Human Resources Manager

HR Manager – 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract (Maternity Cover)Leeds City Centre - Hybrid

Are you an experienced HR Manager with exceptional employment law expertise looking for your next challenge?

We're partnering with a highly regarded financial services organisation to appoint a HR Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave. This is an exciting opportunity to join a professional, corporate environment that also prides itself on being collaborative, supportive, and people-focused.

The Role

This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll oversee the full employee lifecycle, provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters, and act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of 3 HR professionals
• Managing day-to-day HR operations and ensuring the delivery of an exceptional HR service
• Acting as the escalation point for complex employee relations cases
• Providing expert advice on disciplinary, grievance, performance management, and organisational change matters
• Partnering with business leaders to deliver pragmatic and commercially focused HR solutions
• Supporting recruitment strategy, workforce planning, and talent initiatives
• Leading and contributing to HR projects, policy development, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation and regulatory requirements within a regulated environment

About You

We're looking for a confident and credible HR professional who can quickly establish themselves as a trusted partner across the organisation.

To be successful, you'll have:

• Proven experience as an HR Manager or Senior HR Business Partner
• Expert-level knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations
• Strong experience managing complex ER casework from start to finish
• Previous experience leading or mentoring HR team members
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery
• Experience within financial services or another regulated environment would be highly advantageous
• CIPD Level 5 qualified as a minimum (Level 7 preferred or equivalent experience)

What We're Looking For

This role requires someone who is:

• Immediately available or available at very short notice
• Happy to commit to a 12-month fixed-term contract
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• A proactive, solutions-focused HR leader with strong commercial awareness

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to work directly with senior leadership
• Friendly, professional, and collaborative culture
• Broad and varied role with genuine influence across the business
• Exposure to complex and interesting people challenges
• Supportive team environment within a respected financial services organisation

Due to the amount of response we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals, if you have not heard back within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for. By applying to this advertisement, you are hereby giving consent for Jo Holdsworth Recruitment to hold your details for a 30 day period and contact you via any method of contact you have listed on your application.