HR Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR & Training Manager to join a growing organisation within the construction sector. This is a varied, hands-on role responsible for delivering a comprehensive HR service across the region, leading recruitment activities, and driving learning and development initiatives to support business objectives.

The successful candidate will partner with managers across the business, providing expert HR advice while ensuring all people processes are delivered efficiently and in line with employment legislation.

Human Resources

• Provide expert advice on employee relations, including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, absence management and redundancies.
• Maintain accurate HR records and produce regular management reports and HR metrics.
• Support annual pay and bonus review processes.
• Manage employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding, offboarding and exit interviews.
• Work closely with managers to promote best practice and ensure compliance with employment legislation.

Recruitment

• Manage the full recruitment cycle from vacancy approval through to onboarding.
• Create engaging job adverts, job descriptions and person specifications.
• Coordinate interviews, offers and pre-employment checks.
• Build positive relationships with external recruitment partners where required.

Learning & Development

• Identify training needs and coordinate learning and development programmes.
• Manage mandatory training and maintain training records.
• Support apprenticeship programmes and relationships with external training providers.
• Coordinate professional development opportunities and monitor training compliance.
• Assist with training funding applications and reporting where applicable.

You'll be an experienced HR professional with a proactive approach and the confidence to build strong relationships across all levels of the business.

You'll have:

• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent experience).
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing complex employee relations cases.
• Previous experience leading end-to-end recruitment.
• Experience coordinating learning and development initiatives.
• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Experience within the construction or property sector would be advantageous, as would familiarity with HR systems such as iTrent.

• A varied and autonomous HR role with regional responsibility.
• Opportunity to influence people strategy and employee development.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

If you're an experienced HR generalist looking for a role that combines HR, recruitment and learning & development, we'd love to hear from you.