Human Resources Manager

Job description

HR Manager | St Ives | Healthy salary with bonus | Permanent

The Opportunity

We’re supporting a well-established, values-led organisation with a strong reputation for quality and excellence, who are seeking an experienced HR Manager to join their UK leadership team.

This is a broad, hands-on generalist role, leading both strategic HR initiatives and HR operations, while managing and developing a high-performing HR and Talent team.

The role reports into a highly regarded HR Director and offers a positive, well-embedded HR landscape, alongside the opportunity to challenge, improve, and shape how people strategy supports the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of HR and Talent professionals
• Drive culture, values, engagement, performance management, and leadership development
• Deliver HR strategy aligned to business objectives
• Oversee UK HR operations including payroll providers, HR systems (Workday), reporting, and metrics
• Act as a trusted advisor to managers on employee relations and people management
• Lead HR projects including reward, benefits alignment, and organisational change
• Use job evaluation and salary benchmarking to support fair and competitive reward frameworks
• Ensure HR best practice, compliance, and continuous improvement

About You

This role suits a strong HR Manager or senior HR generalist who is confident technically, but whose real strength lies in people leadership.

You will likely bring:

• Proven experience in an HR Manager / Senior HR Generalist role
• Hands-on experience leading and developing an HR team
• Strong knowledge of employee relations and UK employment law
• Experience delivering HR projects and managing change
• Confidence using HR data and insight to inform decisions
• A proactive, pragmatic, and credible approach with stakeholders
• Excellent communication, influencing, and organisational skills

Cultural fit is important - this is a close-knit team that values collaboration, integrity, and constructive challenge.

Reward & Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (with buy/sell option)
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Annual health checks
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym access
• Subsidised onsite restaurant

Application deadline – applications are encouraged to be made ASAP but ideally no later than Sunday 18th January.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

St Ives

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English