Summary: The HR Manager role at Sewell Wallis is a 12-month fixed-term contract aimed at providing operational guidance and advisory support for effective people management during a maternity leave cover. The position requires a generalist HR approach, focusing on employee relations, policy implementation, and management information analysis. The successful candidate will report to the HR Business Partner and engage with stakeholders across all levels of the business. This role offers a dynamic work environment with a variety of responsibilities that change daily.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance, coaching, and advisory support on complex employee relations casework including dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, TUPE Transfers, and redundancy.
• Assist line managers in understanding and implementing HR policies and procedures.
• Deliver accurate and insightful management information to stakeholders, identifying trends and opportunities for value addition.
• Provide HR advice based on risk and commercial awareness.
• Promote equity and diversity within the business culture.
• Manage the review of HR policies and Contracts of Employment to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Liaise with the HR Service Centre, acting as an escalation point.

Key Skills:

• Experience in a similar HR generalist role with strong employee relations experience.
• CIPD qualified (desirable).
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills across all business levels.
• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently.
• Attention to detail is critical.

Salary (Rate): £60,000

City: Leeds

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: HR