People and Relationships Manager / HR Manager

Salary: £36,000 – £54,000 per year

Are you looking for a new challenge to make a real difference? Are you a People and Relationships / HR Manager who is looking for a challenging role?

My client is on a mission to create the world’s best specialist support setting. They pride on giving people with learning disabilities, autism and uniquely complex needs a fresh start in a lovely purpose-built home.

What sets them apart is their team and the drive they all have to make a real difference to vulnerable peoples’ lives. The team wants dedicated people that genuinely enjoy changing people’s lives for the better.

Purpose of the role

The people they support, and their colleagues are at the heart of everything they.

Your role will involve leading the formulation and implementation of a people strategy to support their vision and objectives. They operate busy home environments supporting individuals to live their lives to their maximum potential in a way that they want to. They employ around 250 people in a variety of roles, with this number expected to further grow in the next 18 months. They require an individual who has the initiative to establish a people function that is best in class that embeds their culture and values throughout the organization with each and every person within the team. This will be a varied and diverse role that will involve leading and guiding the establishment of a team, from hands on leading from the front through to creating a strategic vision for the future.

We are looking for:

* CIPD qualified and/or 5 years HR/People experience in line with this job specification

* An interest in changing the lives of people with autism, learning disabilities and uniquely complex needs

* The ability to create and develop a long term people strategy

* Up to date working knowledge in all stages of recruitment, selection and retention of colleagues

* Experience in employee relations, both supporting a positive culture through to disciplinary and grievance experience

* Staff management and communication skills

* Awareness of key areas of employment law, writing and implementing policies and procedures

* Knowledge of full training cycle including delivery of leadership, management and mentoring skills

* Experience of implementing policies and processes

* Effective communicator and influencer at all levels

* Comfortable developing and managing a team

* Responsive to change and promotes it to others

* Pragmatic

* Professional approach

* Honesty and integrity

* Knowledge and understanding

* Ambition and energy to go above and beyond

We offer

* Competitive salary

* Flexible hybrid working from home alongside office/home locations

* Opportunities for career progression

* Opportunity to establish, develop and lead the People function within a diverse and growing organisation

* Bespoke training opportunities for career progression

* An inclusive culture. We are a small growing organization and value the opinion of everyone within our team

* The ability to make a difference and change the lives of people with uniquely complex needs