Hr Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for this newly created role of HR Manager. Your primary responsibilities will be to oversee and lead on the full scope of Human Resources and L&D, partnering with the organisation on strategic initiatives. You will maintain and enhance the organisation's human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating human resources policies, programs, and practices. Using your communication skills, you will develop and drive the people strategy ensuring the overarching People strategy is achieved. As well as supporting management with day-to-day issues, you will take the lead in developing employee engagement and wellbeing.

Other duties but not limited to:

· Recruit, onboard, coaching and development of new starters to include performance management

· Management of a small team of HR and L&D Advisors providing coaching and training where required

· Reviewing, developing and introducing HR policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with UK legislation changes

· Acting as a HR Business Partner and supporting managers on generalist HR and best practice

· Overseeing recruitment, selection and onboarding

· Taking the lead on complex employee relations

· Annual review of policies, procedures and reward and recognition incentives

· Analysing HR data, identifying trends and making recommendations

· Producing monthly management reports

· Employee wellbeing and development to include carrying out regular employee surveys and making changed where needed, ensuring all employees are aware of the support available to support mental well-being

· Identifying and organising learning and development courses ensuring training records are kept up to date on the learning management system

· Leading on people initiatives and rolling these out to the business

Skills and experience required:

· CIPD Level 5 qualified

· Successful track record working in a dual HR and L&D Manager role

· Strong recruiting and demonstrable ability in improving talent acquisition strategies

· Ideally experience of working in a number of industries which can be applied to a niche sector

· Demonstratable expertise developing, designing and delivering training to senior management team and employees

· Management of a team of HR staff

· Strong organisational, critical thinking and communications skills

· Attention to detail and good judgement skills

· Excellent HR and training knowledge

· Expertise in HR processes and best practice HR

· Confident communicator

· Ability to work a 40-hour shift over 7 days

What's on offer?

Competitive salary up to £55,000 per annum plus benefits to include free membership of a local Preston based Gym.