HR Consultant

Browne Jacobson LLP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension contributions

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing initiatives

Enhanced parental leave

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Browne Jacobson LLP in Manchester is seeking an HR Consultant to provide client-focused, pragmatic HR advice to schools and academies across the education sector.

You will deliver comprehensive HR support in line with client policies and employment law, reporting to the Senior HR Consultant. This role combines client-facing consulting with fee-earning work within a professional services environment based in our Manchester office, with a flexible hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering client-focused HR advisory services in complex employee relations.
• Proven ability to lead investigations and provide practical HR guidance.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and CIPD best practice with up-to-date compliance.
• Experience building trusted adviser relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic HR advisory services on employee relations, including casework and support via phone/email.
• Lead ad-hoc client projects, training, and develop precedent documentation in response to legislation.
• Build trusted adviser relationships with clients, renew HR services, and identify new opportunities.

Skills

HR advisory

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Disciplinary & grievances

Negotiation

Training delivery

Employment law

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent

Job description

We’re looking for a talented HR Consultant to provide client-focused, pragmatic HR advice and support to schools and academies across the education sector., As an HR Consultant, you’ll deliver comprehensive and pragmatic HR advice and support to schools and academies in line with their specific policies, procedures, and legal requirements. You’ll be joining a team of legal and HR specialists with a wealth of education knowledge and experience, consistently featured in Band One of the Legal 500 and Chambers UK listings. You’ll build excellent relationships with clients at all levels, striving to deliver pragmatic, sector-orientated advice that is carefully aligned to clients’ interests and at the forefront of national best practice. This is a client-facing, fee-earning role within a professional services environment, based in our Manchester office, reporting to the Senior HR Consultant. What you’ll be doing

• Providing a solution-focused, pragmatic HR advisory service to clients on the full range of complex employee relations issues, including leading on complex casework and the provision of telephone and email support.
• Leading on ad-hoc client projects covering the full scope of generalist HR (including investigations of all types), creating and delivering training to clients, and preparing new precedent documentation in response to changes in legislation and sector direction.
• Building and engendering trusted adviser relationships with allocated clients, leading annual renewal conversations for HR services, and maximising new business opportunities for the firm through to successful completion. Associate CIPD qualification (or equivalent), with up-to-date knowledge of HR best practice and a thorough understanding of the practical application of employment law.
• Sound experience of managing complex and contentious HR casework including discipline, grievance, capability, and harassment, with knowledge and experience of working with and negotiating with trade unions being desirable.
• Effective communication, influencing, and persuasion skills, with demonstrable experience of working as a trusted adviser to key organisational stakeholders, and the ability to engender trust and confidence in the provision of advice. We offer a flexible and hybrid working model. Our comprehensive benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension contributions, an employee assistance programme, and a range of wellbeing initiatives. Enhanced parental leave is also available, reflecting our commitment to supporting you through every stage of your career and life.
• Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we’re open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process. We celebrate diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, social economic background or age. We’re a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.