HR Manager 12-month FTC

Location: LondonContract: 12 month FTC Full-time or Part-time (4 days)Salary: £50000

Reed HR are supporting a fashion brand based in London to oversee the people function in a standalone capacity. This is a high-impact role offering full ownership of HR operations and strategy, with the opportunity to shape a scalable and effective people framework within a growing organisation.

Working closely with senior leadership, the HR Manager will manage the entire employee lifecycle while acting as a trusted advisor on all people-related matters.

The Role

• Act as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to senior leadership on all HR and people matters
• Develop, implement, and evolve HR strategies aligned with business goals
• Take ownership of end-to-end recruitment across all functions
• Design, implement, and embed performance management frameworks
• Lead on employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes
• Oversee compensation, benefits, and payroll processes
• Ensure full compliance with UK employment law and HR best practice
• Create and maintain scalable HR policies, systems, and reporting
• Support organisational design, change management, and business growth initiatives

About You

• Minimum 5+ years' experience in a generalist HR role, ideally operating at HR Manager level
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law
• Proven experience working in a standalone HR role or small HR team environment
• Ideally CIPD Level 7 qualified
• Confident balancing strategic leadership with hands-on operational delivery
• Credible, influential communicator capable of advising and constructively challenging senior stakeholders
• Highly organised, self-motivated, and comfortable working autonomously
• Strong judgement with a pragmatic, people-focused approach