HR Manager

Luxury Elderly Nursing Home in St Albans

Up to £60,000 per annum (negotiable depending on experience)

37.5 hours per week (hybrid working available - 3 days per week in the office)

Elite Search Associates are currently looking for an experienced HR Manager to join a luxury elderly nursing home in St Albans

Our client has a 10 year history of delivering outstanding care and now employ over 200 members of staff. They are looking for a highly self motivated individual to become their first in-house manager of Human Resources. Having grown organically, HR has traditionally been done on an as-needed basis, they are now looking to standardise and streamline their recruitment & staff management processes.

The new HR Manager, and their assistant, will be responsible for everything from recruitment, through to staff management, training & development and overseeing time & attendance. You will be working alongside the Registered Manager & Clinical team to ensure the safe and effective staffing of the home.

Package for the HR Manager but not limited to:

• Up to £60,000 per annum (negotiable depending on experience)

• 37.5 hours per week (hybrid working available - 3 days per week in the office)

• Company pension
• 5.6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunities for training and development

HR Manager responsibilities:

• Develop close working relationships, building trust and credibility, through the delivery of expert HR advice to ensure safe running of the Home.
• Assist and develop managers by guiding them through HR processes, including recruitment, absence management, negotiations, grievances, and case management, and supporting challenging discussions.
• Manage the employee life cycle, end-to-end, across all HR processes.
• Advise, influence and challenge team leaders & line managers to ensure the best possible outcome in all employee matters.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to line managers, to help them to improve management capability and enable them to self-serve.
• Stay on top of developments in employment legislation and human resources, sharing knowledge to ensure continuous improvement, especially in the care sector.
• Work with the wider HR community on HR initiatives: training and development, policy review/redesign, onboarding and wellbeing programmes.
• Ensure compliance with regulation of employment in care, including DBS, VISA & ID checks.

HR Manager requirements:

• Bachelor s Degree in Human Resource Management/Business Management or similar.
• CIPD Level 5 (minimum) is desirable.
• Background working in the care sector is essential.
• Demonstrable experience of managing complex employee relations cases, including absence management (including long-term sickness), grievances, disciplinary hearings and appeals.
• Previous experience working with external Occupation Health partners (preferable)
• Experience with HR management & ATS solutions (preferable).
• Experience with overseas sponsorship (preferable).

Please apply via this advert for the HR Manager role and one of our dedicated team will contact you.

This HR Manager role is being advertised by Elite Search Associates who act as an employment agency. If you apply for this post ESA will hold your details for future opportunities unless you instruct us otherwise.