HR Project Manager

HR Project Manager (FTC)

📍 East Sussex

💷 £60,000 per annum

📅 Fixed-Term Contract – 8 to 10 Months

🚗 Driver essential due to location

🏢 2–3 days per week on-site

LHH is supporting a client in the search for an experienced HR Project Manager to lead the implementation of new people systems across a complex, multi-site organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled project professional with experience delivering HR, payroll, workforce or HRIS systems projects. You will play a key role in leading the end-to-end implementation process, working closely with HR, IT, Finance and operational stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of new people systems from initiation through to go-live and post-implementation review
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, risk logs, dependencies and budgets
• Manage governance, reporting progress, risks and issues to senior stakeholders
• Coordinate internal teams and external implementation partners to ensure successful delivery
• Gather, document and analyse business requirements from a range of stakeholders
• Undertake current and future-state process mapping across HR, payroll, workforce planning and employee lifecycle processes
• Support data migration, system configuration and integration activities
• Support change management, communications, training and user adoption
• Establish post-implementation governance and continuous improvement processes

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience delivering HR systems, payroll systems or people systems implementations
• Strong project management experience across complex, multi-stakeholder projects
• Demonstrable business analysis and process mapping skills
• Experience working with HRIS, ATS, LMS or workforce systems
• Experience working within a multi-site or national organisation
• Experience within the public, charitable or trust sector would be beneficial

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a values-led organisation and make a real impact through the successful delivery of a major systems project.