People Manager

Are you passionate about fostering a positive work environment, supporting professional growth, and tackling challenges head-on? If so, we're looking for a dynamic individual to join our team.

As a company dedicated to putting people first we are growing our team of People Managers who focus on our teams' pastoral needs, progression, and development in alignment with their day-to-day role.

The key to success? Listening. We're all about working collaboratively to problem-solve the daily difficulties our staff face. Whether it's workload, career development, or personal challenges. You will be supported by the Lead People Manager, Head of Workforce Planning, and a dedicated HR function, forming part of a supportive and collaborative work culture.

As a team we are responsible for people management, resourcing (of our people), recruitment, and social value. There may be a requirement to pick up tasks in these areas as needed. We do not require you to have a HR or technical background.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities. This is a hybrid role with 2-3 days onsite per week, providing the perfect balance between office collaboration and remote flexibility.

Join us in shaping a workplace where people thrive!

What you'll be doing:

• Staff guidance for personal and professional development.
• Supporting/facilitating staff induction and onboarding.
• Scheduled performance assessments, feedback, including use of corporate tools e.g. Career Hub.
• Probation management.
• Supporting in promotion assessments and readiness preparation.
• Recognising and acting on exceptional performance e.g. raising recognition awards and organising other bonus arrangements.
• Checking on staff wellbeing and actively supporting or signposting appropriately.
• Leave and absence management.
• Dealing effectively and sympathetically with professional, personal, and disciplinary issues, including Performance Improvement Plans.
• Dealing with Occupational Health and Sickness issues.
• Leaver management, including return of assets.
• Support and take part in staff recruitment/interviews.
• Completing administrative tasks in a timely manner.

What you'll bring:

• Open, consultative, empathetic but decisive personal style.
• People management and assessment skills.
• Experience in SMART objective setting and measurement.
• Strong formal and informal communication style.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Initiative, sound judgment, and decision-making ability.
• Articulate with the ability to develop good working relationships.
• Coaching, conflict management, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Active listening skills.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Cheltenham

Security Clearance Level: SC (being DV eligible is a plus)

Internal Recruiter: Annecia

Salary: up to GBP34,000

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.