HR Manager

Posted 23 April by Pure Resourcing Solutions

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Are you looking for a HR Manager role?
Can you work in Cambridge on site 4 or 5 days a week?
Are you passionate about developing people?

Reporting to the Director of Operations, this is a newly created role for an experienced HR Manager to lead a small HR team.

Based on the outskirts of Cambridge, (1 mile from the city centre) you will be based on site 5 days a week during your probationary period, then the role will offer hybrid working / 2/3 days a week on site / home.

This role forms part of a larger team where you will have multiple stakeholders to manage in a complex operating model. You will an experienced HR Manager who previous in the following areas:

  • Managing a range of ER cases from informal through to complex
  • Managing different terms and conditions for employees
  • Leading on recruitment campaigns and selection processes
  • Attending SLT meetings on a monthly basis, preparing reports and papers on various HR initiatives and updates
  • Developing key relationships within the organisation to support employee the employee life cycle
  • Supporting on organisation wide HR projects
  • Liaising with unions on occasion
  • Coaching and mentoring your HR team to support their personal development.


You will have ideally worked in a larger organisation with multiple stakeholders where you have been able to navigate complexity and ambiguity.

  • Degree educated / CIPD qualified or equivalent is essential.
  • Up to date employment law knowledge
  • Passion for people development
  • A natural curiousity and interest in people and processes is key 

In return you will receive a generous pension, holiday entitlement, free parking on site and the opportunity to work in a world leading research environment.

Please call Caroline Batchelor today for further information.

Required skills

  • HR Manager / Complex ER

Application questions

can you work on site in Cambridge 5 days a week to start with?
Do you have experience of complex ER?

Reference: 52524217

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