Macmillan Davies
Interim People Services Manager
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Interim People Services Manager
Location
West London – easily accessible from Hammersmith
Day Rate
£300–£350 per day via Umbrella
Duration
Urgent start to January 2027
Working Pattern
Hybrid – 2 days per week on site
Contract
Interim
DBS and appropriate due diligence will be required
We are currently working with an established organisation within the education sector to recruit an experienced People Services Manager on an interim basis.
This is an opportunity for an experienced HR/People Services professional to join a busy environment and take responsibility for the effective delivery of day-to-day People Services, with a particular focus on HR operations and payroll.
The Role
You will be responsible for managing and overseeing the People Services function, ensuring that HR processes and payroll activities are delivered effectively and to a high standard.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing and supporting a People Services/HR team
- Overseeing day-to-day HR operations and processes
- Supervising and overseeing payroll activity, working with an external payroll provider
- Ensuring payroll is accurate, timely and well managed from an HR perspective
- Supporting and developing team members, including training where required
- Setting clear priorities, expectations and standards across the team
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
- Providing a proactive and responsive People Services function to the wider organisation
- Working effectively in a busy and fast-paced environment
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About You
We are looking for someone with:
- Strong people management experience – essential
- Previous HR/payroll experience within education or an education charity – essential
- Good understanding of educational payroll
- Experience working with or overseeing a managed payroll service
- Experience overseeing payroll for approximately 300–500+ employees
- Strong understanding of payroll from an HR/People Services perspective
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
- A proactive approach and strong attention to detail
- Experience of improving processes and ways of working
- A confident and supportive management style
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You do not need to be a payroll specialist or have managed an in-house payroll function. The key requirement is a strong understanding of payroll from the HR side, together with experience of overseeing the process and managing a People Services team.
We would also be interested in candidates who have started their career in payroll within education before progressing into HR and People management, as this background could be particularly relevant.
If you have the relevant education HR/payroll and people management experience and are available for an interim assignment, we would be keen to hear from you.
Eligibility
Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK and be able to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in the UK
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