Hybrid People & Talent Manager – Part-Time

at SINE Digital

• Job title: People & Talent Manager – Part-Time
• Job type: Part Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• People & Talent Manager leading HR and talent acquisition for London office. Responsible for end-to-end HR operations while supporting the New York office too.

Responsibilities

• Manage day to day HR administration across the UK and US, ensuring accurate employee records and documentation
• Maintain and manage the HRIS (HiBob) and US HR platform (JustWorks), ensuring data integrity, reporting accuracy, and process efficiency
• Oversee onboarding to ensure new hires are effectively integrated into the business, including 6/8 week entry interviews
• Manage off-boarding processes, including documentation and exit interviews
• Analyse exit feedback to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead end to end recruitment across the UK and US, including job briefs, advertising, screening, interviews, offers, and onboarding coordination
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs and support effective hiring decisions
• Contribute to workforce planning discussions
• Ensure a positive and consistent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Act as the first point of contact for HR queries, offering clear and supportive guidance
• Ensure company compliance with UK employment law, health and safety requirements, and internal policies
• Maintain up to date knowledge of employment law and HR best practices
• Provide clear, timely, and accurate HR guidance and policy support to managers and employees
• Manage employee relations matters, with support from external consultant for complex cases
• Liaise with managers and senior leaders to coach and advise on people issues, from conduct to capability. Escalate more complex matters to the HR consultant when required
• Support initiatives that promote a positive, inclusive, and high performance culture
• Lead engagement activities and feedback processes to enhance employee satisfaction and retention
• Conduct regular people and culture check ins to support wellbeing and engagement.
• Support and coordinate the annual performance review and pay review cycle, ensuring timelines and documentation are managed effectively
• Contribute to succession planning discussions and support career development frameworks
• Help coordinate training initiatives, working with external providers where appropriate.
• Provide timely and accurate payroll administration to support the Finance Director with monthly payroll
• Ensure payroll data is accurate, approved, and submitted in line with deadlines
• Administer employee benefits and act as the main point of contact for benefits queries.
• Collaborate with the Office Manager on office events (both socials and inclusion/wellbeing), facilities coordination, inventory management, and office security
• Support basic IT coordination for new starters and leavers, including equipment and systems access setup
• Cover Office Manager duties when they are on leave.
• Partner with external HR consultants on complex employment matters including legal advice, redundancies, conflict resolution, major incidents, and significant organisational changes
• Support implementation of consultant recommendations where required.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a standalone People Manager within a generalist HR and Talent Management and role
• Experience working in media/marketing services sector is desirable but not essential
• Strong end to end HR experience across onboarding/off boarding employee relations, performance management, payroll support, and HR administration
• Demonstrable experience managing recruitment and talent acquisition processes
• Confident advising and coaching managers on basic people matters, including performance, employee wellbeing, maternity, absences etc.
• Experience supporting payroll administration and employee benefits management
• Experience managing and maintaining a HRIS and ATS, with strong attention to data accuracy and reporting. HiBob and Workable experience desirable but not essential
• Experience supporting annual review and pay cycles, and contributing to training and development initiatives
• Up to date understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice. Exposure to US employment practices is advantageous
• Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working independently while managing multiple priorities
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships across the business
• CIPD qualified or working towards qualification preferred.

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday (plus public holidays and Christmas closure) and additional annual leave accrual for the first three years
• Competitive salary, benchmarked annually
• Enhanced family and personal leave policies
• Health cash plan (after 3 months) and employee assistance programme
• Hybrid working with home equipment allowance
• Regular social events and free tickets to live events
• Opportunities to help further shape the business culture and agency benefits.