HR Manager (Maternity Cover) – 12 Months Contract

HR Manager (Maternity Cover) – 12 Months Contract

Location: Remote (UK-based with occasional travel)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Fixed-term / Interim

About PE Group

PE Group is undertaking an exciting HR transformation journey to enhance the way we deliver people processes, compliance, and employee experience across our multi-entity business. We are looking for a proactive and hands-on HR Manager to support the successful delivery of our HR Improvement Plan during a period of maternity cover.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional who thrives in project delivery, process improvement, and operational HR implementation. You’ll play a key role in ensuring HR systems, policies, and processes are improved, embedded, and operating effectively across the Group.

The Role

As the HR Manager, you will take day-to-day responsibility for implementing our HR Project Plan. Working closely with the HR Consultants and internal stakeholders, you will coordinate multiple workstreams — including benchmarking, process mapping, compliance reviews, and policy development.

You’ll combine strong HR operational experience with excellent project management skills to deliver tangible results in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the hands-on delivery of the HR Improvement Plan, ensuring milestones are met.
  
• Manage multiple HR workstreams, including policy development, benchmarking, and compliance.
  
• Review and document current HR processes, identifying risks and improvement opportunities.
  
• Draft and implement updated HR policies aligned with best practice and legislation.
  
• Support completion of pay benchmarking and reward reviews.
  
• Coordinate recruitment and onboarding activities, including job adverts, shortlisting, and offer management.
  
• Deliver training to line managers on new HR processes and policies.
  
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and leadership teams to ensure smooth delivery of all actions and reports.
  
• Provide clear updates, reports, and recommendations to the Senior HR Consultant.
  

About You

We’re looking for a confident, organised, and delivery-focused HR professional who enjoys seeing projects through to completion.

Requirements

Essential:

• Proven experience in HR project delivery or HR operations, ideally within a multi-entity or international setting.
  
• Strong knowledge of HR policies, processes, and compliance.
  
• Excellent organisational and documentation skills, with an eye for detail.
  
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management ability.
  
• Skilled in Excel, reporting tools, and HR systems (ideally Microsoft Dynamics).
  
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities.
  

Desirable:

• Experience in reward benchmarking or HR analytics.
  
• Familiarity with employment practices in both the UK, Finland, India, Nigeria, Philippines and South Africa.
  
• Previous experience in HR transformation or process improvement projects.
  

Contract Details

• Contract: 12months (maternity cover)
  
• Hours: Full-time, flexible working available
  
• Location: Primarily remote, at least 2 days in Head Office per week
  
• Start: Immediate / as soon as possible
  

Why Join Us

You’ll be joining a collaborative and supportive environment where your expertise will have real impact. This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of key HR initiatives and leave a lasting legacy by improving HR operations across an international company.

Interested?
If you’re an experienced HR professional who enjoys delivering results and making improvements happen, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now with your CV and a brief summary of your relevant experience.