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HR & People Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic HR & People Manager to join our team at Lifelink. This is a new senior management role within the organisation, ideally suited to an individual who thrives on embedding best in class HR practices, and develops positive workplace culture throughout our organisation. 

Role Summary

At Lifelink, people are at the heart of everything we do. As our HR & People Manager, you’ll play a central role in shaping a culture that empowers and inspires. You’ll join a purpose-driven organisation committed to wellbeing, development, and making a lasting difference to the communities we serve.  

You will be a professional with experience in human resources management, people and cultural development. You will be capable of leading and implementing all aspects of the HR function, including the team, aligned with the organisation’s goals and objectives. A key focus will be developing a coaching and mentoring culture that empowers managers and employees to take ownership of performance, growth, and wellbeing. 

You will demonstrate strong decision making and act with integrity, ensuring all people practices are aligned with organisational values and ethical standards. You will act as a trusted advisor and influencer across all levels of the organisation, building credibility and ensuring HR initiatives have meaningful impact. 

You will balance strategic leadership with hands on HR delivery, strengthening leadership capability, embedding a culture of continuous learning, and driving positive organisational change.

You must have:

  • Experience in a similar HR & People Manager role, with experience of line managing a team. 
  • A Batchelor’s degree in Human Resources Management or related field. 
  • A passion for cultural and change leadership with experience guiding and supporting organisations through periods of transformation. 
  • Experience of leading employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives promoting a positive workplace culture. 
  • The ability to analyse data, driving insight led decisions and change.  
  • Experience embedding equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our people strategy and culture. 
  • The ability to effectively manage relationships across the organisation to deliver HR business partner support on a day-to-day basis, supporting with queries and complex escalated scenarios.   
  • Knowledge and experience of managing TUPE processes and implementing employee legislation change.   
  • The ability to lead and develop our performance management framework, and our training and development programmes. 
  • Experience of driving a coaching and mentoring led culture, fostering a continuous learning and feedback environment. 
  • The ability to manage and implement the full talent lifecycle, from recruitment, development and retention. 
  • Experience of organisational design and development including workforce and succession planning and leadership development. 
  • Experience of managing external stakeholder relationships to gain and maintain accreditations and charters such as IIP. 

Ideally, you will also have:

  • Membership of an HR related body 
  • Additional coaching, change management, or organisational development qualification. 
  • Experience of working for or partnering with a 3rd sector organisation 
  • A strong understanding of the mental health and wellbeing sector 

Salary Band: Grade 7 - £34,763 – £48,070 dependent on experience (pro rata)

Part Time - 21 hours per week Monday – Friday (work pattern to be agreed)

Location - Glasgow / Hybrid. 

Additional benefits include generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme (6% from employer), cash back health plan, life cover, holiday purchase scheme, and 2 wellbeing days.

 

Closing Date:  5pm - 28th November 2025 

Please email us a covering letter along with your CV to hr@lifelink.org.uk.

You can request feedback on unsuccessful applications by emailing hr@lifelink.org.uk with the words “Request for feedback” in the subject line.

Please note - By completing the application form you are consenting to us retaining your application form on file in order to contact you regarding future vacancies. If you would like to limit how long we retain your information please specify a timeline when you email us your application, otherwise it will be retained for up to 12 months and then confidentially disposed of.

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