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Senior Manager, People Partner - Restaurant group (10 month FTC)

Location: UK & Ireland



The Opportunity

Macmillan Davies are delighted to be partnered with a leading restaurant brand
looking for an experienced Senior Manager, People Partner to act as a trusted
advisor to senior corporate leaders. In this role, you'll drive people strategy,
organisational change, and workforce effectiveness, while leading initiatives
across Talent Management and Reward. You'll play a key role in shaping a
high-performance culture and delivering a consistent, engaging employee
experience aligned to both local needs and global frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

* Partner with corporate leaders to deliver people strategy and organisational
transformation

* Lead employee engagement initiatives to improve culture and performance

* Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters

* Drive the local talent agenda, including succession planning and development

* Lead Reward strategy execution, ensuring alignment with business goals

* Manage and develop a high-performing People team

* Collaborate with global HR teams to ensure consistency and best practice

* Contribute to the development and delivery of the wider People Strategy

About You

* Proven experience in a senior HR or People Partnering role within a complex,
fast-paced environment

* Strong track record of influencing and coaching senior leaders

* Expertise in Talent Management and Reward frameworks

* Deep understanding of HR practices, organisational change, and employment
frameworks

* A confident communicator with strong problem-solving skills

* Resilient, results-driven, and able to navigate ambiguity

Why Apply?

This is a high-impact leadership role offering the opportunity to shape people
strategy, influence senior stakeholders, and drive meaningful cultural change
across a large, dynamic organisation.



This role is based in North London and you will be required in the office 3 days
per week.

This is a contract role for 10 months, starting in early June.

Talent Acquisition Partner
Lancashire
Permanent
£36,000 - £46,000

Shape the future of talent attraction for a growing organisation and become the face of recruitment across the business and wider community.

We're looking for a passionate recruitment professional who thrives on finding, engaging, and securing great talent.

As the dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll lead recruitment activity across all levels of the organisation, taking ownership of the full hiring journey while helping to strengthen employer brand and candidate experience. You'll represent the business externally at careers fairs, schools, colleges, and community events, acting as an ambassador for the organisation and helping to build future talent pipelines.

Alongside recruitment, there will be opportunities to support with wider HR activities where needed, working closely with a collaborative HR team. However, talent acquisition will always remain the core focus of the role.

This is primarily a site-based position, with flexibility for occasional home working rather than fixed remote days.

What you'll be doing

• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle from attraction through to onboarding
• Partnering with managers and senior leaders to understand hiring needs and build effective recruitment strategies
• Writing engaging job adverts and proactively sourcing candidates across multiple channels
• Acting as the face of the organisation at careers fairs, schools, colleges, and community engagement events
• Building strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Ensuring an excellent candidate experience with timely communication and feedback
• Driving consistency and best practice across recruitment processes
• Confidently challenging and influencing stakeholders to ensure agreed recruitment standards and processes are followed
• Developing employer brand initiatives through social media, networking, and local engagement
• Managing agency relationships and identifying cost-effective recruitment solutions
• Using recruitment data and insights to improve hiring outcomes, diversity, and process efficiency
• Supporting with occasional generalist HR activities where required

What we're looking for

• Proven end-to-end in-house recruitment experience
• A genuine passion for recruitment and talent attraction
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge at all levels of the organisation
• Experience recruiting across a variety of roles and levels
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple recruitment campaigns simultaneously
• Proactive, self-motivated, and process-driven approach
• Experience representing an employer externally through events, networking, or employer branding activity would be highly beneficial
• Comfortable working in a visible, people-facing role where relationship-building is key

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious recruiter who wants to take ownership of talent acquisition, influence hiring strategy, and play a key role in shaping the future workforce of a growing organisation.