HR Generalist - 12 Month FTC in Cambridge

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established but transforming organisation. As an HR Generalist, you'll play a key role in supporting and delivering a first-class employee experience across the full lifecycle, from attraction and onboarding through to development and retention. Working within a fast-paced and collaborative environment, you'll have the chance to get involved in a variety of projects, whilst we undergo some business changes and transformation. You'll partner with stakeholders across the business, gaining exposure to a wide range of HR activities while developing your expertise and career. The role is a 12 Month FTC, based in Cambridge. There would be opportunity for hybrid working but with the expectation of 3 days a week onsite. If you're passionate about people, enjoy variety, and want to make a tangible impact, this is the role for you.

Your responsibilities in this role include:

• Providing day-to-day HR support and guidance to managers and employees across all levels
• Leading on employee relations cases, including investigations and disciplinary processes
• Administering the full employee lifecycle (new starters, promotions, transfers, and exits)
• Maintaining accurate HR systems and employee records
• Ensuring compliance with employment law, GDPR, and internal policies
• Managing HR queries via shared inboxes and escalating where appropriate
• Using HR data to identify trends and support proactive interventions
• Reviewing and updating HR policies to ensure alignment with current legislation
• Supporting performance management processes, including PDRs and development plans
• Supporting recruitment and onboarding, including coordinating interviews and managing offers
• Coordinating training, compliance, and career development initiatives
• Assisting with benefits administration, absence management, and wellbeing programmes
• Contributing to HR projects, including organisational design and capability initiatives
• Supporting employee engagement and continuous improvement initiatives

Apply if you have most of the following:

• Proven experience across the full HR lifecycle in a generalist role
• Have led on employee relations cases, including investigations and disciplinary processes
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience)
• Experience with recruitment, onboarding, payroll input, and HR administration
• Confidence using HR systems and working with data to identify trends and insights
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, coach, and build relationships
• Sound judgement and analytical thinking, with the ability to assess risk and recommend solutions
• Experience supporting change initiatives or organisational development activities
• Ideally, experience within a manufacturing, industrial, or logistics environment

The benefits we will offer you include:

• 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy/sell)
• Pension contributions up to 9%
• Healthcare cash plan for you and your children
• Extensive flexible benefit programme including Cycle to Work
• Life assurance at 4x basic salary
• Enhanced parental leave and pay
• Paid volunteering leave
• Access to industry-leading wellbeing resources and tools

Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities in the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.