HR Manager

Mission Search; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

Free parking

Laptop and mobile phone

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional development and training

Networking and industry events

Job summary

Mission Search in Liverpool is recruiting an experienced HR Consultant to join a growing consultancy team. You will manage a portfolio of SME clients, offering practical HR advice across the employee lifecycle and leading complex employee relations matters.

Based in a Liverpool city centre location with hybrid working (4 office days, 1 day from home), you will travel to client sites when required and provide commercially focused HR support to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong UK employment law knowledge.
• Experience managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish.
• Driving licence and willingness to travel to client sites.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own portfolio of SME clients, building trusted long‑term relationships.
• Provide expert HR and employment law advice across a broad range of people matters.
• Lead complex employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, restructures, redundancies, TUPE, performance management and long‑term absence.
• Attend client sites to support hearings, consultations and management coaching.
• Draft HR documentation including contracts, policies, handbooks, letters and reports.
• Deliver HR training and workshops for managers and leadership teams.
• Support organisational development, workforce planning and culture initiatives.
• Keep up to date with employment legislation to ensure clients receive accurate and compliant advice.
• Identify opportunities to further support clients with additional HR consultancy services.

Skills

UK employment law

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Report writing

Time management

Driving licence

Job description

Liverpool City Centre | £40,000 - £45,000 + Benefits | Hybrid (4 Days Office / 1 Day WFH)

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a varied consultancy role where no two days are the same?

We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established and growing HR consultancy that partners with ambitious SMEs across the North West and beyond. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative team where you'll work closely with business owners and senior leaders, providing commercially focused HR advice and strategic support.

Based in Liverpool city centre with free onsite parking, you'll enjoy a hybrid working pattern of 4 days in the office and 1 day working from home, alongside a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

The Role

As a HR Consultant, you'll manage your own portfolio of clients, acting as their trusted HR adviser across the full employee lifecycle. You'll provide practical, commercially focused advice while supporting organisations through complex employee relations matters, organisational change and HR strategy.

This is a hands‑on consultancy role that combines strategic thinking with operational delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage your own portfolio of SME clients, building trusted long‑term relationships.


• Provide expert HR and employment law advice across a broad range of people matters.


• Lead complex employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, restructures, redundancies, TUPE, performance management and long‑term absence.


• Attend client sites to support hearings, consultations and management coaching.


• Draft HR documentation including contracts, policies, handbooks, letters and reports.


• Deliver HR training and workshops for managers and leadership teams.


• Support organisational development, workforce planning and culture initiatives.


• Keep up to date with employment legislation to ensure clients receive accurate and compliant advice.


• Identify opportunities to further support clients with additional HR consultancy services.

About You

You'll be an experienced HR professional who enjoys building relationships, solving complex people challenges and working across multiple businesses.

You’ll ideally have:

• Strong UK employment law knowledge


• Experience managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish


• Confidence advising senior stakeholders


• Excellent communication and report writing skills


• The ability to manage a varied workload in a fast‑paced environment


• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to client sites across Liverpool and the North West when required

What's on Offer

• Salary of £40,000-£45,000pa


• Hybrid working (4 office days, 1 day from home)


• Liverpool city centre location with free parking


• Birthday leave


• Laptop and mobile phone


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Ongoing professional development and training


• Opportunities to attend networking and industry events

If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely influence businesses, build lasting client relationships and continue developing your HR career within a supportive consultancy environment, we'd love to hear from you.