HR Manager Vacancy

Crawley, Office based

£55,000-£60,000

An exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional in this dynamic SME. Reporting into the Managing Director this is a hands-on role with a strategic aspect. The focus of this role will be to deliver people management strategies in support of the organisation’s strategic aims. The role will have both a strategic and operational, providing expert advice and support on all HR matters. The organisation is based in Crawley but has an international presence. You will be accountable for 1 HR/Payroll Administrator.

HR Responsibilities:

Work in close partnership with senior management to prepare and implement HR strategy
Design and work across HR projects
Create and issue any contracts
Support managers and team leaders on all recruiting matters
Advise managers and provide guidance on HR policy and procedures
Keep up to date with employment legislation in key territories across the group: UK, Belgium, Netherlands & Germany.
Manage investigations and complex employee relations issues including redundancy and grievance
Ensure employee relation cases are managed to meet best practice requirements
Develop and maintain HR policies
Monitor and develop performance appraisal systems
Monitor all employee records to include maternity, paternity requests and absence and sickness and provide regular reports to the senior management team
Manage HR personnel files to ensure they are kept up-to-date
Develop starter and leaver procedures
Gather and evaluate market data to measure the organisation’s competitiveness for salary reviews, compensation and benefits packages
Implementation of HR system
Work closely with payroll bureau/local company accountants to process bi-weekly and monthly payrolls
Processing holiday, sick and maternity pay and expenses, calculating overtime, shift payments, bonus’ and pay increases

Person Specification

Several years demonstrable experience of providing customer-centric HR partnering & support
Proven HR generalist experience on both strategic and operational level
Up-to-date knowledge of employment law in the UK
Experience of working for an European organisation or a company that has European offices
Ability to work autonomously
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Exceptional planning and project management skills and experience

In return you will receive a salary of 55-60K (depending on experience) a bonus.