HR Consultant

hireful; Leeds; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commission scheme

Flexible scheduling

Work from home & client sites

Job summary

Hireful is seeking an experienced HR Consultant to provide hands-on, end-to-end operational HR support to SME clients around Leeds and the West Yorkshire area. You will act as a trusted partner to business owners and managers, delivering pragmatic advice, policies, and hands-on project work.

Role involves direct engagement with clients, occasional travel across the region, and a flexible 40-hour week with no cold calling. CIPD qualification is preferred, but qualified by experience is acceptable.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a HR generalist role (ideally HR Advisor or HR Manager).
• Comfortable engaging directly with business owners, senior managers, and HR peers.
• Ideally CIPD qualified, but being qualified by experience is fine too.
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle for client visits across the local region.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted HR partner to companies with no internal HR function, dealing directly with business owners and managers.
• Support companies with under-resourced HR teams with project work or step in to handle complex escalations for standalone HR officers.
• Handle tasks such as employee relations casework, drafting policies and handbooks, restructure projects, recruitment, designing training.
• This is an end-to-end operational HR role where your guidance directly shapes client success.

Skills

HR generalist experience

Stakeholder engagement

Policy drafting

Employee relations

Driving licence

Education

CIPD qualification

Experience-based qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced HR professional who loves rolling their sleeves up and getting stuck into the variety of a generalist role?

Do you thrive on providing pragmatic advice, drafting crisp policies, and solving complex employee relations challenges?

We’re looking for a hands-on HR Consultant to provide robust support to a portfolio of SME clients around the Leeds, West Yorkshire area - Bradford, Dewsbury, Wakefield, etc.

What does being a HR Consultant involve?

You will act as a trusted HR partner to companies with no internal HR function, dealing directly with business owners and managers. You'll also support companies with under-resourced HR teams with project work, or step in to handle complex escalations for standalone HR officers. This could be tasks such as: employee relations casework, drafting policies and handbooks, restructure projects, recruitment, designing training, etc. This isn't a high-level strategy role. It’s a pure, end-to-end operational HR role where your guidance directly shapes client success.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience in a HR generalist role (ideally you will have been a HR Advisor or HR Manager).
• Comfortable engaging directly with business owners, senior managers, and HR peers.
• Ideally CIPD qualified, but being qualified by experience is fine too.
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle, for client visits across the local region.

Why you'll love being a HR consultant:

• No Cold Calling: There is zero requirement to bring in new clients. Your focus is purely on exceptional service delivery.
• Bonus Potential: Generous commission scheme available if you identify opportunities to upsell additional services to existing clients (£5-6k per year).
• Flexibility: The role is Monday to Friday, 40 hours. You manage your own diary and can flex your start/finish times to suit your work/life balance.
• Variety: You will be working from home unless you're called to a client site. This could be anywhere from zero to five days in a week.