HR Manager

  • Adecco
  • Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire
  • Feb 16, 2026
Full time Administration

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for an experienced and proactive HR Manager. This is a newly created position, offering a unique opportunity to build and shape the HR function from the ground up.

This role will suit a hands-on HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys implementing structure, improving processes, and supporting managers across the full employee lifecycle.



Key Responsibilities

Performance Management & Appraisals

Attendance & Absence Management

Employee Relations

HR Administration & Compliance

Recruitment & Onboarding

Employee Engagement & Culture



About You

  • Proven HR experience, ideally within a fast-paced operational environment

  • Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice

  • Confident managing performance, absence, and employee relations cases

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

  • Highly organised with the ability to work autonomously

  • CIPD Level 5 (or working towards) is highly desirable



What's on Offer

  • Opportunity to build and lead an HR function

  • Supportive leadership team and collaborative culture

  • Competitive salary (DOE)

  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays + Christmas shutdown

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