Senior HR Manager

Peterborough, United Kingdom
Full-time
Posted Nov 11, 2026

Skills

Leadership

Job description

About us

VERO HR , we're an award-winning, well established and fast-growing HR consultancy helping organisations across the UK and internationally solve their people challenges. We combine expert HR advice, innovative technology, and a people first approach to deliver real business impact.

Our success is built on exceptional client service, trusted partnerships, and a team of talented professionals who are passionate about making a difference. If you're looking for a role where you can have genuine impact, work with a diverse range of clients, and be part of an ambitious and supportive team, we'd love to hear from you

About our opportunity

We're looking for an experienced HR professional to join our growing consultancy team as a Senior HR Manager.

In this highly autonomous role, you'll partner with business owners, directors, and senior leaders across a diverse client portfolio, providing strategic HR advice and delivering impactful people solutions. You'll lead organisational change, transformation, and HR initiatives that drive growth, improve performance, and enhance employee engagement while managing complex employee relations cases.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional who thrives on building trusted relationships, influencing stakeholders, and taking ownership from strategy through to implementation.

About you:

We are seeking an experienced and driven HR professional who will thrive in a consultancy environment and enjoys supporting a variety of organisations with different people challenges.

You will have:

•Proven experience operating as a Senior HR Manager, HR Business Partner, Senior HR Business Partner, HR Consultant, or similar senior level HR role.

•A track record of managing multiple stakeholders, priorities, and projects simultaneously.

•Proven experience managing a high volume of complex Employee Relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, absence management, and workplace investigations, ideally across multiple businesses, stakeholders, or client groups.

•The ability to work independently, take ownership, and deliver outcomes with minimal supervision.

•Strong commercial awareness and confidence advising senior leaders, directors, and business owners.

•A strong generalist HR background supported by up-to-date employment law knowledge.

•Experience in areas such as organisational development, change management, leadership development, culture transformation, employee engagement, talent management, workforce planning, reward, or HR technology.

What’s on offer:

•Competitive salary and benefits package

•25 days holiday + bank holidays, increasing by 1 day from 3 years of service up to a max of 5 additional days (30 days plus BHs)

•Holiday purchase scheme

•Birthday day off

•Pension scheme 5% employee and 3% employer

•EAP - Health assured (subject to provider change)

•Life assurance x3 salary

•Private Medical Insurance (subject to successful completion of 6-month probationary period

•EV Scheme (after 12 months employment and eligible criteria applies)

•Cycle to Work Scheme (after 12 months employment and eligible criteria applies)

•Enhanced family friendly entitlements