HR Consultant – externally focused / consultancy

Henlee Resourcing & Consulting Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR consultancy in Swindon is looking for an experienced HR Consultant focused on providing external consultancy. The role involves assisting clients with employee relations, managing complex HR issues, and ensuring compliance with UK employment law. Ideal candidates will be CIPD qualified, possess excellent communication skills, and have experience in TUPE. This position offers the opportunity for variety and impact in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or equivalent experience required.
• Excellent and up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience managing complex ER casework.
• Prior TUPE experience is needed.
• Leadership in formal processes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assisting clients with a range of HR activities.
• Providing HR advice, particularly on employee relations.
• Chairing formal meetings on behalf of clients.
• Creating and updating client policies for compliance.
• Drafting reports and providing additional support.

Skills

CIPD qualified or equivalent experience

UK employment law knowledge

Experience in complex ER casework

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

HR Consultant – externally focused / consultancy

Ref LKB00672

Permanent

Full Time

Swindon, UK

HR Consultant – externally focused / consultancy

Ref LKB00672

Henlee Resourcing is working in partnership with this well respected and growing HR consultancy based in Swindon to recruit an experienced, proactive and commercially orientated externally focused HR Consultant on a permanent basis. The role is site based in Swindon (with parking) with some travel to London to suit client requirements.

Working as a trusted Advisor / Consultant to a varied portfolio of clients, you will be assisting clients on site with a wide range of activities including recruitment / on-boarding, employee relations issues, redundancy programmes, settlement agreements and TUPE matters as well as undertaking client project work as required.

What you’ll be doing / key activities:

HR Service Delivery:

• Assisting clients on site with a range of activities including redundancy programmes, employee relations issues and TUPE matters
• Supporting the HR advice line service, ensuring accurate, timely and commercial advice support for clients
• Providing advice to clients on all aspects of HR, particularly employee relations matters, over the telephone and via email
• Chairing or supporting formal meetings on behalf of clients
• Delivering HR training to clients
• Creating, updating, and checking client policies, procedures, and handbooks to ensure compliance with employment law and good HR practice
• Updating the monthly billing spreadsheet to ensure the timely invoicing of additional work undertaken for clients
• Compliance with company governance procedures
• Other duties as per client and requirements
• Recruitment support for clients, liaising with the Recruitment Specialist where necessary
• Drafting detailed reports for clients
• Providing additional day support to clients
• Creating and issuing documents that support the specialist advice provided to clients

Business Relations and Development:

• Arranging and attending regular review meetings with clients
• Identifying new business opportunities with existing clients (such as recruitment, additional project or site work, pulse, and staff surveys)
• Attending new client meetings and supporting the new client onboarding process

Additional:

• Providing mentoring support to Trainees / HR Advisors
• Conducting regular updates on WIP with the Managing Directors
• Ensuring advice provided to Clients is legally compliant and to internal standards
• Being a point of contact for questions from the team

What we’re looking for / about you:

• CIPD qualified or equivalent experience
• Excellent and up to date UK employment law knowledge
• Experience in managing a range of complex ER casework incorporating settlement agreements
• TUPE experience
• Experience in leading formal processes, including grievances, disciplinaries and appeals
• HR experience over various business sectors is desirable
• Commercially aware of the needs of small businesses
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to organise own workload to meet targets and deadlines
• Happy to travel to client sites (London) on occasion / when and where applicable

This is a rare yet fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys variety and thrives in a role where no two days are the same. You’ll be joining a supportive team and have the chance to make a genuine impact with clients.

If you are looking for the next step in your career or indeed a change of environment, are interested in a challenging yet rewarding externally focussed opportunity and can demonstrate the above capabilities, we are keen to hear from you.

Henlee Resourcing is a specialist full-service HR recruitment consultancy, operating across the South West, M3, M4 and M5 corridors.