Strategic HR Partner – Flexible, Professional Services

Pinsent Masons LLP; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bonus Scheme

Pension Scheme

Electric car scheme

Enhanced Family Leave policies

Private Medical Insurance

Health, lifestyle and wellbeing benefi

Job summary

Pinsent Masons LLP is seeking an HR Business Partner to join our HR and Learning team, supporting the Finance and Projects Practice Group. The role is UK-wide (excluding London), with a 3 days in the office, 2 days from home hybrid model and occasional travel to London.

You’ll provide proactive HR support, advise partners and managers, and balance strategic partnering with operational delivery across lifecycle activities, from ER to recruitment and performance management.

Qualifications

• Extensive generalist HR experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• Proven ability to partner with partners, line managers and senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation and HR policies.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with partners, line managers and senior stakeholders, providing credible HR advice and practical support.
• Collaborate with Senior HR Business Partner to deliver people plans, talent initiatives, career mapping and promotion processes.
• Support performance review and moderation, coach managers and oversee performance improvement plans.
• Manage employee relations matters including sickness absence, flexible working, grievances, disciplinary processes and other complex cases.
• Partner with recruitment, onboarding, probation reviews, reward, L&D, trainees and newly qualified lawyers.
• Produce reports, interpret HR data, conduct exit interviews and manage administration and operational HR tasks.

Skills

Generalist HR experience

Employee relations

Business partnering

Policy advising

IT skills (Excel)

Job description

Pinsent Masons LLP is seeking an HR Business Partner to join our HR and Learning team, supporting the Finance and Projects Practice Group. The role is UK-wide (excluding London), with a 3 days in the office, 2 days from home hybrid model and occasional travel to London.

You’ll provide proactive HR support, advise partners and managers, and balance strategic partnering with operational delivery across lifecycle activities, from ER to recruitment and performance management.