge of DB pension accounting Ability to challenge expert advisers Strong communication skills for communications to all staff, individuals and key stakeholders in what can be highly technical areas Project management and ability to oversee and manage teams of third party suppliers Proficient experience using Microsoft Excel to handle large data sets Preferred Working towards or qualified Actuarial qualification or Diploma working towards or qualified Associate of the Pensions Management Institute or other relevant experience. Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.