HR & People Manager

HR & People Manager 

Hours: Part-Time (Flexible Days or Hours Considered)
Join a Growing Business and Shape the Future of People & Culture Our client, a thriving and expanding property management business, is seeking an experienced HR Manager / People Leader to join their team in a newly created role.
This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys working autonomously and wants to make a tangible impact. As the business continues to grow, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the people strategy, embedding company values and behaviours, strengthening management capability, and building the people infrastructure required to support long-term growth.
This role offers genuine autonomy and the opportunity to establish and enhance HR practices while becoming a trusted advisor to the leadership team. If you are passionate about creating high-performing teams, developing managers and driving organisational improvement, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role As HR Manager / People Leader, you will be responsible for delivering both strategic and operational HR support across the business. You will work closely with senior leadership to develop a people-focused culture, improve accountability, strengthen performance management and support organisational growth.
Key Responsibilities

• Act as the lead HR professional within the business, providing expert advice, guidance and challenge to managers and directors on all people-related matters.
• Develop and implement a clear people strategy aligned to business objectives and future growth plans.
• Support the embedding of company values, behaviours and ways of working throughout the organisation.
• Drive a culture of accountability, high performance and continuous improvement.
• Lead and independently manage employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance management, capability and dismissal processes.
• Coach and support managers to confidently address people issues, improve management effectiveness and build leadership capability.
• Challenge and influence management decisions where appropriate, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant people practices.
• Develop and implement robust performance management frameworks that drive employee engagement, development and business performance.
• Lead workforce planning initiatives, identifying current and future talent requirements and supporting succession planning activities.
• Design and implement organisational development initiatives that support employee growth, business effectiveness and cultural alignment.
• Review and enhance onboarding, induction, probation and employee development programmes to improve employee experience and retention.
• Identify opportunities to reduce key-person dependency by improving knowledge sharing, role clarity, succession planning and management capability.
• Review and develop HR policies, procedures and processes to ensure compliance, consistency and operational efficiency.
• Oversee recruitment activities, partnering with hiring managers to attract, assess and secure high-quality talent.
• Manage employee benefits and contribute to reward and recognition initiatives that support attraction and retention.
• Maintain ownership of the HRIS and employee data, ensuring accuracy, compliance and meaningful reporting.
• Produce HR metrics and management information to support decision-making and identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Lead culture, engagement and employee wellbeing initiatives that contribute to a positive and productive working environment.
• Support organisational change and business improvement projects as required.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment legislation and HR best practice at all times.

About You To be successful in this role, you will have:
Essential

• CIPD Level 3 qualified as a minimum, ideally working towards or holding CIPD Level 5 or above.
• Previous experience operating as an HR Manager, People Manager, HR Business Partner or in a standalone HR position.
• Demonstrable experience independently managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience influencing, coaching and challenging managers on people-related matters.
• Experience implementing and improving HR processes, policies and people initiatives.
• Experience driving performance management, employee engagement and organisational improvement initiatives.
• Exposure to workforce planning, talent development and succession planning activities.
• Previous experience working within a growing SME or entrepreneurial business environment.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities autonomously.
• A proactive, commercially minded and hands-on approach.
• High levels of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £65,000 pro rata.
• Flexible part-time hours or days to suit the successful candidate.
• A newly created role with significant influence and autonomy.
• Opportunity to shape the people agenda within a growing and ambitious business.
• Excellent long-term career development opportunities.
• Flexible home working on Fridays (to be discussed).
• Free onsite parking.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.