Senior HR Advisor, Practice, UK

Linklaters Italy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Private Medical Insurance

Free fitness centre access

Family & lifestyle benefits

Pension and life assurance

Travel insurance

Job summary

Linklaters is seeking a trusted People Adviser to our UK practices, combining hands-on HR delivery with meaningful stakeholder partnership. This is offered as a 12 month fixed term contract in London with a hybrid working model.

You will advise on employee relations, support talent and compensation processes, shape engagement and retention activity, and turn people data into actionable insights. CIPD or similar qualification is desirable.

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.
• Ability to interpret data and present meaningful insights.
• Collaborative mindset and adaptability to AI-enabled ways of working.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

HR advisory experience

UK HR practice

Stakeholder management

Employee lifecycle processes

Data interpretation

AI-enabled ways of working

CIPD qualification desirable

Education

CIPD qualification (desirable)

Job description

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.

The role:

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.

What we’re looking for:

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.

What's on offer:

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)

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. Your offer will be subject to the successful completion of these checks which will be initiated following your consent.

As a responsible business, it is important that we represent the diversity of our people, our clients and our communities. We know that diversity makes us a better law firm and helps us attract the best talent, drive innovation with diversity of thought, and deliver the best experience to everyone who comes into contact with us. We recruit on the basis of merit, irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity, race or ethnicity, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Selection decisions, and the reasons for those decisions, are recorded at each stage of the selection process.

Selection criteria and, where appropriate, technical skills tests are in place to measure an individual’s ability for the safe and effective performance of a job. Those involved in recruitment and selection decisions and processes are also provided with guidance on diversity issues.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the selection process, please talk to a member of the recruitment team so that any required adjustments can be made in advance.

Specific experience requirements advertised on a role do not intend to preclude applications from candidates who may have more or less experience. Our intention is only to indicate a guideline as to the necessary skills for the role as described.