HR Manager
Salary: £38,000 – £42,000 FTE per annum (pro rata)
Part Time Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Worcester, Worcestershire
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Wednesday 27th May 2026 5pm
Interview Date: Thursday 4th June 2026
About the role
Join ONSIDE and discover the role of HR Manager in the charity sector. This is a hands‑on, operational HR role, crucial to supporting the day‑to‑day running of our organisation and ensuring our people receive consistent, fair and responsive HR support.
The HR Manager will lead and deliver the operational HR service, ensuring policies, processes and systems are applied effectively across the organisation. You will provide practical, expert support to managers and teams, enabling them to deliver excellent services across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
This role manages a small HR team and works closely with managers to support recruitment, employee relations, wellbeing, compliance and people processes across the full employment lifecycle.
Alongside the strong operational focus, this role also offers a genuine opportunity to develop broader strategic HR experience over time, working closely with the Director of People and Senior Leadership Team. For the right candidate, there is clear potential to grow the role and progress into a more strategic Head of HR position as the organisation continues to develop.
ONSIDE’s Benefits
- 26 days annual holiday + Bank Holidays
- Your ‘Birthday Day’ Off
- Supportive working environment & good work/life balance culture
- Support with continuous professional development
- Pension Scheme
- Company Sick Pay Scheme (after qualifying service)
- Additional Maternity & Paternity Pay (after qualifying service)
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to premium Calm App
- Employee Engagement Forum to ensure our employee’s voices are heard!
Who are we looking for?
We are seeking an experienced operational HR professional who thrives in a busy, people‑focused environment. You will have strong experience across the full employment lifecycle and be confident providing hands‑on advice to managers on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence and capability.
You will be highly organised, pragmatic and approachable, with a strong understanding of employment law and best practice. Your ability to manage competing priorities, maintain accurate records and apply HR policies consistently will be key to your success.
You will enjoy supporting managers and staff, solving problems and ensuring HR systems, processes and data are accurate, compliant and effective — while also having the ambition and curiosity to develop your strategic HR capability over time.
Someone like you?
If you embrace difference and operate with integrity.
If you are committed to fairness and justice.
If you are creative in your approach, can think around problems and find new ways to solve them.
If you’re looking for a job that you can be proud of and be passionate about. Please submit your application.
These values run through our entire organisation. ONSIDE is a creative, collaborative community where people feel free to share new ideas or ask for support. If something’s not right, we don’t just change it. We change ourselves too.
Who are ONSIDE?
ONSIDE is a charity working across Worcestershire and Herefordshire, established in 1993 stemming from a belief that everyone has the right to be a valued human being and to be treated in a just and fair way.
In support of this belief, we provide a range of support services across advocacy, wellbeing and mental health for adults, children and young people who may be vulnerable, disadvantaged or discriminated against. This includes mental and physical ill health, sensory impairment, learning disability, drug and alcohol misuse, older people, and carers. ONSIDE is funded through a range of sources to maintain its independence and ensure that the support it provides reflects the views and perspective of the people it wishes to help.
Our amazing team of skilled staff and volunteers make a difference to the lives of over 15,000 people a year!
More people need our help than ever before. Because of that, we are growing faster than ever before. The role of HR Manager is a real career opportunity to explore the world of human resources within a charity setting!
Want to know more?
Please get in touch with Emma Thompson, Director of People at emma.thompson@onside-advocacy.org.uk or on 01905 27575.
Please also access our guidance on how to apply to ONSIDE on our advert pages.
ONSIDE reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before the closing date.