Part-Time HR and Professional Development Manager

McKinlay Law; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

McKinlay Law, a leading London boutique, seeks an experienced HR Manager to cover the full employee lifecycle with a focus on professional development and coaching. This part-time role (3 days a week) supports senior management to embed UK employment law best practice and employee welfare.

The successful candidate will handle employee relations, recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews, and targeted coaching, while championing wellbeing and development across the firm.

Qualifications

• Experience as HR manager in a law firm with strong UK employment law knowledge.
• Ability to manage the full employee lifecycle and advise on best practices.
• Experience delivering coaching and development for professionals.

Responsibilities

• Managing employee relations
• Ensuring employment law compliance
• Overseeing recruitment and onboarding
• Conducting performance reviews and appraisals
• Delivering targeted coaching and development support
• Identifying learning and development opportunities
• Absent tracking and absence management
• Handling disciplinary and grievance investigations
• Promoting employee wellbeing alongside performance goals

Skills

HR management

Employee relations

UK employment law

Communication

Coaching

Performance reviews

Recruitment

Job description

Part-Time HR and Professional Development Manager

Hours: Part time: 3 days a week (flexible – open to negotiation on hours / days)

Leading, international boutique law firm are looking for an experienced HR manager to join their London team and act as first point of contact for all HR matters. The firm are looking for an HR generalist to work across the full employee lifecycle, and who also has experience with professional development and coaching. The successful candidate will be working closely with the senior management team to ensure HR best practice whilst supporting employee welfare and performance.

Responsibilities – this role covers the full employee lifecycle:

• Managing employee relations
• Employment law compliance
• Recruitment
• Overseeing onboarding of new employees
• Performance reviews and appraisals
• Delivering targeted coaching and development support to help employees enhance performance and progress their careers
• Identifying learning and development opportunities
• Absence tracking
• Investigation for disciplinary and grievance processes
• Championing employee wellbeing alongside performance goals

It is essential that you have been working as an HR manager for another law firm and have a strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice. The firm also require a competent problem solver with exceptional communication skills, with the confidence and experience to undertake partner performance reviews and manage complex people matters.

The role is part-time, 3 days a week but they are flexible and open to a conversation around how the hours are structured. Fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR manager, who is looking for part-time hours in a leading London law firm.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.