Senior HR Advisor, Practice, UK

Linklaters LLP; City of Westminster; Hybride; GBP 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Private Medical Insurance

Free onsite GP service

Pension and life assurance

Travel insurance and season ticket

Maternity/paternity leave

Employee networks groups

Résumé du poste

Linklaters LLP in London is seeking an experienced HR generalist on a 12‑month fixed-term contract. You will deliver hands-on HR support to UK practices, partnering with partners, lawyers and HR colleagues on employee relations, performance, attendance and wellbeing.

You will coach senior stakeholders through difficult conversations, support talent and compensation processes, and turn people data into actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Proven HR advisory experience within a complex organisation.
• Sound knowledge of UK HR practice and employee relations.
• Confidence working with senior and demanding stakeholders.
• Experience supporting key employee lifecycle processes.
• Strong judgement, discretion and attention to detail.
• The ability to interpret data and present meaningful insights.
• A collaborative mindset and confidence embracing AI-enabled ways of working.
• CIPD or another relevant professional qualification is desirable, rather than essential.

Responsabilités

• Advise on employee relations, performance, absence and wellbeing.
• Coach stakeholders through challenging people conversations.
• Support talent, performance and compensation processes.
• Help shape engagement, inclusion and retention activity.
• Turn people data into clear, actionable insights.
• Drive improvements to HR processes and service delivery.

Connaissances

HR advisory

UK HR practice

Stakeholder management

Employee lifecycle

Data insights

AI-enabled ways of working

Collaborative mindset

Formation

CIPD or equivalent (desirable)

Description du poste

This is an opportunity to become a trusted people adviser to our UK practices, combining hands-on HR delivery with meaningful stakeholder partnership, and is offered as a 12 month fixed term contract. Working closely with partners, lawyers, HR Managers and Heads of HR, you will:

• Advise on employee relations, performance, absence and wellbeing
• Coach stakeholders through challenging people conversations
• Support talent, performance and compensation processes
• Help shape engagement, inclusion and retention activity
• Turn people data into clear, actionable insights
• Drive improvements to HR processes and service delivery

You’ll have the autonomy to manage day-to-day matters while contributing to wider People priorities and firmwide projects.

We’re looking for an experienced HR generalist who combines strong technical knowledge with a practical, commercial approach. You’ll need:

• Proven HR advisory experience within a complex organisation
• Sound knowledge of UK HR practice and employee relations
• Confidence working with senior and demanding stakeholders
• Experience supporting key employee lifecycle processes
• Strong judgement, discretion and attention to detail
• The ability to interpret data and present meaningful insights
• A collaborative mindset and confidence embracing AI-enabled ways of working

CIPD or another relevant professional qualification is desirable, rather than essential.

Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices. Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction. Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

This role will be based in our London office, with a hybrid working model. Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to our success. These include:

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments

Finance

• Pension and flexible savings options
• Income protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services.

Family & Lifestyle

• Electric car and cycle to work schemes.
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave.
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave.
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)