HR Consultant

AAB; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic consultancy as an HR Consultant, where you will provide expert advice and support to various clients. This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced environment, helping businesses enhance their HR practices and build inclusive cultures. As part of a close-knit team, you will develop your skills while contributing to the growth of innovative companies. With a focus on personal development and flexible working patterns, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in the HR field. If you're passionate about people and eager to grow, this role is for you.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Professional development opportunities

Pension

Life cover

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Experience in HR practice and employee relations.
• CIPD-qualified or willing to pursue qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic HR advice and recommendations.
• Support clients in improving HR setups and practices.
• Mentor line managers and assist with HR queries.

Skills

HR practice knowledge

Employee relations

Excellent communication skills

Consultative approach

Organizational skills

CIPD qualification

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

HR tools

Job description

AAB People
HR Consultant - Edinburgh or Glasgow
Salary - £27,000 - £30,000

Due to an exciting period of growth and new client wins, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for an HR Consultant to join our Edinburgh or Glasgow team on a full or part time (minimum 4 days per week) basis.

About Us
AAB People are a full-service people consultancy, working with our clients to support them with their HR, Health & Safety and Talent Development needs. Our unique range of services enable clients to deliver their ambitions through the most critical part of their organisation – people.

Our team comprises of 60+ HR, Health & Safety and Talent Development specialists working across six locations, with plans to expand further. We are fully invested in our clients’ businesses and work in partnership with them to help to build better workplaces.

Our innovative approach enables us to build a deep understanding of our clients’ organisation, tailoring our service to their unique needs. We provide flexible support to our clients, enabling their businesses to scale to their full potential through the attraction, retention, and development of key talent.

We are exceptionally proud of our client base and are a trusted HR partner to some of the most innovative and high growth businesses in Scotland and beyond.

As an AAB Group Company, we have access to 1,000+ business advisors and work together to deliver solutions for clients across the critical business areas of people and finance.

At AAB our approach is different, and our success is down to one thing – our people. That is why our first value is ‘Nothing is more important than our people’. We give ambitious and driven people who are full of bright ideas a head start with inspiring career opportunities. Each individual at AAB is a leader in their area of expertise and this makes for an outstanding, innovative and creative workforce which adds to us being an award-winning team!

About the Job
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join our supportive and close-knit team. The role may be suited to someone with experience in an internal HR role looking to move to a consultancy role, where the focus is on building strong relationships with clients and giving sound, commercial advice. Alternatively, you may already work for a consultancy and be looking to move to a smaller, growing business with lots of room to grow and develop.

We are looking for a candidate who wants to further develop their HR and Employment Law knowledge within a fast-paced business environment, who can build relationships quickly and is excited to support a range of clients across sectors.

No one day at AAB People is the same. We work with clients at various stages of their growth journey – whether they are starting out, an established SME, a scaling business or a large organisation. The dynamic environments in which our clients operate requires us to be both proactive and reactive to ensure we deliver an excellent customer service.

In this varied role you can expect to be working on the following tasks and duties as the main focus of your days:

1. Providing commercially focused and pragmatic advice and recommendations around day-to-day HR and employment issues.
2. Working with clients to continuously improve their current HR set ups by recommending and assisting with implementing solutions, changes and practical tools to help them grow.
3. Advising management teams on the practical application of their HR policies and helping them recruit, train and manage their new team members.
4. Helping our clients to build inclusive, welcoming and values driven cultures and working environments.
5. Mentoring and supporting the development of line managers, acting as first point of contact for HR queries and on management support and advice.
6. Researching and implementing cost effective HR tools that simplify working practices and add value to our clients.
7. Representing AAB People at external events and acting as an ambassador to support marketing and sales activities.

About You
To thrive in our dynamic environment, you will be able to demonstrate the following skills, experience and qualities:

1. Some applied knowledge of HR practice, employee relations and legislation and an understanding of how to translate this into simple, effective and practical advice and tools for clients.
2. Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to explain complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise, jargon-free manner to clients aligned to their needs and desired outcomes.
3. Excellent questioning skills to carefully understand client issues and needs in order to develop and implement tailored solutions and fulfill requirements.
4. A consultative and flexible approach with the ability to tailor solutions to requirements and take a commercial and client-focused approach to problem solving.
5. Effective people skills building trust, rapport and confidence with clients and internally within the AAB People team.
6. Discretion and an awareness and understanding of strict confidentiality requirements.
7. A forward thinking, solutions-focused and innovative approach to improve and develop tools, processes and solutions.
8. Responsive and client-focused recognising the importance of facilitating an excellent client experience and representing the AAB People brand externally.
9. Committed to continuous improvement and ongoing learning & personal development.
10. Highly organised, diligent and with strong attention to detail and the ability to multitask.
11. Willing and able to travel to our office locations and to client sites, as required.
12. Candidates should be CIPD-qualified, or willing to work toward gaining this qualification in the future.

This is a fast-paced role in a growing company and the above list of tasks and responsibilities is not exhaustive. As a member of our growing team you will have the opportunity to be involved in a broader range of activities than those described above, to be mentored and supported by our Senior Consultants, and to develop your HR and consultancy skills.

Benefits of working for us
We offer a range of flexible working patterns to suit individual circumstances. We operate a hybrid working model and trust our team to manage their working location and pattern, whilst recognising the benefits of coming together in the office on a regular basis.

AAB People actively supports employees professional and personal development with access to ongoing training and learning opportunities.

We are offering a competitive salary dependent on skills and experience (£27-30k per annum full time, pro rata for part time candidates) and a benefits package including pension, life cover and a generous holiday entitlement.

To Apply
If this is of interest and you would like to be part of our exciting growth journey, please apply with a detailed CV and covering letter by clicking on apply now. Please tell us why you would like this role, how your experiences matches the requirements and what added value you could bring to our team.

At AAB People we recognise the value of a diverse team and we encourage applications from people with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age. Successful candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.