HR Manager

HR Manager Location: Birmingham Salary: £65,000 + Benefits

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded HR Manager to join a successful and growing organisation based in Birmingham. This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive HR professional to play a key role in shaping people strategy, driving employee engagement, and supporting business growth.

Reporting into the senior leadership team, you will take ownership of the full employee lifecycle, providing expert guidance on all HR matters while ensuring the organisation maintains best practice and compliance across its people processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the HR strategy in line with business objectives.
• Provide expert advice and support to managers on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management and performance issues.
• Oversee recruitment and onboarding activities, ensuring the business attracts and retains top talent.
• Manage succession planning, talent development and workforce planning initiatives.
• Drive employee engagement programmes and support a positive workplace culture.
• Review, develop and implement HR policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Support organisational change, restructures and transformation projects where required.
• Analyse HR metrics and provide meaningful insights to support decision-making.
• Manage learning and development initiatives to enhance employee capability and performance.

About You

• CIPD qualified (Level 5 minimum, Level 7 desirable).
• Proven HR generalist experience, ideally within an HR Manager role.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing complex employee relations cases.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Commercially aware with the ability to balance people and business priorities.
• Highly organised with strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Confident working autonomously while building effective relationships across the organisation.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £65,000
• Competitive benefits package
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Career development and progression prospects
• Supportive and collaborative working environment
• The opportunity to make a genuine impact on the people agenda and wider business success

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates