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HR Manager

Cumming Group


Job Location:

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 23 October 2026 (16 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 20 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction real estate and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration transparency and performance excellence we support some of the worlds most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:


General:

  • Day to day - answer any employee queries about people or HR-related issues and help to resolve issues internally.
  • Confidently provide guidance and support to the Directors and the wider Management Team.
  • Assist the Senior HR Director in any project work enabling you to build your own knowledge skills and experience.
  • Record absence and sickness collecting return to work forms in a timely manner and addressing any issues in regard to attendance.
  • Handling performance disciplinary and grievance matters.
  • Review revise and update company policies and HR documentation ensuring conformity to legislation.
  • Work alongside the payroll department by providing them with relevant information such as starters/leavers pay awards overtime holiday purchasing benefits and claw backs.
  • Play a key part of the Health & Wellbeing Group and People Working Group supporting initiatives that will improve the wider business.
  • Thinking out of the box and taking a proactive approach to continuous improvement to HR systems processes and documentation. Bring ideas to the table and then execute those ideas.
  • Keep up to date on changes to employment law and best practice.
  • Providing a listening ear to staff when they need to work through problems or offload issues and liaising with Directors on any concerns around an employees welfare.
  • Attend meetings to update on HR topics where required.
  • Arrange LOS awards for staff.
  • Update HR related documentation as and when required - i.e. staff budget spreadsheet and organisational charts.
  • Produce reports when required for Senior HR Directors and wider management team. (PTO absence/sickness FTE etc.).
  • Co-ordinate staff exit interviews and provide feedback to management.
  • Support in achieving and maintaining IIP status.
  • Liaise with Senior Management regarding the annual pay reviews and bonuses working within a given budget. Produce and issue letters.
  • Attend and present HR Updates at monthly Business Review Meetings.
  • Line manage the HR Administrator / Senior HR Administrator to ensure productivity and efficient working processes.

Workday:

  • Manage and maintain personnel records within Workday to ensure updated and accurate information is held.
  • Employee benefits enrolment via Workday on successful completion of probation. Ensuring any changes to benefits of current employees are accurately recorded and updated in Workday.
  • Adding and terminating employees in Workday in a timely manner to ensure accuracy in Payroll.
  • Manage employee annual leave and sickness in Workday.
  • Pro-actively looking for improvements in processes regarding Workday. Liaising with the HRIS team to implement.
  • Ensure that promotions and pay reviews are updated accordingly in Workday in a timely manner.

Recruitment & Onboarding:

  • Support the recruitment team in ensuring offer letters and supporting documents are sent out accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Ensure all new starters are issued with contracts of employment in a timely manner.
  • Attend resource meetings to ensure accurate minutes are taken and distributed.

Training:

  • Manage the annual Appraisal process ensuring that Appraisal documents are sent out on time and tracking the return. Managing succession planning in line with the outcome of Appraisals.
  • Manage the apprentice graduate and associate/director schemes.
  • Liaise with the HR Administrator in regard to business training needs and budget.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

  • A commitment to the companys mission and values.
  • Thorough attention to detail.
  • Pro-actively taking a lead in project work and new initiatives.
  • A drive to continually learn.
  • Acting with confidentiality integrity & discretion at all times.
  • Personable approachable and adaptable.
  • Ability to function in a high-pressured environment working to deadlines.
  • Comfortable working with minimal supervision and decision making.
  • Ability to build and manage professional relationships with a variety of personality types including senior leadership and fellow colleagues.
  • The ability to negotiate influence and deliver results.
  • Confidence in your own ability and ownership of the role with a quite determination to succeed.

Preferred Education and Experience:


  • Degree education required ideally in a relevant field.
  • 5 years experience at HR Manager level
  • CIPD / other equivalent qualifications are essential.
  • Previous experience with Workday is essential.
  • Proven experience in a HR role.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and multitask to meet conflicting deadlines.
  • Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy in data management and record keeping.
  • A good understanding of employment law and a keen interest in keeping up to date with new legislation.
  • A strong work ethic including initiative and commitment to follow through to completion on all tasks.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age sex disability sexual orientation race (includes nationality national / ethnic origin colour) marriage & civil partnership pregnancy & maternity gender assignment religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.


Required Experience:

Manager


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Cumming is an industry-leading, multi-faceted project management and cost consulting firm. We offer clients a comprehensive menu of integrated services.

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