People Manager

Company: Corus Consultancy
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Location: Essex
Job Description:

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a hands-on, generalist role within a collaborative and people-focused environment? We’re working with a well-established professional services firm seeking a People & Talent Manager to provide high-quality HR support across the business.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior HR Advisor ready to step up, or an experienced HR Manager looking for a new challenge. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, delivering practical HR support, driving recruitment activity, and contributing to employee engagement and development.

What You’ll Do

  • Provide day-to-day HR advice and support to managers and senior stakeholders.
  • Manage employee relations matters including disciplinaries, grievances, absence, and performance issues.
  • Maintain and update HR policies in line with UK employment legislation and best practice.
  • Lead end-to-end recruitment for experienced hires and support early careers programmes.
  • Build relationships with schools and universities to support talent pipelines.
  • Support salary benchmarking, pay reviews, and reward insights.
  • Assist with performance management processes, appraisals, and employee development plans.
  • Maintain HR systems, ensuring data accuracy and producing reports and insights.
  • Deliver HR projects and internal training initiatives.
  • Line manage and support a junior team member within the People function.

Who We’re Looking For

  • Proven experience in a generalist HR role, ideally within professional or financial services.
  • Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
  • Experience across recruitment, employee relations, and performance management.
  • Confidence working with HR data, reporting, and salary benchmarking.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills across multiple levels.
  • Organised, proactive, and able to manage competing priorities.
  • A collaborative, solutions-focused approach with a strong service mindset.

Join a forward-thinking firm where you can make a real impact across people operations while developing your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Posted: April 1st, 2026