Support with career transition into HR

Hi all, I have recently completed my CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management and am looking for some advice on job hunting… I have 5 years’ retail management experience, during which time I led human resource activity including recruitment, hiring, training and resource management. I was also involved in conducting disciplinaries, managing for performance/absence and hearing appeals/grievances, working with the support of an internal HR team. I am now actively looking for my first HR role and wondering where best to start. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the different job roles and responsibilities. There are no suitable vacancies with my current employer, so as I will need to move to a new organisation, I would prefer to start small and work my way up. Can you offer any advice for someone just starting out? Many thanks in advance.