HR Manager

HR Manager

Hyde Park, London, W2 (with travel to all parks)

The Organisation

The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse
parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across
London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent’s
Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower
Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited
attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.

We are now looking for an HR Manager to join our team in Hyde Park on a full-time, permanent
basis.

The Benefits

• Salary of £47,000 – £53,500 per annum, depending on experience
• 26 days’ annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Hybrid/agile working options
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful location

This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR professional to make a real impact within a
unique and prestigious organisation.

Situated in one of London’s most stunning green areas, you will discover a rewarding role,
where you will help to create fantastic experiences for every employee.

You will also discover an environment geared toward your development with plenty of
opportunities to grow and learn new skills, with lots of support to ensure you thrive.

So, if you’re ready to join the team and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

The Role

With around 300 permanent and fixed term employees and a seasonal workforce working across our
parks, leisure and retail activities, you will be joining us at a time when levels of employee
engagement have never been higher with 88% of our staff saying that they would recommend us as
a good place to work. As HR Manager responsible for a small team of HR Advisors and
Administrators, you will play a critical part in maintaining and improving on this level of
engagement, providing proactive and responsive HR services to our colleagues across the Parks –
including employee relations, recruitment and induction, wellbeing, equality, diversity and
inclusion, payroll and benefits and reward.

Additionally, you will:

• Provide HR expertise on organisational change processes
• Support the team with a number of HR projects
• Participate in the annual pay negotiations process
• Coach managers to resolve employee relations matters
• Oversee the recruitment function, working with the Recruitment Advisor to optimise our access
  to the talent pool
• Develop and nurture a committed team

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Substantial generalist HR experience across a range of disciplines
• Experience of managing, motivating and developing direct reports in a small team
• The ability to establish trust and credibility with staff at all levels across the
  organisation, providing honest and constructive feedback
• Demonstrable knowledge of HR best practice and workplace trends supported by a working
  knowledge of employment law
• A CIPD qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience working in a Human Resources
  environment

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The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an
equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates
from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
Please click here to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

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