HR Manager

6 Month FTC £45000 - £50000 per annum


Your new company

Hays HR are currently working with a client in East Leeds who are a well-established Logistics business looking to recruit an experienced HR Manager for a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract.

This HR Manager role is a hands on, operational People Manager looking after a team of three HR Advisors.

Your new role

As the HR Manager you will take responsibility for all generalist HR duties alongside managing the team. Duties will include but not limited to:

• Ensuring the provision of a high-quality people service to all stakeholders in all areas of HR including resourcing, employee relations, learning & development and reward and supporting the delivery of the people agenda.
• Supporting the management and a small people team with ER issues and providing generalist HR support and advice for the department as required.
• Proactively facilitate and champion employee wellbeing initiatives across the site.
• Ensuring all site and company policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Supporting ongoing volume recruitment in partnership with the resourcing team.
• Supporting large scale change projects and maintaining excellent relationships with Trade Union Partners.
• Playing an active role in forward thinking and fast action responses to the control of absence and retention ensuring contractual KPIs are achieved and maintained.
• Supporting the team ensuring relevant management training is identified, sourced and delivered, promoting a culture of learning and development across site.
• Proactively facilitate and champion employee engagement initiatives across the site.
• Responsible for the development of the team of People Advisors and Assistants.

What you'll need to succeed

• Must be able to demonstrate relevant HR experience. Ideally CIPD qualified with hands on experience of dealing with high volume ER issues.
• Able to apply high levels of common sense and logic to often delicate and complicated situations and therefore possess excellent listening and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and varied environment, with experience in adapting to change based on business requirements.
• Sound knowledge of employment law.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, as is the ability to interact with staff at all levels.
• Must possess and excellent level of written communication skills, with the ability to construct detailed reports, case letters and present MI data.
• Ability to approach issues with a proactive, forward-thinking approach, applying innovation that can be reflected to our customer and stakeholders

What you need to do now

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