HR Consultant

The HR Patch Ltd; Frimley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The HR patch Ltd, a Surrey/Hampshire/Berkshire–focused HR consultancy, seeks an HR Professional with strong Employee Relations skills to join a hybrid team in Frimley. You will work with clients to deliver practical HR support and guide managers on ER best practices.

Responsibilities include handling performance, conduct, sickness and grievance issues, with involvement in onboarding/offboarding and major projects as needed. CIPD or equivalent preferred, travel optional across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in Employee Relations and practical HR support.
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and best practices.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Meet clients, build relationships, and provide proactive HR support.
• Handle day-to-day ER cases such as performance, conduct, sickness and grievance issues.
• Assist with onboarding/offboarding and manage larger projects like restructures or recruitment.

Skills

Employee Relations

UK employment law

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Autonomy

Time management

Training delivery

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

About Us

The HR patch Ltd is an independent HR consultancy founded in 2016 supporting businesses across various sectors with bespoke, hands-on HR solutions. Our focus is on providing expert advice, building strong client relationships, and delivering ethical outcomes that make a real difference in the workplace.

Currently our customers include a broad range of industries all over the UK, but we are now growing our client base more locally in the Surrey/Hampshire/Berkshire areas.

What We're Looking For

• We are seeking a confident HR Professional with a strong background in Employee Relations to join our growing team in Frimley. This is a hybrid role, working closely with clients to provide high-quality, practical HR support on complex ER issues.
• We are looking for someone to be available 5 days a week, with 3 days based at our office and 2 days working remotely. We are flexible when it comes to a working pattern around our core working hours.
• The HR patch can offer flexibility in the role and opportunities to enhance your HR career with the diverse range of projects that we undertake, whilst fully supported by the Director.
• The successful candidate will join a well established team and we partner with a lot of other businesses to enhance our offering for clients and provide a great a service.
• Whilst experience of working in an HR consultancy is highly desirable, if you are an experienced HR professional with strong ER skills, looking for a change from the corporate world, we would love to hear from you.

What You'd Be Doing…

• Meeting clients, building relationships and taking a proactive approach to building good HR practices, guiding managers on best practice and being the people expert in every business.
• Day to day, you might be dealing with performance, conduct, sickness and grievance issues. Depending on the size of the business there might also be a need to get involved in onboarding and offboarding activities. However larger projects are frequent as we manage restructures, mergers, scaleups and development or recruitment projects.
• Our work can often be fast-paced, diverse and we often find ourselves carefully unpicking employment problems that need expert attention and experience to resolve, whilst also jumping to and from differing needs of our clients.
• We are responsible for ensuring our clients understand the ever-evolving employment law, advising them on the risks they might be facing and guiding them through cases to minimise the risk of costly legal disputes.
• There may be opportunities to travel to client sites around the UK, but travel is not a requirement of the role.
• Proven HR experience with a strong focus on Employee Relations
• CIPD qualified or equivalent experience
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work autonomously and adapt to varied client needs
• Comfortable working onsite with clients across different industries
• Excellent attention to detail & time management
• Confidence to deliver HR-related training workshops

If you're a proactive HR professional with a passion for ER, good practice and a client-focused mindset, we’d love to hear from you.

Deadline for Applications

9th October 2026

Interview Process

We will be reviewing CVs and contacting suitable candidates within a week of receipt.

• Stage 1 will be a brief Teams call (30 mins)
• Stage 2 will be a short assessment to complete in your own time (30 mins)
• Stage 3 will be Face to Face at our office in Frimley (60 mins)

Face to Face Interview Dates

w/c 12th October 2026

Equality Statement

The HR patch encourages candidates from all minority groups and will consider applications regardless of age, gender, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability, marital status, pregnancy or socio-economic background.