HR Manager

Reed HR are currently recruiting for a HR Manager to join our client in Epsom.

This is a full time, permanent office-based role working Monday to Friday.

The role:

The HR Manager will oversee all core HR departmental areas, including payroll, employee relations, HR administration, learning and development, internal recruitment, employee engagement, and maintaining and improving HR systems. This role requires a strategic thinker who can manage the implementation of employment policies, ensure compliance with current regulations, and support the HR team in achieving professional standards.

HR Management:

• Manage all core HR areas: payroll, employee relations, HR admin, learning and development, internal recruitment, employee engagement, and HR systems
• Provide advice and direction to the HR team on work priorities, staff resources, policy, organisation, and staff management issues
• Ensure compliance with current regulations, including professional standards, policies, procedures, and legislation (e.g., data protection, Equality Act, health and safety)

Recruitment

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including job postings, screening, interviewing and onboarding
• Collaborate with department heads to understand staffing needs and requirements
• Maintain recruitment records and ensure compliance with employment laws

HR Payroll

• Collate payroll data for four legal entities for review and submission to payroll provider and internal board
• Maintain payroll records and ensure compliance with statutory requirements
• Liaise with finance and accounting departments to reconcile payroll accounts
• Address payroll related queries and issues from employees

HR Documentation  

• Manage the implementation of employment policies
• Ensure employment law, HR policy, best practices, and workforce development are applied
• Oversee the onboarding process to expedite the settling-in period
• Ensure the offboarding process is handled professionally to ensure fair treatment
• Updating HR Systems and spreadsheets with all HR org changes
• Support with the annual salary review roll out
• Manage all disciplinary and performance issues
• Manage and monitor PIPs with line managers
• Manage flexible working requests in line with the company policy
• Manage terminations (resignations, redundancies, settlement agreements)

HR Compliance

• Ensure HR department actions, relating to ISO compliance are adhered to
• Ensure the business is up to date in terms of respect of workplace, sexual harassment and legislative changes
• Ensure adherence to HR ISO KPIs, Data Protection and legislative changes

Experience / Qualifications

• Essential – Experience of working in a standalone HR role
• 5 plus years in an HR function within an SME environment
• Experience of managing the entire Employee Life Cycle process is essential.
• Payroll experience is essential.
• Experience of working with a business with multiple entities/sites would be beneficial but not essential.
• CIPD, ideally level 5 (or equivalent experience within HR)
• Ideal experience would be within the private sector
• Experience within an HR function supporting writing policies, contracts and other HR related documents is essential.
• Strong communication, attention to detail, analytical and numerical skills.
• Exposure to managing ER related tasks i.e disciplinaries, grievances etc
• Excellent computer skills including Word / Excel / PowerPoint