We are recruiting an experienced HR Manager to join a leading international organisation on a 14-month fixed-term contract, supporting corporate functions across the UK and EMEA. This is a highly visible role with a strong employee relations focus, combining hands-on case management with strategic business partnering and stakeholder engagement.
Client Details
Our client is a globally recognised organisation with an established international presence and ambitious growth plans across the EMEA region.
Operating within a fast-paced corporate environment, the business prides itself on its people-focused culture, collaborative leadership style and commitment to creating an engaging and inclusive workplace. Employees benefit from a flexible working environment, exposure to international projects and the opportunity to work alongside experienced HR professionals in a high-performing team.
Description
Reporting into the senior HR team, this HR Manager position will support a number of corporate functions across the UK and EMEA, acting as a trusted advisor to managers and stakeholders on a wide range of people matters.
The role has a particularly strong employee relations focus, with approximately 70% of time dedicated to advising managers and supporting complex people issues.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing expert HR advice and coaching to managers across employee relations matters.
- Managing performance, absence, disciplinary, grievance and flexible working cases from start to finish.
- Supporting managers through investigations, hearings and employee relations processes.
- Advising on organisational change initiatives, restructures and redundancies where required.
- Building strong relationships with senior leaders and influencing appropriate people decisions.
- Partnering with stakeholders on talent, performance and engagement initiatives.
- Supporting annual people processes including performance and development activities.
- Contributing to wellbeing, engagement and inclusion programmes across the business.
- Supporting employee resource groups and office engagement activities.
- Reviewing offer documentation, contracts and employee lifecycle paperwork.
- Supporting onboarding and recruitment activity alongside specialist teams.
- Participating in HR projects, process improvements and wider business initiatives.
- Supporting EMEA activity including new country set-ups and employee-related projects where required.
- This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing hands-on case management with true business partnering and stakeholder engagement.
Profile
The successful candidate will be a confident HR professional with strong employee relations experience and the ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders.
You are likely to demonstrate:
- Previous experience in a HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor or HR Manager position.
- Strong end-to-end employee relations experience including performance, absence, disciplinary and grievance management.
- Excellent working knowledge of UK employment law.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- The confidence to challenge constructively and provide commercially balanced advice.
- Experience coaching managers through complex people situations.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced corporate environment.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience supporting HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.
- A pragmatic and commercially minded approach to HR.
- Experience supporting restructuring, settlement agreements, redundancy programmes or EMEA populations would be advantageous but is not essential.
Job Offer
Competitive salary, negotiable depending on experience
14-month fixed-term contract.
10% retention bonus payable upon successful completion of the contract.
Hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in the office in Watford
Flexible working hours within a 35-hour working week.
