Senior HR Manager (Maternity Cover)

Role: Senior HR Manager - Maternity Cover (1 year)

Hours: 35 hours per week - Hybrid (2 days office / 3 days remote)

We're looking for an experienced and people-focused Senior HR Manager to lead our HR team and help create an outstanding employee experience across the organisation. This is a 1-year Maternity Cover role.

An exciting opportunity for a senior HR professional who enjoys balancing strategic people initiatives with operational excellence. You'll play a key role in workplace culture, supporting managers and employees, and ensuring our HR services are effective, compliant, and aligned with organisational goals.

What you'll be doing

As our Senior HR Manager, you'll lead the HR function and oversee all aspects of the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to development, engagement, and employee relations.

• Leading, managing and developing a small HR team
• Driving employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives
• Supporting talent management and succession planning
• Overseeing recruitment, onboarding and retention activities
• Managing HR operations including payroll accuracy, policies, compliance and reporting
• Providing expert advice on employment law and people management practices
• Leading on complex employee relations matters
• Maintaining and improving HR systems and processes
• Analysing HR data and providing insights to support organisational decision-making
• Ensuring GDPR and data protection requirements are met within the HR function
• Supporting the delivery of learning and development programmes across the organisation

What we're looking for

• Significant experience in a senior HR generalist role
• Experience managing and developing teams
• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
• Experience using HR systems and cloud-based HR platforms
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• A practical, solution-focused approach to problem-solving
• Strong analytical and organisational skills / solution focussed
• Confidence working with technology and data (advanced level I.T user including MS office suite)
• Experience within both private and public/not-for-profit sectors would be an advantage but is not essential

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Good standard of general education

What you'll get

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Learning and development opportunities
• Life assurance
• Wellness support (including EAP and wellbeing hub)
• Perkbox subscription (discounts on shopping, eating out, entertainment and more)