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Internal Communications & Engagement Manager – Shape the Future of Workplace Connection Location: Hybrid 3 days/week Cheshire Based. Are you a storyteller at heart, passionate about engaging employees and driving meaningful connections? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where you can shape and deliver impactful communication strategies? If so, this is your chance to influence, inspire, and make a lasting impact. About the Role As Internal Communications & Engagement Manager, you will be the voice of the business, creating a dynamic and transparent communication culture. From shaping consistent messaging to delivering engaging campaigns, your work will connect employees, enhance engagement, and bring the company’s mission to life. Key Responsibilities: Deliver the internal communications strategy, ensuring alignment with company goals. Create engaging content for SharePoint, the intranet, internal newsletters, and social channels. Lead company-wide communication campaigns, driving engagement across teams. Plan and deliver key events, including leadership conferences. Manage internal surveys and feedback mechanisms to measure employee engagement. Work closely with senior leaders to ensure consistent messaging across the organisation. What We Are Looking For Proven experience in internal communications and employee engagement. Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to craft compelling messages. Experience with SharePoint, Adobe Cloud, intranet platforms, and employee engagement tools. Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams. A creative thinker with a proactive approach, capable of translating complex topics into engaging content. Strong project management skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities. Why Join? An opportunity to shape the way employees connect and engage across the business. Work on high-profile communication projects and initiatives. A collaborative and supportive culture with direct exposure to senior leadership. Hybrid working with flexibility to balance office and remote work. Career development and progression within a dynamic organisation. How to Apply To apply, click "Apply Now".

Head of SHEQ Greater Manchester - hybrid working £55,000-£60,000 Permanent We are delighted to be partnering with a fantastic organisation that truly values safety and innovation to recruit a new Head of SHEQ. If you have a passion for health, safety, environmental, and quality excellence, this is a great opportunity to lead, influence, and drive excellence in a key strategic role. As Head of SHEQ, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring compliance, continuous improvement and safeguarding both people and the environment. You’ll lead from the front, supporting a strong safety culture and ensuring the highest standards, including ISO90001, ISO14001, and emerging accreditations. In this key role, you will lead SHEQ strategy to enhance performance and compliance, manage change programs, foster a proactive safety culture, maintain & improve management systems, conduct audits, identify risks, drive continuous improvement and provide expert advice, coaching, and training to teams and leadership. We are looking for proven management experience, extensive experience improving safety and compliance, excellent communication skills & confidence working with senior leaders. A positive outlook and a real passion for health, safety, environmental, and quality excellence. Ideally, you would be a Chartered Member of IOSH, CQI, or an equivalent professional body. This role offers autonomy and flexibility and is a real opportunity for someone to operate and influence at a senior level, reporting to the CEO and presenting to the board. Apply now to be considered for becoming part of this continuously growing success story. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values and they are central to our mission. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities, and we are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require.  

We are seeking an HR Director to lead HR strategy; ensuring that the business has the right organisational capabilities, leadership, and talent to drive success.

Head of People & Talent - East Cheshire - £60k- £70k - Permanent This small, scaling, and hugely innovative business are looking to hire their first permanent Head of People & Talent to develop and own the people agenda. They are at a pivotal point in their evolution and with some exciting plans on the horizon there couldn't be a more exciting time to join. The Role Walking into this role as their first Head of People & Talent, you will find some great frameworks and basics in place already, a strong culture developed around purpose and ethics and real passion for what they do.  Equally you will find there is work to do in terms of comms, leadership development, change management and developing their brilliant basics to set them up for future success. As a stand alone role in a small business this will be an incredibly broad role, split between operational execution (c70%) and strategic thinking (c30%).  Your role will include L&D (including Leadership Dev), Talent Acquisition, Bens & Reward development, ER and engagement amongst other areas, however you are not expected to be the expert in absolutely everything, it's possible that you will need to draw on 3rd party support for specialist knowledge and the business is supportive of this.  Who are we looking for? To be successful in your application and beyond, you must demonstrate a generalist skillset, along with experience of Leadership Development and Talent Acquisition.  We think this person will likely have some previous experience within small, high growth businesses however you must have a strong grasp on best practice and and know inherently what good looks like.  Experience of change management and cultural change is absolutely critical.  There is also a strong preference for experience within an engineering environment or similar.   The salary is between £60,000 - £70,000 dependent on experience, plus private medical insurance, income protection plan and employee share options.  Please note that there is a requirement to be on site 4 days per week.  To be considered for this role please send your CV via link.   Equity, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values and they are central to our mission. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities, and we are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require.

We are delighted to be partnering with rapidly expanding independent agency who serve over 300 clients globally. They are on the lookout for a strategic Head of Digital to oversee SEO, PPC, Copywriting, Digital PR, and Social Media teams, driving their Marketing Services revenue. The ideal candidates will excel in SEO management, possess broad digital marketing expertise, and thrive in inspiring and directing specialist teams.

As an integral part of the Global Client Development Team, this role collaborates with the Head of Clients to oversee and contribute to client relationship management and development. Supported by the Business Development and Marketing Executive teams, you would lead on up to four key client accounts. The Role: · Focus on retaining and expanding relationships with existing clients across offices and practices, identifying opportunities for revenue growth · Engage with clients and prospects through Marketing & Communications. Implement tactics from client development plans, using analytics to track leads and ensure alignment with global and regional goals. · Evaluate client and target feedback to guide Client and Business Development efforts. · Actively report on ROI for opportunity identification. · Lead strategic pitch opportunities for relevant Key clients and ensure completed pitch reviews. · Prepare research and materials for client meetings. Conduct pipeline review meetings with Enterprise client partners/teams to understand opportunities and BD support. Facilitate partner engagement in Key account programs, and use products to support engagement and sales. · Identify the need for client reviews and gain partner support Who are we looking for? · Proven experience as a client development professional/key account manager/BD Manager in a fast-paced professional services environment (ideally legal services) · The capability to influence key partners/fee earners · Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks with high accuracy under tight deadlines. · Proficiency in handling pressure, meeting tight timelines, and quickly absorbing information. · Effective interpersonal skills, including confidence, a positive attitude, diplomatic approach, and the ability to establish credibility rapidly. · Positivity, determination, and a proactive approach to drive initiatives and motivate team members and external resources effectively. . Insurance sector experience highly beneficial   Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Adam, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! We are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require. Interested? Please apply now. We look forward to hearing from you!

We're looking for an experienced and dynamic Head of Marketing to spearhead our client’s marketing strategy at a rapidly expanding technology firm in Cheshire. As Head of Marketing, you'll have full ownership of their marketing efforts, with the chance to establish and refine them from the ground up. Your role will involve driving brand awareness, enhancing customer engagement, and generating leads across various platforms.

We are delighted to be partnering with a hugely exciting and rapidly expanding independent growth consultancy who have experienced unprecedented growth and success over the past 12 months. As a result, they are looking to hire some hugely talented consultants with ‘great minds’ to work on a variety of high profile accounts.

We’re looking for a strategic and dynamic People & Culture Business Partner to support key areas within a market-leading professional services high-growth business. Partnering closely with senior leaders and managers, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering a people strategy that drives growth, builds capability, and enhances employee engagement across a workforce of 200+ across a number of UK locations.

Finance Director Location: Cheshire (Onsite) Full Time: Permanent Salary / Benefits: up £75k plus bonus and company benefits We are partnered exclusively with an exceptional family-owned manufacturing business based in Cheshire to secure a Finance Director to join their Senior Leadership Team. As the Finance Director, you will work alongside the SLT and board to help execute the commercial strategy and drive growth. You will contribute to decision making and strategy, using high quality reporting and data to aid key decision making, evaluating new opportunities, ensuring legal compliance, and overseeing day-to-day finance operations. When you walk into this company you immediately feel part of the family and they really do put their people first. They focus on organic growth, working collaboratively and promote ingenuity. If this sounds like the opportunity for you the apply today! The Role: Develop and execute medium to long-term plans to enhance business profitability in collaboration with key stakeholders and business change projects. Supporting the board to provide strategic leadership to the organisation Analyse financial data in manufacturing, supply chain, product costing, pricing, and review commercial contracts. Engage with senior stakeholders, offering financial insights and guidance to support strategic initiatives. Lead the preparation and presentation of retrospective numbers for the board, management and statutory accounts. Ensure compliance with statutory reporting guidelines and deadlines are met Maintain the credit policy and oversee cash flow reporting, assess credit limits and risks for customers and suppliers. Enhance financial processes and systems for greater efficiency and effectiveness. Drive continuous improvement in Finance function processes. Drive process improvement and efficiency within the finance function. Key Skills: Qualified in CIMA, ACCA, or ACA accounting. Advantageous to have experience in the manufacturing sector Experience working in SME environment with focus on organic growth (desirable) Strong leadership and people management skills. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. Proven experience in financial modelling, forecasting, and budgeting. Capable of driving change effectively across the organisation. Strong commercial acumen and ability to understand the business drivers. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Adam, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! We are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require.   Interested? Please apply now. We look forward to hearing from you!