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HR Team Lead

Project PeopleGlasgow🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 24 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Elevate your HR leadership skills by guiding a dedicated team in delivering exceptional people services within a dynamic environment. This hybrid role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your expertise in HR operations and stakeholder management, so apply today to explore this rewarding position.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Temporary/Casual
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

HR Services Team Lead 6-Month Contract Glasgow (Hybrid - 2 days/week)

We're looking for an experienced HR Services Team Leader to lead a high-performing People Services team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with HR Services experience who can balance exceptional service delivery with strong people leadership in a fast-paced environment.

The role:

  • Lead, coach and develop a team of around 6 HR Advisors and Administrators.
  • Oversee the delivery of end-to-end HR services across the employee lifecycle, including payroll support, employee relations guidance and HR administration.
  • Ensure service levels, SLAs and customer experience standards are consistently achieved.
  • Manage escalations, monitor team workloads, identify service risks and drive continuous process improvements.
  • Produce reporting and MI, working closely with stakeholders to support key HR initiatives and organisational change.

We're looking for someone with:

  • Previous experience leading teams within an HR Services or People Services environment.
  • Strong knowledge of HR policies, employment legislation and employee lifecycle processes.
  • Experience managing service delivery against KPIs and SLAs.
  • Confidence handling complex HR queries and stakeholder escalations.
  • Strong HR systems, reporting and data analysis skills.
  • CIPD qualification (or equivalent).

Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Skills

Employee Relations
Payroll

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