HR Manager

P&C (HR) Manager – Are you ready to drive positive change and make a tangible impact in the world of healthcare? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team in Ipswich Suffolk, as our P&C (HR) Manager! Join us in our mission to improve life for people living with progressive and life-limiting illnesses.

Why St Elizabeth Hospice?

St Elizabeth Hospice is a beacon of excellence, offering specialist palliative care across Ipswich, East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth, and Waveney. We provide compassionate, individualised care to patients and their families, ensuring every moment counts.

Fantastic company benefits include:

• Competitive Salary: On offer is a salary of £45,000 per annum
• Holiday: 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Parking: We offer free parking
• Pension: We offer a pension plan
• Employee extras: Employee Assistance Programme, Life insurance, continuous learning opportunities to grow your career, supportive work environment and much more!

About the role:

You will be reporting to the Head of People & Culture, with the day-to-day operational responsibility for the People & Culture service and team. As the senior point of contact, you will use your expertise to support complex casework, drive service development, and provide consistent employment law and best practise guidance.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Service Delivery: Manage the People & Culture Team, oversee performance, and translate strategic aims into effective actions. Provide expert advice on complex people matters and maintain strong relationships with management teams.
• Projects: Lead continuous improvement initiatives and manage key projects in workforce planning, resourcing, talent management, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Management Information: Utilise people data and analytics to drive continuous improvement and ensure GDPR compliance.
• Engagement, Development and Retention: Improve recruitment processes, develop wellbeing initiatives, and support pay and reward strategy.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion across the hospice.
• Self-Development: Stay updated with current legislation and best practises and build strong relations with stakeholders.

This role is full-time permanent, working 37.5 hours (5 days) per week.

About you:

You will hold a CIPD qualification or have equivalent experience, with a preference for an MCIPD qualification. You bring proven experience in operational people management, particularly in complex organisational settings like charitable or healthcare environments. Your expertise in employment legislation, combined with excellent IT, communication, and presentation skills, makes you adept at handling complex employee relations issues. You are committed, motivated, and passionate about People & Culture, with personal resilience and the ability to simplify complex problems and deliver practical solutions.

Join us at St Elizabeth Hospice and be a part of a dedicated team making a real difference every day. Apply today!

This job listing will be closed as soon as sufficient applicants have been received so candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please note: An enhanced DBS check will be required due to the nature of our work.

If you have the relevant skills and experience and would like to be considered, please apply in the first instance with an up-to-date CV as soon as possible. Please note you be required to download an application pack from our website to complete the full application process. We look forward to hearing from you. 

No recruitment agencies, please

Please check your email inbox and spam / junk mail folder for any email correspondence for this role.

Additional keywords: HR Manager, People & Culture, Human Resources, CIPD, Employment Law, Workforce Planning, Employee Relations, Talent Management, Diversity, Inclusion, Wellbeing, Palliative Care, Healthcare HR, Team Leadership, P&C HR Manager

This vacancy is being advertised and handled through Spider, the region’s Online Job Advertiser on our behalf. We both take your privacy seriously. When you apply, your details are processed and available for us to directly review for this vacancy. As you might expect you may be contacted by email, text, or telephone. For full Privacy Policy details please see email correspondences on receipt of your application.