HR Manager

Overview

You will lead the people function in a fast-growing consultancy, partnering with the leadership team to shape policies and processes. As a standalone HR Manager, you drive the employee lifecycle, culture, and talent initiatives to support scalable growth. You’ll balance strategic HR work with hands-on delivery, ensuring compliant, high-impact people practices. This role offers direct exposure to senior leadership and a chance to build a scalable function from the ground up.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working model
• Competitive salary up to 80,000
• Opportunity to shape and lead the HR function
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and business strategy
• Fast-paced, collaborative and growth-focused environment
• Career development as the business scales

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day HR activities across the employee lifecycle
• Partner with senior leaders to provide expert people advice
• Manage employee relations cases with fair, compliant outcomes
• Develop and implement HR policies, processes, and best practices
• Support workforce planning and growth strategies
• Drive performance management, talent development, and succession planning
• Oversee onboarding, engagement, and retention programmes
• Ensure UK employment legislation compliance and HR governance
• Analyse people data to inform business decisions
• Champion culture and employee wellbeing

Key requirements

• Proven experience in a standalone HR Manager or similar generalist role
• Strong employment law knowledge and employee relations expertise
• Experience in a high-growth, consulting, or entrepreneurial environment
• Ability to operate at strategic and operational levels
• Highly organized, proactive, and commercially minded
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Passion for building culture and outstanding employee experiences

• stakeholder management
• influencing
• commercial mindset
• employment law
• HR policies and governance
• performance management

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