HR Manager in Winchester

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. Working across a wide range of sectors, including pensions and benefits, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports, and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity in order to take the action that matters.

We are looking for a proactive and hands-on HR Manager to join our People team. This is a broad generalist role, combining operational and strategic responsibilities. You will work closely with designated business areas to support, advise, and influence people-related activities and decisions, while also coaching and mentoring junior members of the team. This is a varied role with exposure to complex employee relations cases, HR processes, and international considerations, as well as opportunities to shape projects that strengthen our people strategy.

What will you be doing?

• Act as the primary HR contact for assigned business areas, providing hands-on support and strategic guidance on people issues.
• Use HR data insights to support business decision-making.
• Manage and advise on a wide range of complex Employee Relations (ER) matters including disciplinary, grievance, performance, conflict resolution and capability cases, ensuring alignment with employment law, regulatory standards and company policies.
• Coach and equip line managers to handle ER cases with confidence by providing guidance, tools, and training on absence management, performance, and disciplinary matters.
• Proactively manage absence cases, including short and long-term sickness, coordinating interventions such as occupational health referrals and phased return-to-work plans.
• Liaise with benefit providers where required and conduct wellbeing check-ins to identify trends and opportunities to support engagement.
• Support on TUPE transfers and organisational change projects, ensuring smooth transitions and compliance with relevant legislation.
• Support the development and consistent application of HR policies and procedures, ensuring best practice and legal compliance.
• Contribute to, and where appropriate lead, HR initiatives and projects that support the broader people strategy (e.g. wellbeing, DE&I, employee engagement).
• Act as a subject matter support (building towards expert) for UK immigration and visa sponsorship matters, supporting the organisation's compliance with UKVI requirements and sponsor licence obligations.
• Provide advice and guidance to the team and the organisation on immigration-related challenges, policy developments and emerging regulatory changes, ensuring the organisation is well positioned to respond to evolving workforce and sponsorship requirements.
• Support international HR matters, including cross-border mobility, employee transfers, and adapting HR processes for different jurisdictions.
• Mentor and support junior members of the HR team, fostering their professional development and ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery of HR services.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the firm to foster a positive work environment and ensure alignment between HR and business strategies.
• Support the execution of annual HR processes such as performance reviews, compensation and benefits reviews/renewals, and policy updates.

What skills and qualities are we looking for?

• Proven experience in an HR generalist role (HR Advisor, HRBP or HR Manager), ideally within a professional services or similarly complex environment.
• Strong employee relations expertise with a track record of managing complex cases and coaching managers to build capability.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior stakeholders and manage end-to-end HR processes.
• Experience of TUPE and organisational change projects.
• Knowledge and experience of international HR matters desirable.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and best practice HR processes.
• Experience of visa sponsorship and UKVI compliance desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust quickly and challenge constructively.
• Hands-on, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to balance strategic input and operational delivery.
• Comfortable working autonomously, managing multiple priorities, and adapting to a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-conscious, organised, and able to manage a high-volume workload accurately.
• Flexible, resilient, pragmatic and discreet, with a collaborative mindset.
• Strong team player with the ability to motivate self and others; committed to coaching and mentoring colleagues.
• Strong IT skills, with comprehensive knowledge of MS Office applications.

What’s in it for you?

As well as joining a certified B-Corp, multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

• For you: Hybrid working, Professional study support, Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks.
• For your family: Life assurance, Income protection, Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave.
• For your health: 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday, Private medical insurance, Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits, Cycle to work scheme, Digital GP services.
• For your wealth: Discretionary bonus scheme, Season ticket loans.
• For others: Volunteering opportunities.
• For the environment: Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies).

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation. LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application.