HR Manager, CHARITY PEOPLE
Posted 3 days ago by Guardian Jobs
£45,530 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The HR Manager role at a UK charity focuses on managing redundancy and recruitment processes while promoting an inclusive culture. The position requires strong HR generalist experience and involves working closely with line managers to enhance their capabilities. The role is home-based with occasional travel to London and is offered as a 6-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will align HR practices with the charity's mission to end domestic abuse.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead redundancy and restructure processes in compliance with employment law.
- Manage end-to-end recruitment and onboarding processes.
- Develop line managers through training, toolkits, and coaching.
- Review and maintain HR policies and systems.
- Promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices across all people processes.
- Deliver high-volume recruitment campaigns for major projects.
- Support HR policy development and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Skills:
- Minimum 3 years in a generalist HR role.
- Extensive experience in redundancy and restructure.
- Strong recruitment lifecycle experience.
- Track record of developing and delivering training for managers.
- Excellent knowledge of employment law and HR policy.
- CIPD qualification preferred.
- Highly organised and proactive with strong communication skills.
Salary (Rate): £45,530 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: HR
HR Manager
Salary: £45,530 per annum + 6% employer pension contribution
Contract: 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Location: Home-based with occasional travel to London
Start Date: ASAP
Are you an experienced HR professional with expertise in recruitment, redundancy, and building line manager capability? We are delighted to be supporting a UK charity working to end domestic abuse by focusing on those who perpetrate harm and promoting safe, effective practice across the sector. This organisation is navigating a period of organisational change and growth and needs a skilled HR Manager to ensure its people practices align with its mission and values.
About The Role
Reporting to the Director of Operations, you will lead on redundancy and restructure processes, manage end-to-end recruitment and onboarding, and work closely with line managers to build capability and embed a positive, inclusive culture. You'll also support HR policy development, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key priorities include:
- Managing upcoming redundancy processes in line with employment law and best practice
- Delivering high-volume recruitment campaigns, including for a major partnership project
- Developing line managers through training, toolkits, and coaching
- Reviewing and maintaining HR policies and systems
- Promoting anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices across all people processes
About You
We're looking for someone with strong HR generalist experience, ideally CIPD qualified, and confident in managing both recruitment and redundancy processes. You'll be highly organised, proactive, and able to deliver difficult messages with clarity and compassion.
Essential experience:
- Minimum 3 years in a generalist HR role
- Extensive experience in redundancy and restructure
- Strong recruitment lifecycle experience
- Track record of developing and delivering training for managers
- Excellent knowledge of employment law and HR policy
How To Apply
Please apply without delay, as we are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis for this urgent role. We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to ensure the application process works for you.
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.