Group HR Manager

An exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Manager to join a fast-paced high growth PE backed global software provider to deliver crucial support within the team.

Our Altia

By being a trusted technology partner, we empower the government, public and private sector with actionable intelligence solutions to combat increasingly complex crimes. Specialising in crime reduction, we help make the world a safer place. 

Initially based in the UK, Altia has grown significantly in recent years through expansion of international operations. We currently have a team of around 90 employees, supporting a wide variety of clients globally.

Our clients include law enforcement agencies, government departments and agencies, regulatory & tax authorities, and private sector customers – who all trust and rely on our investigation software to help them deliver targeted results. Our solutions significantly save time on investigations and reduce costs in areas such as criminal and civil investigations, fraud and financial investigation, incident and investigation management and a variety of covert fields.

Our experienced team is dedicated to providing our clients with the support and care they need, ensuring they are able to get the most from our ever-evolving specialist investigation software solutions.

Our business is still growing and now is an exciting time to join our friendly and self-motivated team! At Altia we have a common mission and vision that underpins all that we do.  We act with honesty, integrity, and mutual respect towards our customers and one another, working as one team. Our commitment to this is showcased through our achievement of the globally recognised Great Place to Work certification for the second year running. We embrace challenge in order to ensure the most innovative and relevant solutions are developed, always with the end customer in mind.

The Role

As our HR Manager, you will play a key role in leading and developing the HR function, ensuring a high-performing and engaged team. This hands-on role blends strategy with action – you will oversee talent acquisition, performance management, employee development and compliance, whilst fostering a positive work culture. You will build strong relationships, guide managers, and be a trusted expert in all things HR.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Strategic HR Leadership: Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business goals, being a trusted advisor to Leadership on all HR matters contributing to organisational planning and change management. 

Talent Acquisition & Retention: Lead end-to-end recruitment, ensuring a seamless candidate experience while attracting, retaining and engaging top talent.

Employee Relations & Engagement: Promote a positive, inclusive and high-performance culture, managing employee relations, conflict resolution and performance, whilst driving employee engagement initiatives.

Performance & Development: Oversee performance management processes, implementing training and career development programmes to drive employee growth.

Compliance & Policies: Ensure HR and Health & Safety policies are compliant with Employment Law and industry standard, maintaining accurate records for GDPR requirements.

Compensation & Benefits: Manage salary benchmarking and benefit schemes to ensure fairness, transparency and competitiveness, whilst working with Finance on payroll processes.  

HR & Facilities Operations: Streamline HR processes for efficiency/effectiveness (including onboarding/offboarding and performance management). Implement and manage HR systems to support decision-making and oversee facilities management of the group property portfolio.

Security, Quality & Health and Safety: Ensure compliance with Security policies, report risks and incidents, and uphold Health & Safety/Quality standards.

Experience and Personal Attributes

Proven experience in a Senior or Lead HR role, ideally in the Software or Technology sector.

Strong HR generalist who can deal with a variety of complex issues and possesses good HR content expertise across a number of areas including ER, Engagement, Talent and HR Ops

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence at all levels.

Comprehensive understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.

Solutions-focused mindset with a strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Proficient in HR software and data analytics.

Adaptable, proactive and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Takes pride in doing the right thing in line with Company culture

Commercial acumen

Driven by personal and shared success

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description although comprehensive are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive. You may be required to perform other duties, commensurate to the grade of your post, at the request of your manager from time to time.

What we can offer you:

Salary Range: Competitive

Contributory Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme

Company Life Assurance Scheme

Company Sick Pay & Income Protection Scheme*

Private Health & Dental Insurance (optional)*

Enhanced holiday entitlement of 30 days per year plus bank holidays

Access to well-being support, including our Employee Engagement Programme

Volunteering Scheme/time off policy

Continual Development & Training

35 hours per week (FTE)

On-site parking

Strong local transport links.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to be security vetted.  For this reason, you must have been in UK residence for 3 continuous years prior to employment and provide proof of address for the previous 5 years. If you do not fit this criteria and also know that there may be anything hindering you from being vetted successfully, then you will not pass initial screening as security vetting is required by every Altia employee