Our client is a fast growth business with their head office in Stowmarket, Suffolk. Due to their growth they are looking to recruit for an experienced HR Manager to drive their people agenda forward. As this is a newly create role, there is plenty of scope to design, shape and form new HR best practice. This role is reporting into the Owner of the business and ideally would suit someone who has worked in a regulated environment, with a diverse workforce.
Job responsibilities:
Provide generalist HR support
Manage recruitment, selection and the onboarding process
Assist leadership team with setting company values and culture
Potential HR System implementation
Manage a change programme, including potential further acquisitions
Defining, developing and embedding a people strategy for the business
Managing a company’s appraisal system and conducting appraisal meetings
Ensuring that a company’s policies and procedures comply with employment regulations
Review and implement a new performance management process
Monitoring various aspects of an employee’s performance, such as attendance and sick leave
Assessing the need for training and arranging external courses or developing and delivering training
Handling any disciplinary processes and formal grievances
Setting and reviewing pay structures and employee perks and benefits
Complete payroll process
Skills, background and experience:
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to listen and effectively verbalise ideas
A solid understanding of the key principles of employment law
The ability to remain calm in stressful situations
Solid ethics and morals and sound judgement
Previous experience of establishing HR best practice
CIPD Level 5 or above
This position is based full time in their Stowmarket offices, with occasional travel to other sites, depending on the requirements of the business