HR & Development Coordinator

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We’re looking for an experienced HR & Development Coordinator to bring energy and expertise to our team.

✅ Full-time role based in Manchester

✅ Hybrid working – 5 days a week, minimum 3 days in the office

✅ Must live within commutable distance of Manchester city centre

If you have:

• 2–3 years HR generalist experience (including recruitment, onboarding & L&D)
• CIPD Level 3 or above (or working towards)
• HR systems know-how (Bright
  
  HR, SharePoint, , LMS tools)
• Confidence managing the employee lifecycle from attraction to development

…and you have the right to work in the UK (we can’t offer visa sponsorship), we’d love to hear from you!

Apply now and help us shape the future of HR in a collaborative, flexible environment.

Closing date:
23rd January (we may close early if we receive enough qualifying applicants).

About Cloud Nine

Cloud Nine is a B Corp certified national consultancy that launched in April 2022. We draw on more than 40 years’ experience across the public, private and social enterprise sectors, delivering innovative bids, projects, behavioural enhancement programmes and social value strategies within a fast-paced environment. We are committed to social value and sustainability and our work is guided by inspiring better ways of working, taking a fresh and forward-looking approach to bid and project management and delivery.

With regional hubs in Manchester and Birmingham, we typically support projects ranging from £500m to £1bn+ and work with multi-disciplined clients across a range of sectors, including infrastructure, construction, defence, FM, utilities and waste/renewable energy. We have a strong reputation for raising the bar and delivering projects to a high quality and within tight, often challenging timescales.

Our business is quickly growing and we recognise it’s the people who make us successful. We will only achieve our strategic objectives if we recruit and retain the best people and operate in an inclusive environment that offers opportunity. Cloud Nine is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Company values

Our values are integral to all we do and help define our company culture and ways of working:

• Progressive (but not pushy) – we are proactive and inventive. We challenge convention to achieve breakthroughs
• Ethical (but not soft) – we are empathetic and full of integrity. We navigate complexities diplomatically and without sharp elbows
• Astute (but not arrogant) – we are smart, competent and intentional. We value expertise and go deeper to find answers
• Spirited (but not flippant) – we are fresh, bright, instinctive and optimistic. We love solving problems in surprising ways.

Commitment to Justice, Equality, Inclusion and Diversity (JEDI)

As a certified B Corp, we believe in using business as a force for good. We are actively working to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported and able to thrive, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or socioeconomic background. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

Reports to: HR and Talent Manager

Department: HR and Talent Management. Responsible for company culture, recruitment, employee development and performance management

Key Department Functions:

• Recruitment and onboarding: hiring top talent, conducting interviews and onboarding new employees
• Training and development: managing and maintaining the Cloud Nine Flight Path, gathering relevant information for formal/informal team check-ins
• Performance management: setting performance goals, conducting team and individual check-ins, managing Flight Path pathways and promotions, implementing and monitoring the Cloud Nine values and associated behaviours
• Employee relations: supporting employee grievances and/or legal matters and maintaining a positive team culture and environment
• Compensation and benefits: designing and maintaining competitive compensation packages, managing employee benefits
• Cloud Nine Culture Club: designing and implementing inclusive strategies to strengthen team building…