HR Manager

Department: Human Resources

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Romford

Reporting To: Louise Wallis

Compensation: £60,000 - £65,000 / year

Description

We're looking for an experienced and driven HR Manager to join the InsurEvo Group and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our people agenda.

Reporting to the Head of HR, you'll lead a growing HR team and be responsible for ensuring our people strategy translates into meaningful outcomes across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with operational leadership, helping to create an engaged, high-performing, and values-driven organisation.

You'll partner closely with leaders across the Group, providing expert guidance on all aspects of the employee lifecycle, from talent acquisition and workforce planning through to employee engagement, organisational development, reward, and change management. As a trusted advisor, you'll use people insights and data to influence decision-making, drive continuous improvement, and support business growth.

Leading the HR Business Partnering and HR Administration teams, you'll champion best practice, develop capability within the HR function, and ensure the delivery of a high-quality employee experience. You'll also play a key role in shaping culture, enhancing leadership capability, and delivering people initiatives that support our ambitious growth plans.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation where you can make a real impact, contribute to strategic business objectives, and help build a workplace where people can thrive.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the HR team, including the Senior HR Business Partner, HR Business Partners and HR Administration team, ensuring a high-performing, customer-focused HR function.
• Work in partnership with the Head of HR to develop and implement people strategies, policies and initiatives that support organisational objectives, growth and business performance.
• Oversee the delivery of HR operations across the Group, ensuring consistency, compliance and the effective implementation of HR policies, procedures and best practice.
• Provide strategic HR advice and guidance to senior leaders and managers, supporting informed decision-making and effective people management.
• Lead on complex employee relations matters, organisational change programmes, restructures, consultations and business transformation initiatives, ensuring risks are effectively managed and legal compliance is maintained.
• Develop leadership capability across the business through coaching, guidance and support, promoting consistent and effective management practices.
• Lead workforce planning, talent management, succession planning and organisational development activities to support current and future business needs.
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing and retention initiatives, fostering a positive, inclusive and high-performing workplace culture aligned to the Group's values.
• Support the development and delivery of the Group's total reward and remuneration framework, including salary benchmarking, pay reviews, benefits, reward analysis and market insight, ensuring fair, competitive and commercially aligned reward practices.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment legislation, HR best practice and regulatory requirements, undertaking audits and implementing improvements where required to minimise organisational risk.
• Oversee the effective use of HR systems, data and reporting, producing people insights, workforce analytics and management information to support business decisions and continuous improvement.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple locations, providing support, promoting collaboration and ensuring a consistent approach to people management across the Group.
• Lead and contribute to HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance organisational effectiveness, employee experience and HR service delivery.
• Support recruitment and talent acquisition activities across the Group, ensuring effective workforce planning, attraction, selection and onboarding processes that support business growth and organisational capability, while enhancing the employer brand and employee value proposition.
• Oversee the Group's Health & Safety framework, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies and procedures, promoting a safe working environment, and supporting managers in meeting their Health & Safety responsibilities across all locations.
• Deputise for the Head of HR where required and represent the HR function in cross-functional projects, leadership meetings and business initiatives.