HR Manager

Would you like to work as a HR Manager for a successful client focused company based in St Albans?

This role plays a vital part in ensuring people are supported, working to their best and in line with company values. This role works alongside the Head of People to deliver HR projects and manage the day-to-day operational people matters of the firm.

Our client, experts in their field, are a modern and innovative legal firm. They believe firmly in developing their staff and recognising their achievements!

What's in it for you?

• Salary: up to £48k depending on experience
• Hours: Mon- Fri 9am-5.15pm, office based until after probation - 3 days in the office, 2 at home
• 25 days holiday (plus 2 additional for Christmas period)
• Subsidised parking
• Generous pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Death in service

Key responsibilities for the HR Manager:

• Line management of the HR Assistant, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment
• Working with the Head of People to create an HR data dashboard, providing and advising on HR metrics for lifecycle activities to support decision making and identify areas for improvement
• Managing the full range of employee lifecycle activities
• Regularly review all HR process and policies to ensure legal compliance, excellence and continued Lexcel/ISO accreditation
• Coordinating the full Trainee lifecycle and working with the Training Partner to ensure our Trainees are well looked after
• Working with the Head of People to manage the annual salary review, bonus process and benefits administration
• Serving as an approachable, trusted first point of contact for internal customers with HR queries
• Responding to employee and line manager HR enquiries with consistent, high-quality advice
• Managing all employee relations casework with care, approachability and empathy
• Undertaking return to work interviews and reporting on patterns of absence
• Working with the Head of People to develop training needs analysis and where required develop and deliver in-house training and development
• Supporting the roll-out of any HR projects, processes and services as required
• Engaging in continuous professional development to allow us to constantly improve
• Providing absence cover for the HR Assistant

For this HR Manager role the client are looking for:

• Significant previous experience in a managerial or advisory HR role
• BA / BSc or Level 5 qualification in a relevant field desirable
• CIPD qualified (desirable)
• Good communication skills and the confidence to deal with people at all levels of the firm
• Ability to build good relationships with colleagues by building trust and credibility
• An up-to-date understanding of present and planned employment legislation
• Numerically literate, comfortable working with numbers, making sense of metrics and processing figures with spreadsheets
• Line management experience
• Experience of working in professional services/commercially focussed
• Confidentiality
• Excellent IT skills including the use of HRIS
• A progressive approach to problem solving
• A commitment to continual learning and encouraging the same in others
• A supportive and collaborative approach

If you are interested in this HR Manager role, please apply now!

Red Door Recruitment is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. Full details available on our website.

Please note due to the number of applications we often receive; only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.