Group People Manager

• Group HR Manager
• FTC 3 months
• Home Based

Group HR Manager    
Fixed Term Contract – 3 months ongoing
Full Time - 35 hours
 
Home based working with some occasional travel to HO in Liverpool
 
Salary £57,500 plus highly competitive benefits package, including 38 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory holidays) plus a range of lifestyle benefits.
  
Medlock Partners have partnered with a Health and Social Care provider to help them appoint a Group HR & Manager for a 3-month fixed term contract with the likelihood it will be extended.
  
Reporting directly into the Head of HR & Payroll, the Group People Manager is crucial in executing People & OD Strategy, ensuring professional, responsive, and compliant people support services.
You will work with internal and external partners to uphold fair and equitable people agenda. You will also lead the People Support Team, providing centralised transactional support for all people management and support aspects.
  
Key responsibilities of the Group HR Manager:

• Directly responsible for an HR Support Advisor you will be supporting the Head of HR& Payroll in the development and delivery of the HR and OD Strategy
• To work closely with the Senior Leadership Team providing expert advice, coaching, mentoring, guidance, and support in all aspects of HR and strategy.
• Develop collaborative relationships with the Compliance Team to ensure continuous improvement, quality, and compliance in HR systems, workflows, and data.
• Manage and oversee employment litigation and having excellent knowledge of UK employment legislation
• Ensure the organisation is aware of and prepared for legislative changes affecting employment practices, taking necessary actions and informing key stakeholders.
• Support the delivery of corporate change programmes, including restructures, TUPE, mergers, and acquisitions.
• Lead the review and development of all HR policies, ensuring alignment with the policy review cycle.
• Deliver comprehensive and professional HR partnering to corporate staff and leaders, ensuring high standards of advice and performance.
• Provide expert advice and risk assessment to the People Culture Team on complex employee relations issues, consulting external professionals as needed.
• Manage contracts and relationships with suppliers for people-related services, including Occupational Health, Employee Wellbeing Services, and Employment Advisory Services, ensuring value for money and performance monitoring.
• Support organisational internal audit processes.
• Assist the Head of HR & Payroll with managing and overseeing the organisation's job evaluation system, advising on job design, job descriptions, and correct job grading.
• Support in managing relationships and activities with trade unions or any elected employee councils.
• Operate within organisational frameworks and procedures, identifying and escalating risks to the Head of People & Payroll as appropriate.

  
Key requirements for the Group HR Manager:  

• You will have extensive senior HR experience working at a similar level and managing and leading HR professionals
• Your HR background will reflect true HR generalist experience with mix of both Strategic and Operational HR.
• You will have good working knowledge of TUPE regulations and the integration of transferred employees.
• Ideally you will be a Chartered member of CIPD or working towards this.
• It would be highly desirable for you to have gained previous experience working for a similar Health and or Social Care provider or similar and have gained exposure to CQC regulations and requirements, or having experience working in an unionised environment, however this is not essential to be considered for this opportunity.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.
• Ability to build and maintain key stakeholder relationships.

  
If you are interested in this Group HR Manager and you feel that your experience matches the criteria, then please apply now for immediate consideration or for more information please contact Mark Croston or Anna Glapiak.
  
Medlock Partners are a professional services recruitment specialist operating across the Northwest of England. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances, including minorities and those with disabilities. Please note our advertisements use years' experience and salary levels purely as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.