Job Description

This is a high-impact HR leadership role where you'll partner closely with operational and senior leaders, providing expert guidance across a broad range of people matters. You'll play a pivotal role in delivering the people agenda, shaping workforce strategies, supporting organisational change, and ensuring our people practices drive both business performance and employee engagement.Working as part of a wider national HR team, you'll have the opportunity to influence decision-making, champion best practice, and help create an inclusive, high-performing culture across a diverse and unionised workforce. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced industrial environment and is passionate about making a real difference.What You'll Be DoingAs HR Manager, you'll deliver a proactive, commercially focused HR service that supports both operational and strategic business objectives.Key responsibilities will include:Partnering with senior leaders and management teams to provide expert HR advice, challenge and support on complex people mattersDelivering a high-quality employee relations service, managing disciplinary, grievance, absence and capability cases while minimising risk and supporting positive outcomesBuilding strong relationships with Trade Union representatives and leading local industrial relations activity, including supporting annual pay negotiationsLeading organisational change initiatives, including restructures, reorganisations and redundancy programmes, ensuring legal compliance and effective consultation throughoutInfluencing and coaching leaders to strengthen management capability, drive accountability and support a high-performance cultureSupporting workforce planning, succession planning and talent development activities to ensure future capability needs are metLeading recruitment, onboarding, early careers and educational engagement initiatives across your business areas