HR Manager in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

As a key part of the UK and Ireland HR Team supporting a population of around 7,000 employees, the primary purpose of this role is to support HR and business stakeholders in the management of Generalist HR Matters. The successful candidate will have a focus on driving best practice, efficiency and continuous improvement, whilst ensuring exceptional service to stakeholders.

• Support implementation of large or more complex change programmes

• Lead on implementation of small-scale change programmes eg TUPE, restructuring

• Support other HR projects and cultural change programmes

• Support employee experience programmes such as pulse, wellbeing, employee listening groups, EDI activities and EDI accreditation

• Escalation point from People Services and HR Centres of Excellence on day to day issues

• Proactively coach line managers to develop their capability, eg line manager coaching sessions on mental health, wellbeing, sickness absence management etc

• Work closely with HRBPs, People Services and COEs on cyclical HR activities such as P&R, senior promotions, mid-year review and talent programme nominations

• Provide monthly business line reports

• Support officer leader and office manager networks with HR activities

• Support Central Operations with the implementation of the Real Estate strategy

• Rotating Line management of HR graduate(s)

Qualifications

• Ability to build effective relationships with line managers and leadership teams.

• High proficiency in Microsoft Applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Proactive and solutions oriented

• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken

• Ability to confidently deliver training and presentations to groups of business stakeholders and HR colleagues.

• Delivered small scale change and transformation projects with successful outcomes

• Has an understanding of many of the key HR leverage points: Learning & Development, Organisational Design, Reward and Performance, Employee Engagement, Employee Relations, Resource and Talent Management, Information and Data

• Ability to understand and manage employee relations risk

• Ability to coach and influence line managers

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to make evaluative judgments of both factual and qualitative information drawn from a variety of sources.

• TUPE experience is desirable

• Degree or qualification in HR / CIPD equivalent is desirable

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10116152

Business Line: Geography OH

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Human Resources

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Limited