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Part time HR Manager

  • Job Location: Northamptonshire
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Salary: £40,000 p/a - £45,000 p/a
  • Posted on: 10th Feb 2021
  • Job Reference: JO0000020577
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Ashley Kate HR are pleased to be partnering with a market leading manufacturing business on a brand new Part Time HR Manager role. Initially the main part of your role will be to embed a new acquisition into the wider group. This will include aligning Terms & Conditions and also ensuring the processes and policies are fit for purpose. Reporting to the Group HR Director, you will be expected to lead on a full range of HR activities including recruitment, retention, performance management, employee relations, employee reward, absence management, learning and development, internal communications and process development.

You will be part of a close knit team and so you will need to be able to build relationships quickly and also be strong in relation to communication. This is a part time role working 24 hours a week.

Main Duties / Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
Supporting the Directors and the Senior Management team by continually helping to develop and implement the appropriate reward, recognition, development and performance management strategies to support the businesses strategic plans.
Providing regular communication to employees on HR policies and updates. Ensuring that managers and team members are aware of the policies and procedures and able to operate them effectively.

Supporting the payroll process by overseeing and ensuring that attendance and absence information has been reviewed thoroughly and the provision of accurate payroll information to the Finance team.
Monitoring and reviewing the system of performance appraisal and continually developing as necessary. Where needed manage any Employee relations issues that arise.

You will need to ensure that the company’s approach to people management continues to reflect the culture and behaviours and monitor HR trends, updating the Directors and Senior Management team on Key Performance indicators.

You will be responsible for taking the lead on all recruitment activities including building job specifications, managing recruitment sources, building a professional network across the UK by a variety of sources. Interviewing candidates, but also maintaining contact as the majority of contractors are self employed, so relationship building is a key part of the is process.

Overseeing and at times managing the new starter and leaver processes: including issuing all forms and contracts and conducting exit interviews for all employees.

In line with the company people strategy you will be responsible for developing the learning and development programme for different levels of the team and maintaining a central training record which facilitates the regular review of training progress. Alongside this you will coach and mentor managers to develop their own line management capabilities. This will include training on appraisals, conducting performance reviews and developing training plans.

HR Manager - About you


  • Degree (or equivalent) and CIPD qualified (or working towards).
  • At least 2 - 3 years managerial; HR experience in an engineering / manufacturing environment.
  • Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice in most of the following areas - recruitment, training & development, employee relations, remuneration and benefits.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with staff and managers at all levels within the business and externally.
  • Deals with situations and people positively and with enthusiasm, demonstrating a helpful, calm and professional approach.
  • Strong IT skills (MS Word, Excel etc.) with the ability to use the HR information systems in place effectively.
  • The ability to gather and interpret information and data and make appropriate recommendations.
  • Good time management skills meet commitments and delivering to agreed timescales.
  • Has attention to detail and seeks to remove the risk of error wherever possible.

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