People and Talent Manager
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Chief People Officer | Board Director | Business Transformation | Culture Change
People & Talent Manager
Location: Hybrid | Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Role Overview
At Hammonds, we’re on a mission to make our company a great place to work—and as People & Talent Manager, you’ll be at the centre of that transformation. This is a hands-on senior role within our newly formed People & Culture team, reporting into the Head of People Services and supporting the Head of Learning & People Experience, under the leadership of our new Chief People & Strategy Officer.
You’ll help deliver our culture transformation, lead on quarterly OKRs, and bring the Hammonds Way to life—ensuring every employee’s first 100 days is a standout experience. A core part of the role is driving the delivery of volume recruitment through RPO partners and enhancing our hiring impact through digital tools like Workvivo, Culture Amp, and AI-enabled systems.
With no direct reports, this is a role for someone who thrives on being hands-on, operationally involved, and solution-focused. You’ll work at pace, influence stakeholders, and bring real energy to shaping a forward-thinking, customer-first, data-led people function.
Why This Role Matters
- Culture First: Lead the onboarding experience that defines what it means to work at Hammonds.
- Customer-Centric: Align recruitment and onboarding efforts with a customer-first mission.
- Data-Led: Use insight and analytics to continuously improve processes and decision-making.
- Delivery Focused: With no direct reports, this is a true delivery role—you’ll be at the coalface making change happen.
- Digital Enablement: Drive modernisation and automation using new systems and tools.
Key Responsibilities:
RPO Delivery & Volume Recruitment
- Drive the delivery of RPO-led volume recruitment, ensuring partners meet performance, quality, and service-level expectations.
- Collaborate with hiring managers and the RPO to align hiring activity with workforce needs.
- Analyse data and lead continuous improvement to ensure efficient and scalable recruitment operations.
Talent Acquisition & Campaign Management
- Own the recruitment lifecycle across multiple business areas, delivering to agreed timelines and quality standards.
- Run high-impact campaigns with platforms like Indeed, managing job ad content and performance.
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines to support long-term workforce needs.
Employer Brand & EVP
- Collaborate with Marketing to evolve and promote Hammonds’ employer brand and EVP.
- Work closely with Marketing on social recruitment marketing and employer brand visibility.
- Use feedback, analytics, and industry benchmarking to refine and target messaging.
- Lead offline brand activations and hiring events, enhancing brand awareness.
First 100 Days & Welcome Experience
- Design and improve the first 100 days onboarding experience, ensuring it’s consistent, engaging, and culture-aligned.
- Partner with the Head of Learning & People Experience to deliver a structured and impactful induction programme.
- Monitor early employee experience data and feedback to reduce early attrition.
Reward Framework Implementation
- Support the phased implementation of a new reward framework, working with People Services and senior stakeholders.
- Use benchmarking and insight to help shape fair, future-focused approaches to pay and benefits.
Workforce Planning & Succession Management
- Contribute to operational workforce planning across functions and demand forecasting.
- Help identify future capability needs and support talent mapping to strengthen internal succession and resilience.
- Support intenr takent mobikity initiatives
Digital & AI Integration
- Maximise the effectiveness of platforms like our Workvivo and CultureAmp to enhance onboarding engagement and new starter experience.
- Leverage AI-powered tools to streamline recruitment, onboarding, and reporting processes.
Hiring Manager Capability & Support:
- Design and deliver hiring mamager recruitment & onboarding training programmes
- Use data to orivide high touch service to SLT hiring managers
What You’ll Bring
- Proven track record in driving RPO delivery and managing high-volume recruitment.
- Strong experience in recruitment campaign management, including platform partnerships (e.g., Indeed).
- Confident working cross-functionally, especially with Marketing, to execute brand-aligned recruitment.
- Knowledge of onboarding and induction best practices, with a focus on engagement and early retention.
- Familiarity with reward frameworks and supporting people projects from implementation to delivery.
- Data-savvy mindset, able to use insight to inform people decisions and measure impact.
- Hands-on, self-sufficient, and committed to delivering continuous improvement in everything you do.
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays
Work Style: Flexible hybrid working available
Join Us
If you’re ready to take full ownership of delivery, thrive in a fast-paced, high-change environment, and love being hands-on—this is your opportunity. Be part of a people team that’s reimagining what a great place to work really means.
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