HR Consultant

Dickson O'Brien Associates Limited; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Dickson O'Brien Associates Limited is supporting an organisation in the UK to prepare a collective redundancy programme. They seek an experienced interim HR professional to provide hands-on capacity and lead the process from planning through to delivery.

You will work closely with the existing HR team and senior management to ensure the process is well structured, properly documented and handled professionally, including employee relations and consultation with recognised trade unions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of collective redundancies, restructuring and recognised trade union environments.
• Experience planning, managing and delivering a collective redundancy programme.
• Strong employee relations and collective consultation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and delivery of a collective redundancy programme.
• Provide additional hands-on HR capacity to the existing team.
• Support consultation with recognised trade union representatives.
• Prepare consultation documentation, timelines and communications.
• Advise on selection pools, consultation processes and HR issues.
• Manage and coordinate individual consultation activity.
• Ensure the process is fair, consistent and properly documented.
• Work with senior management and HR colleagues to deliver the programme.

Skills

Employee relations

Collective consultation

Redundancy process management

Union consultation

Job description

Duration - 3 months initially. Start Date - Beginning of October

Our agency are supporting an organisation that is preparing to undertake a collective redundancy programme and is looking to bring in an experienced interim HR professional to provide additional capacity and hands‑on support throughout the process. This is an exclusive role with our agency.

The successful individual will work closely with the existing HR team and senior management to help plan, manage and deliver the redundancy programme, ensuring the process is well structured, properly documented and handled professionally from start to finish.

A key element of the assignment will be employee relations and collective consultation, Previous experience of working in a unionised environment and managing consultation with recognised trade unions would therefore be highly advantageous.

The role is likely to include:

• Supporting the planning and delivery of a collective redundancy programme
• Providing additional hands‑on HR capacity to the existing team
• Supporting consultation with recognised trade union representatives
• Preparing consultation documentation, timelines and communications
• Supporting managers throughout the process
• Advising on selection pools, consultation processes and associated HR issues
• Managing and coordinating individual consultation activity
• Ensuring the process is fair, consistent and appropriately documented
• Working alongside senior management and internal HR colleagues to deliver the programme
• Helping to keep the process moving and providing practical, confident HR support

We are particularly interested in individuals who have hands‑on experience of collective redundancies, restructuring and recognised trade union environments. This is a delivery-focused assignment, so the ability to come in quickly, build credibility and take ownership will be important.