HR Manager

St Cuthbert’s Care is a values-based registered social care charity committed to enabling people to reach their personal potential.

You will be responsible for leading and providing a professional comprehensive HR function, ensuring that the charity’s procedures comply with employment regulations, demonstrable knowledge of UK employment law practices and procedures, management experience and experience of working in a generalist HR environment. You should possess a CIPD qualification, ideally to level 5 and have the use of a car for business needs.

You will have a hands‑on approach to managing all aspects of HR to support the charity to deliver all people related processes. You will lead and support the HR team of two. Experience in the health and social care sector and/or the charity sector would be an advantage, good knowledge of employment law.

1) You will be responsible for:

Managing all aspects of HR to support the charity to deliver all people related processes. To maintain good practice, adhering to regulatory and legal requirements.

2) In you will need to:

• Have a hands‑on approach to assist with the overall management of the human resources function.
• Lead on the delivery of core charity initiatives such as employee engagement, learning and development, health and wellbeing and workplace culture, to enable St Cuthbert's Care to become an employer of choice.
• Support and maintain the charity’s commitment to being an inclusive and supportive employer which values the diversity of our employees, encouraging them to reach their full potential through relevant training and supportive leadership.
• Be overall responsible for absence management processes and practices.
• Oversee the recruitment process, ensuring the right balance of staff in terms of skills, experience, and staffing requirements in collaboration with service managers.
• Research, review and update HR policies and procedures, to ensure they are in line with current legislation, best practice, and the charity’s values.
• Continually review and identify opportunities for improved methods of working within the HR team to ensure efficient use of resources.
• Manage all employee relations through advising and supporting managers to mitigate any potential risks. For example, complex staffing issues, terms and conditions, performance, disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, absence, and redundancies
• Provide statistical information, analyse potential trends and HR report for the board of trustees.
• Effectively manage, train and mentor the HR team.
• Develop and maintain effective liaison with payroll to assist with an accurate and timely process.
• Assist in the design of renumeration and benefits packages.

• Be CIPD qualified (level 5 or above with experience in a role at that level)
• Apply HR business knowledge, evidencing appropriate decision‑making and leadership skills.
• Have excellent demonstrable knowledge of UK employment law and practices and procedures.
• Promote equality and diversity.
• Have excellent organisation and communication skills with the ability to develop positive working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Be responsive, use initiative and be able to work on own autonomy or as part of a team.
• Have proven HR generalist experience.
• Have experience of digital HR information systems.

• Work with utmost dignity and respect at all times and be understanding and considerate of people’s different needs, choices and wishes; extending this principle to all stakeholders.
• Be friendly and helpful at all times and smile when first engaging with people.
• Demonstrate a ‘can‑do’ attitude. This requires working with compassion and care at all times and demonstrating willingness to undertake a range of duties as and when required.
• Follow instruction and charity policies and procedure at all times.
• Maintain confidentiality and observe data protection requirements in accordance with legislation and charity policy.
• Work flexibly in terms of availability and delivery to meet charity needs.
• Be professional at all times.
• Attend staff meetings and training as and when required.
• Respect and work within the charity’s Christian ethos and values‑based

This job description is not exhaustive, and some variations will be necessary at times.