Hr Manager

HR Manager
Hyde Park, London, W2 (with travel to all parks)
The Organisation
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.
We are now looking for an HR Manager to join our team in Hyde Park on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Benefits
- Salary of £47,000 - £53,500 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR professional to make a real impact within a unique and prestigious organisation.
Situated in one of London’s most stunning green areas, you will discover a rewarding role, where you will help to create fantastic experiences for every employee.
You will also discover an environment geared toward your development with plenty of opportunities to grow and learn new skills, with lots of support to ensure you thrive.
So, if you’re ready to join the team and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
The Role
With around 300 permanent and fixed term employees and a seasonal workforce working across our parks, leisure and retail activities, you will be joining us at a time when levels of employee engagement have never been higher with 88% of our staff saying that they would recommend us as a good place to work. As HR Manager responsible for a small team of HR Advisors and Administrators, you will play a critical part in maintaining and improving on this level of engagement, providing proactive and responsive HR services to our colleagues across the Parks - including employee relations, recruitment and induction, wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion, payroll and benefits and reward.
Additionally, you will:
- Provide HR expertise on organisational change processes
- Support the team with a number of HR projects
- Participate in the annual pay negotiations process
- Coach managers to resolve employee relations matters
- Oversee the recruitment function, working with the Recruitment Advisor to optimise our access to the talent pool
- Develop and nurture a committed team
About You
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Substantial generalist HR experience across a range of disciplines
- Experience of managing, motivating and developing direct reports in a small team
- The ability to establish trust and credibility with staff at all levels across the organisation, providing honest and constructive feedback
- Demonstrable knowledge of HR best practice and workplace trends supported by a working knowledge of employment law
- A CIPD qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience working in a Human Resources environment
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The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Please click here to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
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