HR Manager - Talent Consulting CoE - 14 Month FTC

EY; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an HR Manager for its Talent Consulting Centre of Excellence. This role involves managing change projects and HR activities across multiple service lines, ensuring effective collaboration and delivery of HR initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in change management, diversity practices, and employee relations. This position offers hybrid working and a competitive remuneration package.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development support

Health and well-being benefits

Insurance and savings options

Qualifications

• Experience in a complex matrix environment.
• Proven Employee Relations experience of redundancy and TUPE programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational elements of restructuring activity.
• Lead Talent related briefings and webinars.
• Collaborate with various Talent functions to meet business needs.

Skills

Change Management

Diversity and Inclusiveness

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Employee Relations

Education

Post Graduate Qualification in Business or Human Resource

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

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Location: London

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: 14 May 2025

Requisition ID: 1603952

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HR Manager – Talent Consulting Centre of Excellence (CoE)
14 Month Secondment/ Fixed-term Contract
Level 3 – Assistant Director
Location – London or Birmingham
Hybrid working - Currently minimum 1-2 days per week in the office

The opportunity

Part of the Talent Consulting function, and responsible for providing a responsive and insightful service to our Service Line Strategic Talent Consultants. The role has particular emphasis on driving change management projects that deliver consistent and efficient processes and ways of working with multiple Service Line Talent teams.

This is a generalist HR role which will include such activities as year-end and mid-year review (LEAD), pay review, succession planning, promotions, D&I, listening tools and planned engagement projects. The delivery of restructuring programmes is required on occasion, providing effective collaboration for TUPE and redundancy.

Your key responsibilities

• Be at the forefront of all the EY automation skill developments, such as GenAI, and identify opportunities to introduce streamlined and digital solutions in how we work as talent team, but also look for opportunities to improve the experience for our employees.
• Ensure that all necessary activity relating to LEAD cyclical activity, year end and pay planning are delivered in the most professional and effective manner ensuring consistency across the region
• Project manage the operational elements of Restructuring activity such as TUPE and Redundancy, collaborating with the STC, ER, General Counsel and the business
• Manage portfolios across UK&I and UK FS SL’s including CBS, Executives, PAS, EMEIA CoEs and affiliated businesses not limited to EYP, Agility Works, Seren, EY Frank Hirth, to deliver cyclical HR activities where applicable such as LEAD cycles and HR related initiatives and projects
• Prepare and deliver Talent related briefings and webinars
• Working with the Talent Analytics team to prepare standard presentation of LEAD results, split by SL/function for e.g. on DE&I proportionality to deploy to relevant STC’s to review accordingly for Service lines
• Lead or collaborate on service line specific initiatives and enablement projects such as Core HR, flexible working, talent development and DE&I initiatives.
• Fielding non-standard queries: E.g., retention bonus negotiations and confirmation, out of policy exception, sickness exceptions, on behalf of our Service Line Talent Teams
• Liaise with other Talent functions such as ER, D&I, Reward, Enablement, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development to enable the business and SL to achieve business, programme and initiative needs
• Manage any emergent priorities such Covid with short notice reactive support
• Engage with FS and UK&I STC’s on a regular basis to ensure business needs are met
• Ensure trusted relationships are built with Partners and Senior Managers across service lines
• Collaborate with the FS and UK&I STC’s to ensure workflow from service lines to our HR Advisors (HRA) is effectively managed
• Support and counsel HRA’s to deliver high quality services to our stakeholders, providing relevant coaching and context to activity requests

Skills and attributes for success

• A good understanding and experience of introducing change using design thinking. Ability to effectively manage, lead and deliver on Talent related project activity or workstreams, working with multiple stakeholders. This could be working with individual or across multiple Service Line Talent teams
• A real interest and understanding of GenAI and other technology that can be used by Talent to create more effective ways of working, such as Microsoft 365
• Current knowledge of Diversity and Inclusiveness practices and thought leadership
• Experience of contributing to business decision making, strategic planning discussions, and operational planning events
• Proven ability to influence at all levels in the organisation, preferably in a professional services environment
• Resilient, practical and a self-starter; comfortable with working on own and in teams
• Demonstrates ability to coach and advise partners/directors/senior managers
• Possesses leading edge knowledge of contemporary HR practices
• Proven Employee Relations experience of redundancy and TUPE programs. Knowledge of UK employee legislation

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A post graduate qualification in a Business or Human Resource discipline

What we look for

• An experienced HR Manager with a proven track record of working in a complex matrix environment
• Occasional travel will be required

What we offer
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with MyReward you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note
Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters!

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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