Remote HR Consultant - Client-Facing Change & ER Expert

ACS Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Essex; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

ACS Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced HR Consultant to join an established HR consultancy. This role is remote with travel to client sites in and around Essex, including Chelmsford, offering a salary of £40,000 DOE + commission with OTE up to £46,000.

You will manage a portfolio of clients, provide pragmatic HR guidance, and support HR projects while ensuring compliance with UK employment law.

Qualifications

• Strong generalist HR background, ideally within a consultancy, outsourced HR environment or multi-site organisation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Significant experience handling complex employee relations cases.
• Experience supporting organisational change, including redundancy and TUPE.
• Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients, providing HR advice and support via telephone, email, video calls and face-to-face meetings.
• Develop strong, long-term relationships and become a trusted point of contact for HR matters.
• Deliver practical and commercially focused advice tailored to each client's needs.
• Complete HR reviews and audits, identifying areas of risk and opportunities for improvement.
• Support clients with HR projects, documentation, processes and wider people initiatives.
• Manage employee relations matters from initial advice through to resolution.
• Provide guidance on disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and conduct issues.
• Attend and support formal meetings either remotely or at client premises.
• Ensure advice remains compliant with current UK employment legislation and best practice.
• Lead and advise on redundancy, restructuring and organisational change programmes.
• Provide support throughout TUPE processes, ensuring all relevant requirements are managed effectively.
• Advise clients on employment implications when making organisational changes.
• Review and develop HR policies, procedures and employee documentation.
• Support clients with flexible working and family-friendly employment matters.
• Develop effective onboarding, induction and probation processes.
• Advise on early-stage employment issues and help clients create positive employee experiences.
• Advise clients on EDI matters and support the development of inclusive workplace practices.
• Assist with training, impact assessments and sensitive cases involving discrimination, bullying or harassment.
• Provide guidance throughout the recruitment and selection process.
• Develop job descriptions and recruitment processes aligned with individual client requirements.
• Support clients with selection methods, assessments and psychometric testing where appropriate.

Skills

HR generalist

UK employment law

Client relationships

Consulting skills

Travel flexibility

Job description

ACS Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced HR Consultant to join an established HR consultancy. This role is remote with travel to client sites in and around Essex, including Chelmsford, offering a salary of £40,000 DOE + commission with OTE up to £46,000.

You will manage a portfolio of clients, provide pragmatic HR guidance, and support HR projects while ensuring compliance with UK employment law.