HR Consultant

Alexander Mae HR Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A professional services consulting firm is seeking a Part Time HR Consultant based in Central Bristol. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in setting up a new business operation, providing advice on contracts, policies, onboarding, and recruitment to ensure operational readiness by Autumn 2025. This is a 3-month contract paying daily rates, with hybrid working options available.

Qualifications

• Proven HR consulting experience working with growth driven start-ups.
• Good understanding of the employee lifecycle and experience of building HR policies.
• Excellent interpersonal, advisory, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop compliant employment contracts and HR policies for new ventures.
• Advise on legal and regulatory considerations around employment law.
• Conduct HR needs assessments to align with market conditions.

Skills

HR consulting experience

Understanding of employee lifecycle

Interpersonal and communication skills

Experience in change management

Education

Relevant HR qualifications (e.g. CIPD)

Job description

We are looking for an HR Consultant for our Bristol based client.

The Job:

On behalf of our professional services client we are seeking a Part Time HR Consultant. The successful candidate will be responsible for advising on all people-related aspects of setting up a new business operation including the creation of contracts, policies, procedures, onboarding and recruitment processes to enable the operation to be up and running by Autumn 2025. This is a part time 3-month contract, paid on a day rate basis via an Umbrella Company.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Developing compliant employment contracts, HR policies, procedures, contracts and employee handbooks specific to the new venture.
• Advising on local legal and regulatory considerations around relevant employment law, employee benefits, health & safety compliance, and statutory reporting
• Conducting HR needs assessments to align with local market conditions, regulatory requirements, and cultural norms.
• Obtaining and analysing local salary & benefits benchmark data.
• Supporting with local hiring strategy, including job profiling, candidate sourcing, and induction framework
• Ensuring smooth integration with global HR policies where relevant

The Person:

• Proven HR consulting experience working with growth driven start-ups.
• Good understanding of the employee lifecycle and experience of building people policies, procedures and operations to support.
• Experience of People related change management projects
• Ability to deliver results within a fast-paced, evolving business environment
• Excellent interpersonal, advisory, and communication skills
• Relevant HR qualifications (e.g. CIPD or equivalent experience)

Desirable:

• Some understanding of reward, employee relations and training considerations for business operations
• Experience of payroll processes
• Understanding of data and reporting in a people function

The Hours:

1-2 days per week

The Location:

Central Bristol, Hybrid

The Salary:

(Apply online only) per day

The Contract:

3 months