Senior Human Resources Manager

To lead the HR Business Partnering function within the Ireland HR team, aligning people strategies

with business objectives across all departments.

This role acts as a strategic advisor to senior management and the Head of HR, ensuring that HR initiatives drive performance, support organisational change, and foster a high-performance culture.

HR Business Partnering

• Partnering with management to provide 360 support through coaching and consulting on various areas such as employee relations, performance management, talent management, change programmes and annual C&B cycles
• Manage the employee relations climate, ensuring that all cases are handled promptly, fairly, and in alignment with company policies and legal requirements
• Use MI insights and workforce trends to influence and shape decisions
• Promote the right culture, reflecting the objectives and values of the Company
• Use insights from employee surveys to drive better engagement in business areas
• Mentor and develop junior HR advisors, ensuring consistent delivery of high-impact HR support

Learning & Development

• Deliver on Learning and Development plans
• Support succession planning, career growth and talent review exercises such as a talent matrix
• Identify learning programmes, partnering with external subject matter experts to create relevant content
• Oversee new LMS, enhancing learning engagement
• Measure effectiveness of learning initiatives.
• Conduct regular "customer experience" meetings with management to gather direct feedback on the learning and development offering and identify opportunities to enhance the service

Talent Acquisition

• Manage the TA function to deliver on the Talent Acquisition strategy that integrates workforce planning and market availability analysis.
• Promote employer branding and articulate a compelling employee value proposition, positioning Utmost as an employer of choice, to ultimately support direct sourcing.
• Enhance the candidate experience through effective relationship management with candidates, hiring managers, and outsourced partners.
• Utilise data and analytics to inform and drive recruitment decisions
• Managing the recruitment budget to create favourable cost savings per annum