HR Manager

Job Description

10 month FTC - Hybrid working (Birmingham office)Our client, a major international Property and Construction Consultancy are seeking a HR Manager for a 10 month Fixed Term Contract to help continually improve their employee environment.Reporting to the HR Operations Manager, this role will work in close collaboration with the Head of People & Culture, Operational Partners and HR team to help deliver the HR strategy across the UK.The successful candidate will have a strong foundation of generalist HR experience and be CIPD qualified (or equivalent) with a broad background of service delivery in General HR across HR: Wellbeing practices; Talent planning; Performance and Reward; EmployeeRelations and Engagement.Overview of Role:This is a generalist HR role for the UK and Europe. The role will cover the Midlands and the North, including Northern Ireland. The purpose of the role is to:

• Support the delivery of the HR strategy through the delivery of effective HR practices
• To be the HR expert and coach, supporting and advising your client groups on people policies and procedures.
• To role model and challenge the behaviours of their teams to ensure they are in line with their values
• Provide customer service excellence in everything they do

Key responsibilities:

• Working with generalist HR team, Recruitment team, Future Professional Manager and L&D Manager to provide a joined service across the Company, ensuring that they are an employer of choice.
• Management responsibility for the HR Advisor to the Midlands and North regions.
• Lead within the HR team on performance management and continuous conversations programme across the UK and Europe business. Driving engagement with the process and using the system to help build the coaching and mentoring management culture.
• Work with the Head of People and Culture to develop and implement effective employee well-being practices across the company.
• Ensure that the values and behavioural expectations permeate through the organisation’s processes, policies, intranet and other literature
• Support and coach managers in understanding employee relations policies and practices, ensuring understanding of compliance imperatives.
• Provide specialist advice and instruction to managers who are leading the resolution of employee relations issues. Advise managers in handling employee non-compliance.
• Support the delivery of the annual salary review, benefit renewal and promotion processes.
• Service delivery and information - ensure that the delivery of HR Service and information to leaders, managers and employees within the organisation is accurate, efficient, timely and cost effective and that human resource data is managed professionally.
• Performance and reward - Assist the Head of People and Culture in building a high-performance culture by delivering programmes that recognise and reward critical skills, capabilities, experience and performance. And ensure that reward systems are equitable,market based and cost effective.
• Run HR briefing sessions on topical HR issues to management and staff.
• Lead and deliver ad hoc HR projects as requested by the Head of People and Culture to improve business performance.
• Develop, implement and report on key HR KPIs and other metrics (to include absence and staff turnover).
• Working with the internal marketing team to ensure the content of the digital employee communication platforms are updated, responsible for writing articles, management guides and policies.
• To support the development and day to day delivery of the HR Advisory role within the specified regions.

Candidate Specification:

• Experience of working within a fast-paced Human Resources team.
• Innovative thinker who can challenge the norm.
• A team player with a "can do" attitude, personable and flexible.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with internal clients - must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills to build confidence, trust and respect amongst Partners/Managers.
• Attention to detail and a sense of urgency.
• Ability to manage a number of projects at the same time.
• First class written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of working with HR databases (ideally Cascade)