HR / ER Consultant

The Portfolio Group Inc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Referral incentives

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Plan & Life Insurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

The Portfolio Group are representing a market-leading professional services consultancy seeking an experienced HR / Employment Law Consultant to join their growing team. You will work with business owners across a wide range of sectors, lead investigations, disciplinaries, grievances and dismissals, and provide legally compliant outcomes with strong autonomy and support from a respected firm.

In addition to your salary, you’ll benefit from extensive rewards, including referral incentives and a

Qualifications

• Degree or CIPD qualification in HR, Law, or related discipline (or strong practical HR experience).
• Experience conducting or chairing formal HR meetings.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations and employment law.
• Experience handling investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, capability or dismissal processes.
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to remain impartial and make evidence-based decisions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct or support formal HR meetings with clients and employees.
• Investigate workplace complaints and interview witnesses.
• Chair disciplinary meetings and advise on difficult employee situations.
• Provide mediation and conciliation support and produce clear, professional reports.
• Remain impartial and advise on legal position and risk.

Skills

Employee relations

Employment law

Investigations

Disciplinaries

Grievances

Discharge/dismissals

Communication skills

Report writing

Impartial decision making

Education

Degree/CIPD in HR or Law

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Job description

HR / Employment Law Consultant

Variety. Autonomy. Complex cases. Extra earning potential.

Love Employee Relations but ready for something more varied than a traditional in-house HR role?

Portfolio are proud to be representing a market‑leading professional services consultancy looking for an experienced HR / Employment Law Consultant to join their growing team.

This is HR with a difference.

Rather than supporting the same business and dealing with the same internal challenges, you'll work with business owners across a huge variety of sectors and industries, taking the lead on real‑life employee relations matters including investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, capability meetings, appeals and dismissals.

No two days - or cases - are the same.

You'll be trusted to get to the heart of complex situations, speak with employees and witnesses, assess the facts, identify risk and help clients reach fair, commercially sensible and legally compliant outcomes.

And alongside your salary and extensive benefits package, you'll also have the opportunity to boost your earnings through referral incentives, rewarding you for identifying additional opportunities to support clients.

Why this role?

If you're an experienced HR professional who enjoys the investigative and decision‑making side of HR, this gives you the opportunity to make that your career.

You'll get:

• Huge variety - work across different businesses, industries and employee relations scenarios
• Complex and interesting casework - investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, appeals, capability and more
• Real autonomy - lead meetings, assess evidence and make recommendations
• National exposure - support business owners across an extensive client base
• Extra earning potential - benefit from referral incentives in addition to your salary
• Less of the repetitive HR admin - focus your time on the people, meetings, investigations and outcomes
• Career development within a successful, growing professional services business
• A fantastic benefits package including profit share

What will you actually be doing?

You'll virtually meet with clients and their employees, predominantly through Microsoft Teams, to conduct or support formal HR meetings.

One day you could be investigating a workplace complaint and interviewing witnesses; the next you could be chairing a disciplinary, advising a business owner on a difficult employee situation or helping navigate a grievance or appeal.

You'll also provide mediation and conciliation support, advise clients on their legal position and produce clear, professional reports following meetings and investigations.

Most importantly, you'll remain impartial, confident and commercially aware, helping clients understand both their legal position and potential risk.

Who are we looking for?

You could already be working as an HR Manager, Employee Relations Specialist, HR Consultant, People Manager or Employment Law professional.

You'll ideally have:

• A degree/CIPD qualification in HR, Law or a related discipline OR strong practical experience within HR/People Management
• Experience conducting or chairing formal HR meetings
• Strong knowledge of employee relations and employment law
• Experience handling investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, capability or dismissal processes
• Confidence dealing with challenging, sensitive and sometimes emotional situations
• Excellent communication and report‑writing skills
• The ability to remain impartial and make clear, evidence‑based decisions

Above all, you'll be someone who enjoys getting involved in the detail of a case, asking the right questions and reaching an outcome.

And the benefits

Alongside the opportunity to develop your career and increase your earnings through referrals, you'll receive:

• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Profit Share Scheme
• Referral incentive earning opportunities
• Cash plan for you and your children
• Contractual sick pay
• Pension Plan & Life Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance after qualifying service
• Increased holiday entitlement with service
• Holiday season bonus after qualifying service
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company incentives and employee discount schemes

Ready for something different?

Ready for something different?If you love HR and Employee Relations but want more variety, more exposure and the opportunity to be rewarded beyond your basic salary, this could be the move you've been looking for.

The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position