This job expired on 15th February 2026
HR Manager
The Company
Healthcare Ireland Group is Northern Ireland’s leading independent provider of residential, nursing and specialist care.
About the role:
The HR Manager provides senior operational leadership across the national Healthcare Ireland Group HR function, translating strategic HR direction into consistent, high-quality delivery across all services.
The post-holder is responsible for workforce governance, employee relations oversight, people compliance, and leadership of HR operational teams, ensuring safe, fair and effective people management across a growing multi-site care home group.
The role acts as the critical bridge between HR strategy (HR Director) and frontline HR delivery (HR Team Leads and Advisors), providing professional leadership, escalation control and continuous improvement across all HR operations.
About the role
Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide senior leadership to HR Team Leads and Advisors across all regions
• Ensure consistent application of policies, procedures and employment law compliance
• Lead HR governance reviews, audits and compliance assurance
• Act as escalation lead for complex employee relations and risk cases
• Oversee probation, disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence frameworks
• Ensure defensible documentation and regulatory readiness (RQIA, NISCC, NMC)
• Own workforce risk registers and escalation frameworks
• Monitor high-risk cases including safeguarding, professional registration, whistleblowing and serious misconduct
• Lead response to regulatory and external scrutiny relating to workforce matters
• Provide senior case oversight and coaching to HR Leads and Advisors
• Personally manage the most complex, sensitive or high-risk ER cases
• Embed HCI values and leadership behaviours across management teams
• Lead culture, engagement and wellbeing frameworks
• Oversee supervision compliance and leadership development pathways
• Support Directors and Regional Support Managers with leadership interventions
• Translate HR Director strategy into deliverable operational programmes
• Lead group-wide people improvement projects
• Monitor workforce KPIs: agency usage, sickness, turnover and vacancy levels
• Provide monthly dashboards and analysis to HR Director and Executive Team
• Lead, coach and performance-manage HR Team Leads and Advisors
• Build capability across ER, employment law, and leadership coaching
About you:
• Significant senior HR leadership experience in a regulated, multi-site environment
• Significant experience in managing a sponsorship licence and UKVI Reporting
• Strong employment law knowledge (NI and UK)
• Proven complex ER case leadership
• Experience leading HR teams
• CIPD Level 5 as minimum
What you will need
Required criteria
- CIPD Level 5 as minimum
- Experience leading HR teams
- Proven complex ER case leadership
- Strong employment law knowledge (NI and UK)
- Significant experience in managing a sponsorship licence and UKVI Reporting
- Significant senior HR leadership experience in a regulated, multi-site environment
Desired criteria
- TUPE and acquisition integration experience
- Experience in health or social care
Healthcare Ireland Group
Healthcare Ireland provides care services in an environment where individuality is emphasised and the privacy and dignity of all our residents is recognised. We currently have over 1,800 employees throughout our 25 Homes. We are incredibly proud of not only the work our employees do, but the quality of care we are able to offer as result of their commitment.
We started Healthcare Ireland Group in July 2015 with the opening of Bradley Manor Care Home. Our categories of care include general and dementia nursing, dementia residential, mental health, physical disability and learning disability.
We are passionate about providing the highest standards of care in safe, positive and flexible environments, which enable each person who uses our services to achieve their potential. We are committed to providing each employee with a fulfilling working environment, encouraging personal and professional development. We aim to be a first class, independent organisation delivering innovative, collaborative and value for money services. Our ultimate purpose is to work with the people who use our services and their families and friends, to enable them to take control of their lives.
We’re always on the look out for people who care, whether that’s caring for our residents, or in one of our roles like laundry, kitchen, administration or maintenance. Our passionate, ever-growing team means that you’ll be working with people who pride themselves on the work they do. Each of our Homes and our Head Office work together to achieve something excellent that truly makes a difference in people’s lives. Caring for our residents is at the heart of all we do, and we’d love to have you join the team.
Our benefits
Healthcare Ireland Group is not just a workplace; it's a community where your work has a purpose, and your contributions are valued. If you're passionate about making a difference and are seeking a rewarding career in healthcare, we welcome you to explore opportunities with us and help continue our legacy of excellence in care .
Retirement plan and/or pension
Employee development programs
Free parking
Competitive salary
Social Opportunities
Employee Recognition Scheme
Culture of recognition
On the job learning
HR Manager
Healthcare Ireland provides care services in an environment where individuality is emphasised and the privacy and dignity of all our residents is recognised. We currently have over 1,800 employees throughout our 25 Homes. We are incredibly proud of not only the work our employees do, but the quality of care we are able to offer as result of their commitment.
We started Healthcare Ireland Group in July 2015 with the opening of Bradley Manor Care Home. Our categories of care include general and dementia nursing, dementia residential, mental health, physical disability and learning disability.