214 Hr Manager jobs in London

• Strategic HR Support: Provide guidance to department managers, aligning HR initiatives with organisational objectives; support cultural and organisational change.
• HR Compliance & Leadership: Lead HR compliance, ensuring adherence to UK employment laws and regulations; manage day-to-day HR operations and foster continuous improvement.
• Employee Handbook & Policies: Review and update policies and the employee handbook, ensuring best practice is embedded.
• Team Management: Line manage the HR Coordinator and Payroll Administrator, setting clear objectives and supporting professional development.
• Payroll Oversight: Oversee payroll function and provide guidance for complex scenarios.
• Employee Relations: Manage grievance procedures, disciplinary actions, and consultations in a fair and compliant manner.
• Reporting: Deliver accurate HR metrics to support internal reporting and strategic decision-making.

• Relevant senior-level HR experience.
• Proven team management and leadership skills.
• Familiarity with diverse employment practices, including managing hourly and salaried staff.
• Ability to coach, influence, and challenge managers in HR best practices.
• CIPD accreditation preferred but not essential.
• Experience with HR information systems (SageHR and Deputy advantageous).
• A proven track record of stability in previous roles, ideally with experience across more than one position.
• Ideally with exposure to working in an SME environment, demonstrating adaptability and the ability to contribute effectively in a dynamic organisation.

• Competitive salary: £48,500 DOE
• 28 days paid annual leave, pro-rata
• Homeworking: 1 day per week minimum
• TOIL accrues from day one
• Health care cash plan (after probation)
• Company sick pay (after 6 months)
• Cycle to work scheme & Employee Assistance Programme
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Free access to the facility and reciprocal centres
• Annual staff trips and socials
• Make a meaningful impact in a growing organisation with opportunities for personal and professional development

New HR Manager role, based in London (W)

• Term: Full time and permanent
• Salary: 56,566 - 58,500 per annum
• Working pattern: 5 days onsite with flexibility to work from home (occasionally)

I am working with my client as we look to recruit a strategic, hands on and people-focused HR Manager to join the business.

The role

As a HR Manager, you will lead and evolve our people strategy, developing policy, processes and best practice across the employee lifecycle, managing all aspects of HR.

You will work closely with Senior leaders, acting as a trusted advisor to contribute to drive a positive and inclusive workplace culture, ensuring compliance with employment law and governing body regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the HR function, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
• Provide expert advice on HR policy, employment law, and employee relations.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and talent development processes.
• Drive initiatives around staff wellbeing, engagement, and diversity & inclusion.
• Ensure accurate HR record-keeping, reporting, and compliance with safeguarding and safer recruitment guidelines.
• Support change management processes, including restructures and policy development.

About You

• A HR professional with extensive experience in the education sector, essential
• CIPD qualified (Level 5 or above), essential
• Possess a broad, generalist knowledge of HR and associated processes.
• Proven experience and success managing employee relations, recruitment, and policy development.
• An excellent communicator who builds trust and relationships at all levels.
• Passionate about people development and organisational culture.
• Organised, resilient, and people centric

If you are interested in this great opportunity and would like to learn more about the position, please do not hesitate to get in touch on (phone number removed) or email

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The HR Manager will lead and oversee human resources operations, ensuring compliance and efficiency within the school. This position is based in North London and requires a results-driven individual with a keen eye for detail and strong organisational skills

Client Details

This is a well-established school is focused on delivering meaningful services and support to its community.

Description

• Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding processes.
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations within the not-for-profit sector.
• Develop and implement HR policies and procedures to support organisational goals.
• Oversee employee relations, providing advice and resolution on workplace matters.
• Maintain accurate HR records and oversee payroll administration.
• Support line managers with performance management and staff development initiatives.
• Handle HR reporting and provide insights to improve workforce efficiency.
• Contribute to strategic HR projects and organisational development plans.

Profile

A successful HR Manager should have:

• Proven experience in human resources management, preferably in the not-for-profit sector.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
• Experience in managing employee relations and resolving workplace issues.
• Familiarity with HR systems and payroll processes.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• A CIPD qualification or equivalent is desirable.

Job Offer

• Competitive salary of 40,000 to 45,000 per annum.
• 12 month FTC
• North London location
• Supportive work environment with a focus on professional development.

If you are passionate about human resources and thrive in the education sector, we encourage you to apply for this HR Manager role today!

Job Title:         HR Manager - £50-55,000 per annum

Hours:             45 hours per week - Monday to Friday Fully office based.

Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing company as a People and Culture. Manager, Reporting to the People and Culture Director. The successful candidate will form part of Senior management team.

Role and Responsibilities:

To manage the HR team consisting of a People and Culture Generalist, ER Assistant, People Assistant and Recruitment Assistant. Within this role you will need to performance manage, coach, mentor and develop the People and Culture team to ensure that an excellent People service is always delivered to the business.

Build strong collaborative relationships with internal & external stakeholders

Continual review and improvement on the delivery of People processes, practices, policies and procedures

People Team department budget management 

Driving and developing the company Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy

Ensure Operations are aware of the implications and effects of any proposed change both in employment law and with respect to company People policies and procedures.

Support current and future business needs of the organisation.

Work with wider HR team to ensure that our clients are kept informed of any changes (People related) on their contracts (whether planned or unpredicted).

Support the continual diversity and positivity in the work place.

Manage recruitment & retention processes.

Advise, lead and deliver on change programmes such as reorganisations, redundancies, restructures, TUPE (on boarding mobilisation, de mobilisation) etc

People lead on prestigious and/or complex contacts/sites

Lead and support on high risk ER cases.

Accountable for dealing/responding to ACAS EC claims, ET claims, negotiating and drafting settlement agreements or advising on other exit strategies

Be responsible for the performance appraisal process 

Ensure the team are supporting the business with poor performance, misconduct, absence management, probation fails, and other business related issues.

Guide managers through relevant processes and procedures, and attend/lead meetings with staff as appropriate

Developing Training Strategy

Support the business with developing succession planning and talent management

Monitor and be on top of the changes in employment legislation and advice as appropriate

Guide and support the team members with their work and activities and their continued professional development

Actively involved in our Tender process. Attend presentations

Person Specification

• Excellent communicate skills 
• Experience in delivering presentations
• Possess excellent leadership and motivational skills
• Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative, collaborative team player who will support colleagues.
• Previous experience working in a senior position such as a HR Manager, People Partner/ HRBP, Head of People
• CIPD qualified (level 5 or above)- desirable
• Strong employment legislation knowledge/TUPE Experience
• Experience of handling varied and complex ER casework.
• Recruitment experience

Reporting to: Board Director

Contract: Temp-to-Perm | Full-Time | Monday–Friday, office-based

The role:

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic HR Manager to lead the people function and shape the future of the HR operations. This is a pivotal opportunity to join a fast-growing, high-performance organisation within the commercial property and flexible workspace sector

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This is a unique opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join a friendly and high caliber boutique sports law firm in a stand alone capacity (with support from a HR Consultant where needed), helping hone the development and execution of our people and culture strategy.

This is a part-time role of 0.6 FTE / 22.5 hours pw which can be assigned across the week to suit your availability. Ideally you will be located within a reasonable commuting distance from our London office however a good level of remote working is possible with this role.

Role priorities include overseeing Internship, Paralegal and Trainee annual selection programmes; and managing the search, offer, visa and onboarding processes for all hires. You'll be the go-to friendly face to support employees through their employment journey. You will also have the opportunity to lead on HR projects and develop efficiencies in people operations including owning staff policy and process implementation; overseeing people development and performance management processes; and implementing initiatives to ensure we retain a unified culture and engaged workforce.

The Firm

Morgan Sports Law is a specialist sports arbitration and litigation firm representing our clients in a variety of sport resolution forums globally. We are one of the world’s pre-eminent law firm of choice for athletes, players, agents, teams and defendants in issues such as anti-doping disputes, anti-corruption and governance, reputation protection matters, sports and commercial disputes, and arbitration.

We are an international Practice with just under 25 team members based predominantly in the UK, with small offices in Switzerland and the US.

In addition, this role will also support our subsidiary E-sports gaming agency - DotX Talent, with 5 remote working employees currently.

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Requirements

1. Talent Acquisition & Recruitment:

• Execute the firm's talent acquisition strategy.
• Manage all vacancy postings and sourcing channels.
• Build talent pipelines, headhunt where necessary and ensure positive candidate experiences.
• Oversee end-to-end hiring campaigns, screen and preliminary interview candidates.
• Own and develop the small-scale internship and graduate programme - including building relationships with relevant partner institutions, representing the firm at law fairs and helping us to grow with impressive talent from the very best universities.
• Handle employment offers and contracting.
• Build the employer brand for Morgan Sports Law creating great content and supporting with a social media strategy.

2. Onboarding:

• Oversee detailed pre-employment checks.
• Support Visa application processes where necessary.
• Deliver new staff inductions.
• Own the probation management process and ensure a positive experience for all new recruits.

3. Training & Development:

• Manage a small-scale internship and trainee program, ensuring appropriate supervision, feedback and development is offered and our compliance with SRA regulations.
• Promote relevant professional development and mandatory legal training.
• Mange the performance review process (including 360 feedback gathering) and encourage and coach supervisors to deliver effective feedback have quality career discussions.

4. Policy & Compliance:

• Promote and review company policies, procedures, and contracts, ensuring alignment with employment law and legislation.
• Collaborate with the Practice Manager on employee experience and relations issues including grievances, complaints, disciplinary processes, and mediation (you'll be pleased to know the latter is infrequent in this high performing, engaged organisation!).
• Ensure the firm's compliance with workplace health & safety and employment legislation.

5. General HR Management:

• Administer and promote employee benefits including payroll (with assistance from Finance), pension, insurance, bonus structures, and paid time-offs. This is in relation to the UK and overseas office locations.
• Contribute to ad hoc HR projects as directed by the Practice Manager, such as performance management, HR data management, reward bench-marking, engagement, and internal communication.
• Take ownership of issues relating to employee experience and employee relations.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records.
• Administer and produce contracts, official documents, and other HR-related paperwork.
• Administer and maximise use of firm HR tools and software such as Hibob HR Platform, Workable ATS and Access eLearning training system.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• You will have at least 3 years’ extensive HR experience within professional services (preferably legal sector) to the extent that you are both confident and competent at running day-to-day HR operations independently autonomously with minimal supervision.
• CIPD part or fully qualified (or equivalent).
• Graduate and Apprentice/Internship recruitment campaign management experience.
• Experience of developing and delivering on-boarding and development activities.
• Experience of driving recruitment best practice and innovative techniques.
• Experience in HR process design including configuring and using HR systems automated workflows.
• Proven strong KPI delivery.
• Knowledge of UK employment law and contractual administration.

Desirable

• High standard of academic achievement, preferably to degree level or above.
• Experience of supporting visa application processes.
• Experience owning employee relations, performance management and employee engagement activities.
• Experience of managing overseas hiring campaigns and HR operations (particularly in the US and EMEA).
  

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, with a “no job too big or too small” attitude.
• Someone who exceeds people’s expectations on a regular basis.
• Results driven, yet light-hearted and fun.
• Able to work well under pressure/ambiguity and to independently manage own mandates.
• Charismatic, professional communicator and confident in representing the firm in public forums.
• Able to think outside the box e.g. to attract talent into niche roles.
• Discreet and professional at all times.
• Great at stakeholder management.
• A stickler for detail.
• Passionate about working in the legal sector.

Benefits

We see this as a very exciting part-time role where you'll have the trust and autonomy to really add value and shape the function in the way you feel delivers best value. We offer a competitive salary of £33,000- £9,000 gross pa (FTE salary 5,000 - 65,000 gross pa), alongside core benefits such as 25 days holiday (pro-rata if not working across 5 days) and a pension plan, private medical insurance, business and leisure travel insurance, reward platform perks, friendly and professional collegiate environment, and are happy to be flexible on work patterns and hours.

Other Info

Travel between our London & Surrey offices will be a feature, particularly for selection interviewing and building relationships with team members, however there is scope for a high level of flexible remote working in this role.

The firm's human resources needs have been met by an external consultant for several years, and they will remain retained on a reduced basis to provide both thorough on-boarding support and ongoing mentorship, supervision and as a sounding board for any complex matters as needed.

The firm has very good staff retention, and an a positive employee relations climate with respectful and compassionate leadership. However, as is often common in professional service firms, it can be hard to find time with the senior leaders so you need to have good judgement, a pro-active attitude and enjoy working with a high level of independence and autonomy.

Are you an experienced HR Manager, interested in joining a dynamic, growth-focused company? Fulkers Bailey Russell are at an exciting stage of transformation, as we expand we are focusing on our impact, and our people – join us as we continue an exciting period of growth and change.

Why Fulkers Bailey Russell?

Our motto is ‘big enough to cut it, small enough to care’ – we foster a culture of genuine care for our employees – our 'Fulkers people'. We pride ourselves on a foundation built on our friendly, supportive, professional, and ambitious people, infusing these values into everything we do. As we skyrocket in business growth and success, our team has expanded by a remarkable 20% in the last 12 months alone!

Your Role: Human Resources Manager

As our HR Manager, you’ll provide comprehensive operational HR support across the business. Working as trusted professional, you will be the ‘go-to’ person for employees and line managers for all things HR related. Taking a pragmatic approach, this is a role that empowers you to use your business partnering skills whilst working with a supportive team. As the role reports to the HR Director, there will also be opportunities to support with strategic HR initiatives. Work from our sociable London office on a Hybrid basis.

What does the role involve?

• Responsible for operational services and advice across all facets of HR including employee relations, performance management, engagement, retention and recognition and learning & development.
• Supporting the TA team with workforce planning, recruitment and talent mapping
• Responsible for ensuring all HR operational activities are undertaken with a customer service approach, ensuring emails and phone queries are answered in a timely manner and that the company views HR as a trusted and efficient partner
• Leading on ER cases (managed exits, performance and sickness absence management, probation reviews etc)
• Identifying people themes and trends and seeking proposals to address, support and improve our offering.
• Leading on HR systems and processes, seeking improvement review and implementation
• Line manage the HR Advisor ensuring their workload is aligned with operational HR objectives and that they have the opportunity to learn and grow within the role.
• Responsible for suite of employee benefits maintenance and suggesting improvements where necessary
• Taking an active role in understanding the business financials ensuring that operational HR activities are aligned with budgets and broader fiscal objectives
• Actively seek to drive a positive culture throughout the organisation acting as ‘boots on the ground’ to identify any areas for improvement
• Taking an active role in identify line manager needs, providing training and upskilling where necessary so that our managers become confident in managing their teams
• Supporting the wider business to move to a ‘professional communities’ model and take accountability for their own learning and development

Requirements

What skills and experience might a person need to undertake this this role?

• Experience in a similar HR role, independently managing a range of ER cases
• Ideally CIPD qualified to minimum level 5
• Experience in managing others, supporting and training senior staff and negotiation skills
• Detailed understanding of general employment law principles and best practise
• Confident approach to managing workload and able to deputise for the HR Director
• You’re a ‘people-person’ with excellent communication skills, and able to work effectively with colleagues and candidates at all levels
• Highly organised, with excellent ability to multi-task and adapt to priorities

Benefits

Joining us at Fulkers Bailey Russell isn't just about being part of a great team—it's a thrilling journey packed with fantastic perks! We believe we are a great place to work and for people to develop their careers - we strive to satisfy the career aspirations of our people in a friendly, professional, environmentally and socially positive way. Here’s what’s on offer;

• Enjoy 33 days of holiday (including bank holidays), growing with an extra day after five years of service.
• An additional day off on your birthday.
• Health cover and benefits from day one and x 2 salary death in service coverage.
• Annual company bonus and salary review.
• A company pension.
• We cover membership fees for relevant professional bodies.
• Career development, chartership learning support and training opportunities to support your continuous growth

Fulkers Bailey Russell is now a Certified B Corporation, meeting high standards of social and environmental performance. We're dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace - diversity in our team leads to creativity, innovation, and better business outcomes, and we promote equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. Join us and be part of a team that values and celebrates diversity.

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HR Manager / HR Advisor

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Full time - Permanent - Hertford

Randstad are currently working in collaboration with a successful SME based in Hertford. This busy, successful and expanding business are seeking a highly experienced HR Manager to provide top level support to the Senior Management Team. The role of Human Resources (HR) Manager will focus on supporting the success of this growing business by ensuring we have skilled and motivated employees in place to enable us to achieve our overall business objectives.

Essential Core Skills

• To be the company's designated HR point of contact.
• To deliver both strategic and day to day HR support and guidance.
• To be responsible for ensuring the business fulfils its employer duties and obligations in compliance with prevailing HR legislation.
• Raising HR cases to external consultancy firm for advice and guidance.

Specifically:

• Supporting the business by contributing to the development of the HR strategy/plan which will then feed into the company's strategic business plan supporting the company's growth ambitions.
• Contributing to the annual HR planning cycle and supporting the delivery of the agreed objectives to ensure that all actions are achieved.
• Working closely with the Senior Management team to provide guidance and support on the full range of HR activities. To include:
• Ensuring legal compliance with prevailing employment legislation including managing compliance and risk factors and advising on matters of employment law, liaising with external legal advisors where necessary.
• Ensuring a consistent, fair, and legally compliant approach to people management.
• Providing support to managers and employees on all aspects of HR.
• Developing, maintaining, and applying HR policies/employee handbook to comply with best practice and legislation.
• Lead, co-ordinate and evolve the recruitment process as required.
• Reviewing and developing the performance management system and standard of reporting.
• Involvement of Learning and Development (L&D) plan and its implementation.
• Maintaining employee records (past and present) and ensuring compliance in file management.
• Gathering insight from employees around employment practices and recommending and implementing change where appropriate.
• Managing the annual pay review process.

Key Skills:

• Proven track record in the provision of comprehensive, strategic, and operational HR advice across the full range of HR issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to form effective working relationships and deliver excellent customer service.
• The ability to always maintain confidentiality and act with discretion and diplomacy.
• Influencing and negotiating skills.
• A willingness to challenge organisational culture where necessary and to want to implement best practice HR activity
• Strong administration skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload, and work to tight deadlines and changing demands.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic to achieve results.
• Strong IT skills including MS applications (Word and Excel).

Desirable:

• Ideally previous experience of operating in a standalone HR Manager role.
• Hold a CIPD Accreditation Level 5 or above.

This is an immediately available opportunity for a HR Manager to join a successful and growing business at an exciting time.

If you are interested in the role of HR Manager please do not hesitate to apply today.

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003

We're looking for an experienced HR professional to provide hands-on support for a busy HR team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys variety and can quickly build relationships across the business.

• Supporting recruitment and selection for key roles

• Advising and coaching managers on HR policies, employment law and people management best practice

• Managing performance, talent and succession planning activities

• Supporting employee relations, including disciplinaries, grievances and absence management

• Helping to identify training needs and maximising development opportunities

• Supporting organisational change, including restructuring and changes to terms and conditions

• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across corporate and operational functions

• CIPD qualified (or working towards)

• Experience in a generalist HR role with solid employment law knowledge

• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to coach and support managers

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy workload with competing priorities

• Flexible, adaptable, and confident working in a fast-paced environment

This is a great opportunity for someone who can hit the ground running and deliver real impact over a short-term period.

If you're available immediately for the next 3-6 months and have strong HR generalist experience, we'd love to hear from you!