Hr Manager (12 Month Ftc)

HR Manager

12 month fixed-term contract

37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

£39,464.88 per annum, plus staff benefits

The Lowry is a visual and performing arts venue situated at the heart of MediaCityUK in Salford, one of the world’s most exciting culture and media destinations.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and focused HR Manager to join our small HR team providing a high quality human resources service to the management team and employees of The Lowry across all of the departments that make up our multi-faceted organisation.

The role will report into the Head of HR and offers huge variety, with the successful candidate responsible for employee relations cases, recruitment and onboarding, HR policies and procedures, training and development, and HR data and systems. There is also the opportunity to work on projects that feed into the wider HR and organisational strategy.

You will need to be CIPD qualified to level 5 or above, have excellent knowledge of UK employment law and have previous experience within a HR generalist role in an advisory position. 

The role has a number of staff benefits including:

·      Complimentary and discounted theatre and live event tickets

·      Free car parking just a few minutes’ walk from The Lowry building

·      Paid day off for your birthday

·      Discounts at the bars, restaurant and gift shop located within The Lowry building

·      Access to the Lowry’s Wellbeing Hub and to other health and wellbeing services, including counselling, physiotherapy and remote GP appointments

·      Group Life Assurance Scheme

Please note that MediaCityUK is a well-connected destination with a variety of different transport options – bus, car, tram and bike.

This role is currently being worked both onsite and remotely.

The application deadline for this vacancy is Monday 1st July 2024 at 9am.

Interviews are provisionally planned for Monday 8th July 2024.

For more information, please download the recruitment pack. To apply for this position please submit your CV and a covering letter by clicking on ‘Apply for this job’ via the vacancy on The Lowry’s Careers page.  Your application should describe how you would apply your knowledge, experience and skills to fulfil the main duties and responsibilities of the post.

To ensure fairness during our shortlisting process, we ask that you remove all personal details (such as name, age, location, ethnicity, marital status etc) from your CV and covering letter before uploading. This reduces the risk of any potential bias during our recruitment process and ensures that all shortlisting is based on skills, experience and suitability for a role. Thank you for your understanding.

The Lowry is committed to creating an inclusive workforce by reflecting and representing the diversity of Salford and the UK. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of The Lowry – whether that is to work in our creative or support roles. We particularly encourage applications from the following two people groups who are currently under-represented in our work force and in the wider performing and visual arts sector; those people who experience racism and marginalisation, including those from African, Caribbean, North African, LatinX, South Asian, East Asian and South East Asian heritage and their diasporas, those who are disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent or have long-term health conditions.