HR Policy Specialist

Macmillan Davies; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national organisation undergoing transformation is seeking an HR Policy Specialist for a 6-month fixed-term contract in Liverpool. This role involves modernising HR policies and creating clear, accessible documentation to support colleagues and leaders. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in policy writing, strong employment knowledge, and excellent communication skills. The position offers a collaborative team environment and a competitive salary of around £60,000 pro-rata depending on experience.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Visible impact during organizational change

Trusted expertise and judgement

Qualifications

• Proven experience rewriting HR policies, ideally within a transforming or fast-paced organisation.
• Solid background in Employee Relations or Legal with strong employment knowledge.
• Naturally inquisitive with the confidence to challenge, simplify and improve.
• Clear, warm communicator with a real eye for detail.
• Comfortable working with autonomy and delivering at pace.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing, rewriting and modernising the full range of HR policies, processes and template letters.
• Ensuring a simple, gentle and friendly tone of voice across all documents.
• Improving the clarity and consistency of letters for disciplinary, grievance and absence processes.
• Working closely with HR stakeholders to understand needs and incorporate best practice.
• Creating a clear, accessible and people-centred policy library.

Skills

Experience rewriting HR policies

Strong employment knowledge

Clear communication

Inquisitive nature

Ability to work autonomously

Job description

HR Policy Specialist

Merseyside (predominantly office-based with some home working)

6-month FTC to start ASAP

c£60,000 FTE

Are you an HR policy expert with a keen eye for clarity and a talent for making policies accessible and practical?

Macmillan Davies are delighted to be partnering with a national organisation undergoing significant growth and transformation to recruit an HR Policy Specialist for a 6-month FTC. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone inquisitive, experienced and confident in shaping high-quality people policies that genuinely support colleagues and leaders.

The organisation works at pace with a commercial mindset, while fostering a culture that encourages practical thinking, independence and trust. The ideal candidate will know what "good" looks like and bring clarity, warmth and consistency to the policy suite.

The role

• Reviewing, rewriting and modernising the full range of HR policies, processes and template letters
• Ensuring a simple, gentle and friendly tone of voice across all documents
• Improving the clarity and consistency of letters for disciplinary, grievance and absence processes
• Working closely with HR stakeholders to understand needs and incorporate best practice
• Creating a clear, accessible and people-centred policy library

About you

• Proven experience rewriting HR policies, ideally within a transforming or fast-paced organisation
• A solid background in Employee Relations or Legal, with strong employment knowledge
• Naturally inquisitive, with the confidence to challenge, simplify and improve
• A clear, warm communicator with a real eye for detail
• Comfortable working with autonomy and delivering at pace

What's on offer

• A supportive, collaborative team environment
• A chance to make a visible impact during a key period of organisational change
• A role where your expertise and judgement are genuinely trusted
• Salary c£60,000 (pro-rata) depending on experience.

If you're someone who combines policy expertise with a people-centred approach, we'd love to speak with you.

Please apply to Leanne Boddy at Macmillan Davies.