HR Manager
| Posting date: | 14 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,500 / annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2026 |
| Location: | Castleford, WF1 2TS |
| Company: | Gravity Active Entertainments |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | a2fad1cf-1382-42df-a14a-a5b8be200e98 |
Summary
Having fun matters, so we let the good time roll!
We are seeking an experienced and proactive generalist HR Manager to lead the Human Resources function within a dynamic and customer-focused leisure business. Reporting directly to the CEO, this role is responsible for shaping and delivering the people strategy, ensuring a positive employee experience, and supporting operational excellence across the organisation.
We believe that having fun matters, and this doesn't just relate to our customers. Our Head Office teams play a vital role in supporting our sites, and we pay close attention to the small details that make a big difference. If our teams are having fun, we really do believe that this is contagious.
Key Responsibilities
- Creation and implementation of the HR strategy, ensuring it aligns with business objectives
- Act as a business partner and truster advisor to Managers on all people related matters, including leadership challenges and employee relations
- Drive organisational development, culture and engagement activities
- Maintain and analyse HR metrics, data and dashboards to provide insight into work force trends and risks
- Use people data to produce and present insights to support business performance and strategic planning
- Support managers in handling performance, conduct, and absence issues ensuring fair and consistent practices
- Analyse weekly, monthly and quarterly HR casework data, including themes, key learnings and tracking KPIs
- Foster a positive, inclusive and high performance culture
- Support with recruitment activity across the business
- Develop employer branding strategies to attract talent in a competitive leisure market
- Identify and develop internal talent pipelines
- Work closely with Learning & Development to promote continuous learning, including leadership development
- Develop, update, and enforce HR policies, ensuring compliance with current UK employment legislation
- Responsible for the management, maintenance and development of the HRIS (elementsuite) ensuring processes are adhered to and undertaking reviews to ensure the system is utilised
- Ensure effective delivery of day-to-day HR support across the business
- Continuously review and improve HR processes to drive efficiency and consistency
- Lead, coach and develop HR Officer
- Develop, manage and monitor the annual HR budget, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Oversee the HR Officer in maintaining up-to-date and accurate team member records
- Ensure robust processes and controls are in place to support timely and accurate data submission to the Payroll team
- Conduct regular audits and checks of HR data to minimise payroll errors and ensure compliance
Skills & experience
- Proven experience in an HR Manager or senior HR generalist role
- Experience working in the leisure, hospitality, retail or similarly fast-paced industry is highly desirable
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices
- Ability to operate both strategically and hands on
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience using HRIS systems (HRIS), ideally elementsuite or similar
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability
- Experience of payroll administration is advantageous
- CIPD Level 5 (or above) or equivalent experience
What’s in it for you?
- Free parking
- Easy accessible location, situated just off the M62 motorway, close to train station and bus routes.
- Discounted rates when using our sites
- Contributary health insurance
- Subsidised food and drink on sites
- The opportunity to grow your career through training and development.
And best of all you will be joining a fun team, with a great company culture #wearegravity