People Services Manager

Job Description

Our client are one of the UK’s largest privately-owned property services companies with offices UK wide . A leader and pioneer in its field .In a nutshell they need a Team Manager with Payroll and HR experience to manage 8 administrators covering HR admin, payroll and data protection . Experience previously in Payroll and Reward & Benefits ie Salary sacrifice for pensions would be a real bonus. Ideally you will have managed or looked after a team that managed a payroll of a reasonable size , the business currently has 1300 employees but that could rise over next few years to 2000+ . You would need to live within commuting distance of Chipping Sodbury, Bristol as they work 3 days in office 2 from home .They have a new within their People Team as People Services Manager .This is a great opportunity to lead their People Operations team to deliver best-in-class transactional processes relating to HR, payroll and data protection.The purpose of the role is to ensure that their people processes and systems:

• contribute positively to their colleague’s employment experience, and are delivered in a way that support the business to achieve its mission of being "A company loved by its employees and customers"
• are compliant with regulatory and company frameworks
• provide accurate and timely management information to help identify opportunities to improve performance

This is an exciting time to join and put your own mark on a new role, supported by a committed and experienced team. The implementation of a new People Plan is underway to help the business achieve its strategic aims, and as a result there is plenty of scopeto drive improvements and take real ownership in this area!Benefits:

• 23 days annual leave rising to 25 + buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
• Training and development opportunities
• Life insurance cover equivalent to 3 x salary
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• Annual pay reviews
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
• Membership of our profit share, pension and sick pay schemes

The People Services Manager Role

• Lead the activities of the People Operations team to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of administrative tasks relating to each stage of the employee life cycle
• Manage the effective provision of "first line" people advice to colleagues
• Provide technical payroll expertise
• Lead reward activity and develop the provision of employee benefits including pay, pensions, company car and employee insurances
• Implement and maintain salary sacrifice schemes
• Identify and drive process/system enhancements and manage the implementation of these into the People Team and wider business
• Support the business to ensure that company processes comply with statutory data information laws (GDPR)
• Liaise regularly with peers to understand and meet their current and future people related administration requirements.

What will you bring as a People Services Manager

• Experience in a similar leadership role, ideally with expertise in payroll, reward and data protection (GDPR)
• Ability to engage and develop direct reports and colleagues
• Demonstratable experience of successfully implementing change which has had led to business improvement
• Educated to degree level or equivalent - Diploma in Payroll Management or CIPD a plus!
• Experience in maintaining and developing HR and Payroll IT systems
• Ownership: Takes responsibility for own performance and acts on issues that impacts results.
• Great interpersonal skills, proactive and positive and ability to multitask.

Keyskills :
AdministrativeEmployee BenefitsPayrollPensions