HR Manager
Electric Car Scheme
HR Manager
Hayes, London
Hybrid
As the HR Manager, you'll be the go-to person for everything people-related, a true generalist who rolls up their sleeves, builds great processes, and genuinely cares about the people behind them. You'll partner closely with our People & Talent team to create a brilliant employee experience across the full people lifecycle: from the moment someone joins us, to helping them grow, thrive, and stay. In a fast-growing business, no two days will look the same, and that's exactly the way we like it.
As a UK B Corp Certified salary sacrifice specialist, The Electric Car Scheme is on a mission to make net zero the obvious choice by making electric cars and other Net Zero Benefits easy, affordable and simple for employers to offer their people. Built on best in market pricing, complete employer protection and trusted 5 star service, we are accelerating the UK towards a net zero future while creating win win win outcomes for our customers, our team and the planet. Rated 4.9 on Glassdoor and certified by Welcome to the Jungle, there has never been a more exciting time to join a fast growing, purpose driven business transforming sustainable employee benefits.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for all day-to-day HR queries, providing practical, pragmatic, and people-first guidance to managers and employees across the business.
- Own and continuously improve core HR processes, including onboarding, offboarding, performance management, absence management, and contract administration, ensuring they are scalable, consistent, and fit for a growing organisation.
- Manage employee relations matters confidently and empathetically, including disciplinaries, grievances, and performance improvement plans, always ensuring legal compliance and fairness.
- Maintain accurate HR data and people records, producing regular MI and reporting to the CoS to inform business decisions.
- Support the development and rollout of HR policies, ensuring they reflect current UK employment legislation and best practice.
- Champion a positive, inclusive workplace culture, contributing to engagement initiatives, wellbeing programmes, and team events.
- Collaborate with payroll to ensure accurate and timely processing of changes, and act as a key point of contact for benefits administration.
- Identify opportunities to streamline and automate HR processes, helping the team work smarter as we scale.
About You
- CIPD Level 5 qualified as a minimum.
- At least 5 years' generalist HR experience, ideally within a fast-growth environment.
- Solid working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
- A process-driven mindset, you love building structure and making things run smoothly, but you're flexible enough to adapt when priorities shift.
- Genuinely people-oriented, you build trust quickly, listen well, and know how to balance commercial thinking with genuine care for colleagues.
- Comfortable rolling your sleeves up and supporting the wider People & Talent team with whatever is needed, no matter how big or small.
- Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage a varied workload independently.
- Experience with HRIS platforms and a keen interest in using data to improve people practices.
Benefits
- Hybrid working: Split your week between home and the office, with set in-office days on Mondays and Wednesdays
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Add 1 day holiday per year of service + buy / sell up to 5 days each year
- Flexible work policy with options to accommodate family care needs
- Enhanced parental leave
- Access to salary sacrifice EV leasing, save 40–70% on a brand new electric car
- £500 p.a. personal development budget
- £100 home office budget
- BUPA healthcare
- Equity options, own a part of the business