2,994 Senior Hr Manager jobs in the United Kingdom

Location:  Office based Poole & multisite visits

Salary : to £60-70k DOE

Benefits:   Private medical, 25 days hols + BH, pension, health cash plan

Hours:   Full time office based 42.5 hours per week

  PLEASE NOTE YOU NEED TO DRIVE FOR THIS ROLE

Aspire Jobs are delighted to be working exclusively with our growing client to support them with a HR Business Partner/HR Director Designate role at their Dorset based Head Office.

 Reporting to the CEO and managing an internal team of 3 you will have extensive HR experience. You will have the ability to work in a fast paced, growing business with a performance culture.  You will be able to lead by example with unquestioned credibility, judgment, standards and ethics. You will be a great communicator at all levels including face to face but also online and over the phone. 

The HR Business Partner/HR Director Designate will:-

• Have extensive experience in a HR leadership role (Head of HR, HRBP, HR Director)
li>Strong knowledge of UK employment law, HR best practice, and regulatory compliance
• Demonstrable experience of managing complex ER cases and advising senior stakeholders
• Skilled in organisational change, TUPE, and integration projects
• CIPD Level 5 or 7 (or equivalent experience/qualification)
• Commercially astute, with excellent influencing and communication skills
• Happy to operate at all levels within the People function when required
• Ability to travel to various locations

Responsibilities

• Oversee/lead all People functions either directly or through management of a team, including talent acquisition, payroll, total reward and employee relations
• Advise managers and directors on all people related matters
• Developing, implementing and updating all company policies and introduction of any new initiatives or legislation
• Confer with management to gain knowledge of specific work situations requiring employees to better understand changes in policies, procedures, regulations, and technologies
• Resolve complex employee relations issues and address grievances, support and update the business on all employee relations matters
• Provide management guidance and coaching in handling grievance, disciplinary and capability matters including dismissal in line with employment legislation and best practice. Assess risk and identify gaps in employee relations processes
• Support monthly Business Reviews by presenting HR KPI’s
< i>Support internal and external audits that affect the People function
• Working with the Senior Leadership team in key areas such as change management, business design, employee engagement and talent management
• Provide timely and professional advice to support the complete recruitment cycle, managing the Internal Recruiter to meet the needs
• Overseeing all attendance and absence monitoring
• Implement robust performance review processes, ensuring clear feedback and development pathways.
• Collaborate with operations to uphold workplace standards and employee well-being initiatives
• Provide payroll data to the external payroller in the timely and accurate manner
• Manage throughout the year all team benefits, reporting these and processing year end P11Ds
• Assist Senior Leadership Team in ensuring company standards are always adhered to
• Produce amendment to contract letters & ensure all records are up to date
• To ensure all personnel processes are followed
• Undertake HR projects as and when requested and agreed with the CEO or senior Leadership team

HR Business Partner 12-Month temporary contract

Location: Wigan (on-site)

Salary: 39,951 p.a.

Hours: 36.25 per week

Start Date: ASAP

We're delighted to be supporting a highly regarded client within the education sector who is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join their team on a 12-month temporary contract.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a valued organisation, providing full generalist HR support with a strong focus on employee relations and capability management.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with managers and senior leaders, providing expert HR advice across the full employee lifecycle.
• Lead on complex employee relations cases, including performance, grievance, disciplinary, and absence management.
• Support change programmes, restructures, and workforce planning.
• Ensure compliance with HR policies, procedures, and employment law.
• Build trusted relationships at all levels to drive best practice and positive employee engagement.

Requirements

• Proven track record as an HR Business Partner or senior HR generalist.
• Strong background in employee relations and case management.
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Experience in the education sector is highly desirable.

Contract Details

• 12-month fixed-term contract
• Full-time: 36.25 hours per week
• On-site, Wigan
• Salary: 39,951 p.a.
• Immediate start available

This is a great chance to join a supportive and forward-thinking organisation where you can add real value from day one.

For more information please get in touch with Jacqui Wall

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HR Business Partner - Fashion | South of the UK

We're partnering with a leading fashion retailer on the search for a HR Business Partner to support their UK retail estate across the South. This is a hands-on, people-first role where you'll work closely with Area and Store Managers to drive performance, culture and capability across a fast-paced, customer-focused business.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with retail leadership on all people matters including workforce planning, succession, talent pipelines and new store openings.

• Lead ER across the region (advice, investigations, disciplinaries/grievances), coaching managers to handle issues with confidence and fairness.

• Deliver the retail people plan: engagement, wellbeing, DE&I and ways of working that lift performance.

• Oversee recruitment across stores, ensuring quality hires and quick turnaround, supporting with selection and assessment where needed.

• Support learning and development: induction, manager capability, bite-size training and on-the-job coaching.

• Guide annual HR cycles including performance, pay and reward inputs, bonus and recognition.

• Use people data and insights to identify trends, recommend actions and measure impact.

• Act as custodian of HR policy and employment law compliance.

• Be visible in store; build trusted relationships with managers and teams through regular visits.

About you

• Proven experience in a multi-site retail HR role, ideally within fashion.

• Strong ER experience and confident knowledge of UK employment law.

• Commercial, data-literate and solutions-focused, with the ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.

• Organised, resilient and comfortable in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment.

Why join?

• High-impact remit across a recognised fashion brand.

• Autonomy to shape and deliver the people agenda across the South.

• Supportive leadership, collaborative culture and genuine opportunities for career development.

Salary: c.50,000 - 55,000 + Bonus + Benefits

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HR Business Partner - Fashion | South of the UK

We're partnering with a leading fashion retailer on the search for a HR Business Partner to support their UK retail estate across the South. This is a hands-on, people-first role where you'll work closely with Area and Store Managers to drive performance, culture and capability across a fast-paced, customer-focused business.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with retail leadership on all people matters including workforce planning, succession, talent pipelines and new store openings.

• Lead ER across the region (advice, investigations, disciplinaries/grievances), coaching managers to handle issues with confidence and fairness.

• Deliver the retail people plan: engagement, wellbeing, DE&I and ways of working that lift performance.

• Oversee recruitment across stores, ensuring quality hires and quick turnaround, supporting with selection and assessment where needed.

• Support learning and development: induction, manager capability, bite-size training and on-the-job coaching.

• Guide annual HR cycles including performance, pay and reward inputs, bonus and recognition.

• Use people data and insights to identify trends, recommend actions and measure impact.

• Act as custodian of HR policy and employment law compliance.

• Be visible in store; build trusted relationships with managers and teams through regular visits.

About you

• Proven experience in a multi-site retail HR role, ideally within fashion.

• Strong ER experience and confident knowledge of UK employment law.

• Commercial, data-literate and solutions-focused, with the ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.

• Organised, resilient and comfortable in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment.

Why join?

• High-impact remit across a recognised fashion brand.

• Autonomy to shape and deliver the people agenda across the South.

• Supportive leadership, collaborative culture and genuine opportunities for career development.

Salary: c.50,000 - 55,000 + Bonus + Benefits

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Nova Talent are delighted to be working alongside our client, a world leading provider of Communication Solutions within the Aviation & Defence sectors. Were looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to play a key role in shaping the people strategy across the UK and Ireland.

This is a varied and strategic role where you will support business leaders, drive change, and help our people thrive.

What you'll be doing:

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, aligning HR strategy with business goals.
• Lead organisational change projects such as restructures, site moves, or acquisitions.
• Support workforce planning, organisational design, and role alignment.
• Deliver talent processes including succession planning, performance reviews, and career development.
• Guide leaders on employee relations issues and ensure compliance with UK & Irish employment law.
• Partner with global HR teams (Talent, Reward, Learning, DEI, etc.) and legal/compliance colleagues.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion, embedding inclusive practices locally.
• Use HR data and insights to influence decision-making and highlight workforce trends.
• You'll collaborate with business leaders, the UK & Ireland HR Director, the HR Coordinator, global Centres of Excellence, HR shared services, and external advisors.

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary circa 50,000
• Flexitime
• Hybrid working offering
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Pension Scheme up to 8% company contributions
• Life Assurance
• Private healthcare and dental care upon successful completion of your probation
• Flu vaccinations
• Cycle to work scheme
• Liberty Days - you can request up to 3 single days of your annual leave on the day
• Buying and Selling Holidays

What we're looking for:

• HR experience at Business Partner or Senior Generalist level, ideally in a complex, international organisation.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law (Irish experience an advantage).
• Proven background in managing change and supporting leaders through transformation.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable using HR systems and data (SAP, Workday, SuccessFactors, or similar).
• Degree in HR, Business, Psychology (or similar) CIPD qualification preferred.
• Experience working across EMEA regions.
• Familiarity with Agile or project management approaches.

This is a great opportunity if you're a confident HR professional who enjoys working strategically but isn't afraid to get hands-on when needed.

Job Description:

HRBP - 12 month FTC

£50-55,000

The HRBP drives people strategy for a given business area, alongside expert teams of specialists and operational support teams, leading to measurable commercial impact and strong alignment to the business’s strategic goals. HRBPs are tasked with the delivery of a value-add service that influences key stakeholders in order to support them in the achievement of people outcomes, with specific focus on performance, engagement, retention, talent management, change and people risks.

Key Deliverables

• Partner with business leaders to advise on people strategy and facilitate the delivery of People Plans, ensuring these are appropriately prioritised, align to the overarching business strategy and address future workforce needs.
li>Horizon scan and use evidence and data insight (both internally and externally) to identify business risks and opportunities and develop appropriate plans to take action.
• Be responsible for project and / or programme leadership of key people initiatives within business areas or the wider HR team.
• Ensure core people management practices are implemented and maintained across all business areas e.g. absence and performance management, to ensure operational excellence.
• Work with key stakeholders to discuss people challenges, utilising own people expertise and leveraging specialist teams across the HR function to develop innovative and impactful solutions.
• Act as the conduit between business leaders and specialist teams to ensure effective information sharing, communication and linkage.
• Advocate for the HR function, marketing value-add services and people solutions available to stakeholders and the wider workforce.
• Provide guidance on complex people matters such as TUPE, restructures and succession planning.
• Manage cost base and headcount within business areas in accordance with key OD and requisition processes and seek opportunities to reduce cost and improve efficiency.
• Coach, challenge and provide feedback to key stakeholders to support them in developing a people first mindset and to encourage the adoption of behaviours in line with organisational values.
• Regular attendance and contribution in senior leadership meetings.
• Carry out CPD to continually improve performance and develop expertise to offer a better value service.
• Bring key issues to HR SLT for review, triage and assigning of ownership.
• Act as a Role Model and Senior point of contact within the HR team.

Key Skills

• Building and managing relationships
• Effective interpersonal communication including ability to influence others
• Organisational change / change management
• Organisational strategy design
• Succession planning
• Employee engagement theory and best practice
• Performance management theory and best practice
• Commercial acumen / general business understanding
• Understanding of business areas
• Ideally CIPD Qualified

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Work from home

I am currently partnering with a global Professional Services organisation, who are looking for a HR Business Partner to join their team on a permanent basis.

Location: either Manchester, Birmingham or London. 2 days working on site per week.

Salary: Up to £75,000 plus benefits.

Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Partnering:
o Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Leadership Team.
o Provide data-driven insights and thought leadership to influence and shape business decisions from a people perspective.
o Collaborate with senior leaders to design and execute talent strategies that align with commercial objectives.
- Leadership Coaching & HRM Support:
o Coach and develop HR Managers (HRMs), ensuring they are equipped to support their respective areas effectively.
o Support senior leaders through individual coaching, helping them build leadership effectiveness and lead high-performing teams.
o Champion a culture of talent management by embedding career planning and development into regular leadership conversations and team priorities.
- Talent, Succession & Performance:
o Lead the delivery of cyclical HR processes including talent reviews, succession planning, and performance management.
o Ensure career development and internal mobility are front-of-mind in talent discussions, with clear and actionable plans for key talent segments.
o Partner with the Talent CoE to ensure robust plans are in place to identify, retain, and develop top talent.
- Reward & Recognition:
o Partner with the Reward CoE to deliver annual reward processes effectively.
o Ensure alignment between reward strategies and performance/talent outcomes.
- CoE Integration & Alignment:
o Act as the conduit between the business and HR CoEs (Talent, Reward, ER, Recruitment, etc.), ensuring initiatives are aligned to business priorities.
o Connect the dots across HR functions to ensure a cohesive and impactful approach.
- Drive Strategic Conversations:
o Lead conversations that challenge the status quo, focusing on the ’big ticket’ items that will deliver maximum ROI for people initiatives.
o Translate business needs into actionable HR strategies with clear success metrics.
- Cross-Business & Cross-Country Impact:
o Identify and lead strategic HR projects that span multiple business lines or countries, ensuring scalable solutions that drive regional consistency and impact.
o Champion collaboration across geographies and functions to tackle shared challenges and accelerate results.
- HR Functional Evolution:
o Support the evolution of the HR function by promoting a problem-solving mindset and structured project management approach.
o Play a key role in enabling HR to shift from transactional delivery to strategic change leadership, with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes and long-term business value.

Please direct applications over to Imogen Parr: (url removed)

Our client BAE Systems, a prominent entity in the Defence & Security sector, is seeking an HR Business Partner on a contract basis to join their team in Glascoed. This role will be within the Land Business Unit and is expected to have hybrid working arrangements, requiring a minimum of three days on-site per week. The contract duration is 12 months, and the role falls inside IR35 regulations.

• Provide comprehensive HR support and guidance to the business unit
• Partner with leadership to develop and implement effective HR strategies
• Manage employee relations and resolve complex HR issues
• Work on HR projects to drive continuous improvement within the business
• Advise on HR policies and procedures ensuring compliance
• Support staffing processes including recruitment and onboarding
• Contribute to workforce planning and change management initiatives
• Liaise effectively with stakeholders to maintain a positive workplace environment

• Experience in a HR Business Partner role or as a senior HR advisor
• CIPD qualification preferred (levels 5-7, level 7 ideal) or equivalent HR qualification
• Strong experience in employee relations and HR project management
• Knowledge of the manufacturing or engineering sector would be advantageous
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
• Understanding of HR policies, procedures, and compliance within the Defence & Security sector
• BPSS and SC clearance, along with ITAR compliance

If you are an experienced HR professional looking for a new challenge and meet the requirements listed above, we encourage you to apply now.

HR Business Partner
£30/hr PAYE + £4.36/hr Holidays
12 Months
Glascoed, Cwmbran
37 hours per week
Inside IR35

The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced HR professional to join our Glascoed site. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with at least 5 years’ HR experience who is ready to step up into a more strategic and influential role.
You’ll be the main HR point of contact on site, working closely with business leaders and a small, supportive HR team of five. The role is focused on partnering with the business, shaping people strategy, and driving impactful initiatives – rather than day-to-day transactional HR.

What You’ll Be Doing
• Partnering with leadership across Glascoed and central manufacturing teams.
• Shaping and delivering the People Plan to support business objectives.
• Providing coaching and advice to leaders on people matters.
• Leading HR projects and embedding HR initiatives across the site.
• Building effective relationships with trade unions.
• Occasionally travelling to other sites (every other month).

What We’re Looking For
• 5+ years’ experience in HR (HRBP or Senior HR Advisor level).
• Strong generalist background with both operational and strategic exposure.
• Experience working in a unionised environment (advantage).
• Background in engineering/manufacturing or project-based organisations (advantage).
• Confident communicator, able to influence and build relationships across all levels.
• Degree in HR/Business or similar, CIPD qualified (preferred).

Why Join?
This is an excellent chance to step into a highly visible HR role, influence strategy at a major site, and broaden your experience within a complex and interesting environment. If you’re looking for your next challenge, this could be it.

Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.