Human Resources Consultant

Browne Jacobson LLP; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension contributions

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing initiatives

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Browne Jacobson LLP is seeking an HR Consultant – Health, Care and Life Sciences to advise health and care sector clients on complex people challenges. Based in Birmingham or Manchester, you will join a respected team combining HR professionals and employment lawyers to deliver trusted, practical guidance.

You will lead end-to-end employee relations work, help develop sector services, and contribute to client webinars, articles, and business development.

Qualifications

• CIPD membership (Chartered MCIPD) or equivalent experience leading complex ER casework.
• Strong understanding of health and care sector employment issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex ER casework end-to-end from instruction to hearing management.
• Develop health HR policies, procedures, and training for clients.
• Support business development and raise the practice's sector profile.

Skills

Employee relations

Stakeholder communication

Case management

Education

CIPD MCIPD or equivalent

Job description

We're looking for a HR Consultant to join our specialist HR consultancy service, acting as a trusted adviser to clients across the health and care sector on their most complex and sensitive people challenges.

The role

As an HR Consultant – Health, Care and Life Sciences , you'll be joining one of the most established and respected health, care and life sciences practices in the country, working as part of a genuinely distinctive integrated team that brings together experienced HR professionals and specialist employment lawyers under one roof. Working alongside our Senior HR Consultant, you will be the specialist to whom clients turn when they face their most complex and sensitive people challenges, bringing a deep command of employee relations practice and a thorough understanding of the health and care sector. The role is based in Birmingham or Manchester.

What you'll be doing

• Leading complex ER casework end-to-end: providing a solution-focused, pragmatic HR advisory service across the full range of employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance, capability, absence management, whistleblowing, safeguarding-related HR issues, redundancy, restructure, and TUPE, and managing casework from initial instruction through investigation, report writing, and hearing management.
• Developing the Health HR practice: contributing to the development of health-specific HR policies, procedures, and precedent documentation, designing and delivering HR training to clients across the health and care sector, and collaborating with the Senior HR Consultant to grow the practice's products, processes, and service offer.
• Building your sector profile: contributing to webinars and sector events, writing articles and advisory briefings for Browne Jacobson platforms and sector publications, and supporting business development activity with your technical expertise and sector authority.

What we're looking for

• Deep employee relations expertise: CIPD membership (Chartered MCIPD) or equivalent experience, with a demonstrable track record of leading complex casework through its full lifecycle, from initial instruction and risk assessment through investigation, hearing management, report writing, and supporting legal colleagues with Tribunal preparation and settlement where necessary.
• Specific health and care sector experience: including clinical and non-clinical workforce matters, safeguarding-related HR issues, and the particular sensitivities of managing people matters within CQC-regulated environments, alongside a thorough understanding of the practical application of employment law in health sector contexts.
• Credibility, communication, and collaborative spirit: you communicate with clarity and conviction, are comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders including boards and client leadership teams, work collaboratively across professional and operational boundaries, and take genuine pride in the quality of your work and the difference it makes to clients and organisations.

We offer a flexible and hybrid working model. Our comprehensive benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension contributions, an employee assistance programme, and a range of wellbeing initiatives. Enhanced parental leave is also available, reflecting our commitment to supporting you through every stage of your career and life.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we're open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We celebrate diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, social economic background or age.

We're a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

Take a look at our candidate interview pack for information about reasonable adjustments, what you can expect during the interview process, and guidance to help you prepare.