Job type
PermanentLocation
Welwyn Garden CityWorking Pattern
Flexible Working,Full-timeSpecialism
Hr ManagementIndustry
Energy, Utilities & MiningPay
£48,000 - £55,000
Permanent HR Manager – Standalone, Welwyn Garden City, £48,000 - £55,000
Excellent Opportunity Permanent HR Manager – Standalone. We are looking for a confident and capable HR Manager to take ownership of a standalone HR function within a fast-paced, commercial environment. This is a true generalist role where you will have full responsibility for the end-to-end employee life cycle, partnering closely with managers to deliver practical, commercially focused HR solutions.
Working autonomously, you’ll play a key role in shaping the people agenda, supporting business growth, and ensuring a positive and compliant working environment.
The Role
As HR Manager, you will oversee all HR activities, both strategic and operational, acting as the go-to expert for managers and employees across the business.
Key Responsibilities
Generalist HR & Business Support
- Act as the first point of contact for all day-to-day HR matters, providing expert, pragmatic advice.
- Manage the full employee life cycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to development, change, and exit.
- Lead recruitment activity, including job design, shortlisting, interviewing, and onboarding.
- Build strong, trusted relationships with managers, supporting them in identifying and addressing people-related needs.
- Support training and development initiatives, helping to build capability across the business.
- Monitor key HR metrics (absence, turnover, recruitment trends), identifying insights and escalating risks.
Employee Relations
- Manage and advise on a wide range of employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, and performance cases.
- Support organisational change, including redundancy processes, consultation, and restructuring.
- Provide support for TUPE activity where required.
- Lead investigations, produce reports, and guide managers to fair and compliant outcomes.
HR Operations, Policy & Compliance
- Ensure all HR policies and procedures are up-to-date, compliant, and consistently applied.
- Prepare employment contracts, offer letters, and documentation in line with UK employment law.
- Maintain accurate employee records, ensuring GDPR compliance.
- Support payroll processes by coordinating accurate and timely data with the external provider.
- Oversee employee benefits administration and ensure cost awareness/reporting.
- Work independently with limited oversight while aligning to overall business strategy.
About You
- CIPD Level 5 qualified (or working towards) or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience in a generalist HR Manager level role, ideally within a fast-paced environment.
- Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, including disciplinary, grievance, TUPE, and redundancy processes.
- Experience managing employee relations cases end-to-end with minimal supervision.
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work autonomously.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to quickly build trust and credibility with stakeholders.
- Confident using Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
What you need to do now
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