People Operations Manager
Use HR processes, policy, systems and employee experience expertise to improve how people operations run across an organisation.
CAREER INTELLIGENCE
What careers can an HR Manager move into?
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YOUR STARTING POINT
HR Manager
HR Manager is a broad people role that can combine recruitment, employee relations, policy, learning, performance, workforce planning and organisational change. That breadth creates credible routes into people operations, learning and development, employee relations, talent acquisition and HR consulting.
POSSIBLE NEXT MOVES
Where this experience can take you
Learning & Development Manager
Build on coaching, capability planning and organisational development experience to focus on learning, performance and workforce development.
Employee Relations Manager
Lean into employment law, policy, case management and mediation to specialise in complex employee relations and workplace issues.
Talent Acquisition Manager
Apply workforce planning, stakeholder management and recruitment knowledge to lead hiring strategy, employer attraction and talent acquisition teams.
HR Consultant
Turn broad people expertise into advisory work helping organisations solve HR, organisational, policy and workforce challenges.
TRANSFERABLE CAPABILITIES
Your title only tells part of the story.
People management, employment law, employee relations, recruitment, workforce planning, policy development, coaching, performance management, stakeholder management, change management, conflict resolution, HR systems and organisational development.
SALARY SIGNAL
£65k+
UK pay varies by organisation size, sector, location and level of responsibility. National Careers Service places experienced HR officer salaries at around £40,000 and identifies progression into HR management and specialist areas such as policy, training and mediation. Senior HR management and specialist leadership roles can sit materially above this level.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
Search by capability, not just title.
HR experience is portable because the function spans both operational delivery and specialist people disciplines. The strongest adjacent move often depends on which part of HR you already spend most of your time doing: systems and processes point towards people operations, capability towards learning and development, complex cases towards employee relations, hiring towards talent acquisition and broad advisory work towards consulting.
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