HR Business Partner - 12m FTC

Clyde & Co; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to engage with stakeholders and improve business performance. This role requires strong HR experience along with CIPD qualifications. You'll support various departments with change initiatives while contributing to strategic planning. Benefits include flexible working and significant career development opportunities within a supportive culture. The firm has received multiple awards for its dedication to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Life assurance from day one

Season ticket loans

Lifestyle discounts

Annual Wellbeing Day

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven professional services background desirable.
• Ability to inspire confidence and adapt flexibly.

Responsibilities

• Position HR as a strategic partner and contribute to business planning.
• Build strong relationships with client groups; coach leaders on people management.
• Support change initiatives, restructures, redundancies, and transfers.
• Advise on HR policies.
• Collaborate with L&D to address skills gaps and deliver programmes.

Skills

Strong HR experience with senior stakeholder engagement

Excellent communication

Influencing skills

Team player

Commercial awareness

Strategic mindset

Education

Graduate or equivalent

CIPD preferred

Job description

Department: Human Resources

Location: Manchester / London (hybrid)

Work Type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract

The Team

The HR team in the UK consists of over 100 people. We have specialist teams in Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment and Management, Learning and Development, Systems and MI and Reward. The HR Operations team are based in offices across the UK, working as one team to deliver a business partnering service to our fee earning and business services teams.

The purpose of the HR Business Partner role is to work with and influence key stakeholders and leaders to improve business performance by identifying areas for improvement and facilitating change initiatives. This HR Business Partner role will support various business services departments based across regional offices.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering

• Position HR as a strategic partner and contribute to business planning.
• Build strong relationships with client groups; coach leaders on people management.
• Support change initiatives, restructures, redundancies, and transfers.
• Advise on HR policies (maternity, flexible working, mentoring, equal opportunities).
• Collaborate with L&D to address skills gaps and deliver programmes.

Career Development & Talent Management

• Drive career development conversations and performance feedback.
• Lead annual performance moderation and talent management processes.
• Manage promotion decisions and succession planning.

Salary Review

• Monitor market salary trends and implement annual review for client groups.

Projects

• Support firm-wide change management and strategic HR projects.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Graduate or equivalent; CIPD preferred.
• Strong HR experience with senior stakeholder engagement.
• Professional services background desirable.
• Team player with commercial awareness and strategic mindset.
• Excellent communication, influencing skills, and discretion.
• Ability to inspire confidence and adapt flexibly.

What’s in it for you

• Modern, flexible working – A minimum of 2 days each week required from the office, 3 days from home.
• Join an award-winning global firm: Clyde & Co is ranked Band 1 in multiple practice areas by Chambers and Legal 500 and was recently named Insurance Law Firm of the Year (Best Lawyers Germany 2025).
• Career progression and development - Structured learning and development programs, secondment opportunities and internal mobility across global offices
• Inclusive, supportive culture - Named GCC Law Firm of the Year and Pro Bono Firm of the Year, reflecting a commitment to community, DE&I, and purpose-driven work.
• Perks like life assurance from day one, season ticket loans and lifestyle discounts, an annual Wellbeing Day each year, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and more.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.