HR Manager

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

General:

• Day to day - answer any employee queries about people or HR-related issues and help to resolve issues internally.
• Confidently provide guidance and support to the Directors and the wider Management Team.
• Assist the Senior HR Director in any project work, enabling you to build your own knowledge, skills and experience.
• Record absence and sickness, collecting 'return to work' forms in a timely manner and addressing any issues in regard to attendance.
• Handling performance, disciplinary and grievance matters.
• Review, revise, and update company policies and HR documentation ensuring conformity to legislation.
• Work alongside the payroll department by providing them with relevant information such as starters/leavers, pay awards, overtime, holiday purchasing, benefits and claw backs.
• Play a key part of the Health & Wellbeing Group and People Working Group, supporting initiatives that will improve the wider business.
• Thinking out of the box and taking a proactive approach to continuous improvement to HR systems, processes and documentation. Bring ideas to the table and then execute those ideas.
• Keep up to date on changes to employment law and best practice.
• Providing a listening ear to staff when they need to work through problems or offload issues and liaising with Directors on any concerns around an employee's welfare.
• Attend meetings to update on HR topics where required.
• Arrange LOS awards for staff.
• Update HR related documentation as and when required - i.e. staff budget spreadsheet and organisational charts.
• Produce reports when required for Senior HR Directors and wider management team. (PTO, absence/sickness, FTE etc.).
• Co-ordinate staff exit interviews and provide feedback to management.
• Support in achieving and maintaining IIP status.
• Liaise with Senior Management regarding the annual pay reviews and bonuses, working within a given budget. Produce and issue letters.
• Attend and present HR Updates at monthly Business Review Meetings.
• Line manage the HR Administrator / Senior HR Administrator to ensure productivity and efficient working processes.

Workday:

• Manage and maintain personnel records within Workday to ensure updated and accurate information is held.
• Employee benefits enrolment via Workday on successful completion of probation. Ensuring any changes to benefits of current employees are accurately recorded and updated in Workday.
• Adding and terminating employees in Workday in a timely manner to ensure accuracy in Payroll.
• Manage employee annual leave and sickness in Workday.
• Pro-actively looking for improvements in processes regarding Workday. Liaising with the HRIS team to implement.
• Ensure that promotions and pay reviews are updated accordingly in Workday in a timely manner.

Recruitment & Onboarding:

• Support the recruitment team in ensuring offer letters and supporting documents are sent out accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure all new starters are issued with contracts of employment in a timely manner.
• Attend resource meetings to ensure accurate minutes are taken and distributed.

Training:

• Manage the annual Appraisal process, ensuring that Appraisal documents are sent out on time and tracking the return. Managing succession planning in line with the outcome of Appraisals.
• Manage the apprentice, graduate and associate/director schemes.
• Liaise with the HR Administrator in regard to business training needs and budget.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• A commitment to the company's mission and values.
• Thorough attention to detail.
• Pro-actively taking a lead in project work and new initiatives.
• A drive to continually learn.
• Acting with confidentiality, integrity & discretion at all times.
• Personable, approachable and adaptable.
• Ability to function in a high-pressured environment working to deadlines.
• Comfortable working with minimal supervision and decision making.
• Ability to build and manage professional relationships with a variety of personality types including senior leadership and fellow colleagues.
• The ability to negotiate, influence and deliver results.
• Confidence in your own ability and ownership of the role, with a quite determination to succeed.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Degree education required, ideally in a relevant field.
• 5+ years experience at HR Manager level
• CIPD / other equivalent qualifications are essential.
• Previous experience with Workday is essential.
• Proven experience in a HR role.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and multitask to meet conflicting deadlines.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy in data management and record keeping.
• A good understanding of employment law and a keen interest in keeping up to date with new legislation.
• A strong work ethic including initiative and commitment to follow through to completion on all tasks.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.