Hr Manager

Location: Norton Way Group, Letchworth
Contract Type: Permanent
Job Type: Full time
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum (dependant on experience)
Hours: 40 hours per week Monday to Friday (office based)
HR Manager
We are looking for an innovative, proactive HR Manager to support our people team ensuring a “People First” approach. The role is very much a generalist role helping and supporting deliver, the people strategy within the whole people remit.
About Norton Way Group
As a result of our company’s growth, over the last 12 months, across our dealerships based in West London and Hertfordshire, Norton Way Group now have a new opportunity for a HR Manager with exceptional generalist knowledge to join our People team.
We have a team of over 400 employees across 8 sites, representing 9 industry-leading automotive brands, such as Honda, Kia, MG, Mazda, Nissan, Peugeot and Vauxhall, as well as an award-winning corporate department.
Within the role you will be responsible for the following:
• Manage and review all ‘people’ systems ensuring they are being utilised to the best of their ability
• Review, monitor and update policies and processes, to ensure best practice and continued improvement
• Support and manage the People Team on a day-to-day basis, ensuring the continued focus on the People Strategy
• Provide support with complex ER casework
• Assist with the delivery of internal training, centred around people responsibilities and expectations
• Act as an internal mentor, supporting with the succession planning and development
• Assist with the development of career path and development plans
• Manage and review all benefits prior to contract renewal, ensuring benchmarking and due diligence prior to renewal
• Provide ongoing support to the Group Head of People, with the People Strategy implementation
• Collate statistics provided by the team, into monthly reports for the Group Head of People
• Maintain your knowledge of trends, best practices and changes in law
• Ad hoc tasks and projects to support with the delivery of the people team strategy
What we need from you:
• Ideally CIPD level 5 qualified or significant experience
• Experience of working in a generalist HR role is imperative
• A positive can-do attitude
• Have a creative and analytical thinking style
• Excellent management and leadership qualities
• Be confident & influential with excellent relationship building skills
• The drive to improve performance and deliver exceptional results
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Pro-active approach to problem solving
This role will be based in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Some travel will be required to support other sites.
Benefits we offer:
Enhanced family friendly benefits including, life assurance, enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption packages, improved Employee Assistance Programme, additional annual leave purchase scheme, Tech purchasing benefits, cycle to work scheme, staff referral bonuses, reduced rates on vehicle purchases and maintenance, along with access to our benefits portal offering 100’s of savings for retail stores and hospitality venues, to name but a few!
You may also have experience in the following: HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, HR Manager, HRBP, HR Office, Human Resources, L&D Advisor, Learning & Development, Training Manager, Training Advisor, Recruitment, Retention CIPD etc.
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