HR Manager

A rare chance to lead a HR team in an influential trade union where your work will have immediate, visible impact.

TSSA is a trade union representing workers in transport and travel. Our mission is to achieve a fair and flourishing work environment for our members across the transport and travel industries, winning influence and respect, with a high level of loyalty and activism. We support our members in building bigger and stronger workplaces with employees that are respected and have agency to challenge and create impactful change.

We are seeking a highly experienced and driven HR Manager to play a key role in the development and delivery of HR. You will help us to model the best employment practices and create an inclusive, supportive working environment where our colleagues can thrive in line with TSSA's mission and values.

Working closely with the General Secretary and management team, you will lead a small generalist HR function. You will oversee the all-round HR provision supporting 45-50 staff working across the UK and Ireland, taking responsibility for strategic employee related issues including job design, recruitment, employee relations, performance management, training and development. As part of the management team you will lead on overall HR strategy.

The ideal candidate for this role will have significant HR generalist and change management experience as well as excellent knowledge of UK employment law and best practices. You will have worked at a senior HR level and be confident working with committees, leadership teams and boards.

To succeed in this role, you will have experience of working with trade unions, membership bodies or other democratic organisations. You will understand collective bargaining and the vital role of trade union representatives. This is also a hands on role, so we are looking for someone proactive, solutions focused, highly organised and comfortable working across both strategic and operational issues.

If this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear from you. Please read the full job description and apply.

What TSSA offers

In addition to a challenging yet rewarding position, the HR Manager role at TSSA offers a highly competitive and generous remuneration package including:

• Salary of £60,541 rising incrementally to £68,122 in line with our pay and grading structure (plus London weighting of £5,928)
• 32 leave days plus Bank Holidays
• Generous defined benefit pension scheme
• A suite of family friendly policies and generous parental leave provisions
• Wellbeing provisions and flexible working practices

TSSA is an equal opportunities employer striving to maintain and grow our diverse workplace community. We are a family friendly employer and proactively support staff with disabilities and who are neurodiverse.

Apply

To apply for the role please send a CV and cover letter explaining why you are interested in being TSSA's new HR Manager and why you are suitable for the role. Please ensure you use the job description and person specification to explain your suitability. Additionally we ask all applicants to complete the Equality Monitoring Form.

The closing date for applications: 9am on 9 th February 2026
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