HR Consultant - Manchester

Browne Jacobson Public Sector Matters; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic legal services firm is seeking an experienced HR Consultant in Manchester. This pivotal role involves a client-focused approach to HR advisory services, engaging with clients in the education sector. The successful candidate will contribute to building strong relationships and delivering exceptional service while collaborating with a skilled team of HR professionals.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified with experience in HR.
• Experience in education sector advisory roles is desirable.
• Proven ability to manage complex employee relations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a pragmatic HR advisory service to clients.
• Manage complex casework, including investigations.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with clients.

Skills

Client Focus

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Communication

Leadership

Education

CIPD qualification

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

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Vacancy type

Experienced hires

Scheme

Specialist

Level

Mid

Business area

Business & Professional Risk

Duration

Permanent

Hours

Full Time

Location

Manchester

Reference number

JP045

Job title

HR Consultant

Team

HR Services - Education

Vacancy owner

Jonah Philpott

Job Description

We are hiring!

Our HR Services - Education team is growing and we are looking for a pragmatic and ambitious HR professional who enjoys delivering a client focused service to a number of our clients within the education sector, specifically schools and academies. This role also supports the Senior HR Consultants and the Head of HR Services in the development of HR consultancy services to the education sector.

Our team of legal and HR specialists have a wealth of education knowledge and experience and come highly commended; consistently featured in Band One of the Legal 500 and Chambers UK listings. At the core of our approach is our objective to help our education clients do what is fundamentally right for their pupils and their organisation as a whole.

This role will have a key focus on building excellent relationships with clients at all levels whilst striving to deliver pragmatic, sector orientated advice that is carefully aligned to client’s interests and at the forefront of national best practice. You would also be expected to build excellent relationships with colleagues, relating well to people at all levels within the firm, building team spirit and showing a collegial commitment to ongoing development of the firm’s services to the education sector.

What does the role actually involve?

• Provide a solution focused, pragmatic HR advisory service to clients on the full range of complex employee relations and wider HR issues
• Deliver exceptional client service at all times, keeping the client at the centre of all that we do
• Maximise new business opportunities for the firm seeing them through to successful completion
• Keep abreast of sector developments and changes in order to ensure that advice is compliant, and sector focused
• Lead on ad-hoc client projects, covering the full scope of generalist HR (including investigations of all types)
• Lead on complex casework, and the provision of telephone and email service
• Delegate to and supervise HR Advisors as required
• Prepare for pitches/tender presentations
• Create content for and deliver training to clients
• Prepare and create new precedent documentation for clients based on changes to legislation and sector direction/initiatives
• Collaboratively undertake reviews of existing precedent documentation ensuring compliance and best practice
• Undertake public speaking at conferences and other events, demonstrating credibility
• Write blog posts and advisory articles on an ad-hoc basis for both Browne Jacobson materials as well as sector publications and websites
• Build and engender trusted advisor relationships with allocated clients, ensuring exceptional client care. Lead on the client conversation regarding annual renewal of HR services
• Manage allocated client matter files, ensuring that fees and time are managed carefully and that support teams are notified of billing requirements. Also, to be involved in any client conversations regarding outstanding invoices yet to be paid
• This is a client facing, fee-earning role within a professional services environment, therefore the role holder will need to carry out appropriate recording of all activities, ensuring that time spent on each activity is accurately recorded each day in line with the firm’s time recording policy (a software system is used in support of this)
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Legal Services

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