Hr business partner jobs in United Kingdom

Step-up to Secretarial Manager \n An exciting opportunity to step-up into a rewarding Secretarial Manager role, leading and supporting a diverse team of approximately 30 Legal EAs, PAs and Juniors at a fast-paced London law firm housed in a sought after City location. \n What’s On Offer: \n\n • Salary to £60,000 + generous employee benefits\n, • Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days remote)\n, • City of London / Liverpool Street location\n\n Step-up to Secretarial Manager – What You’ll Be Doing: \n\n • Manage day-to-day attendance, flexible working and wellbeing matters, liaising with HR as required\n, • Partner with HR on employee relations, including performance, conduct, disciplinary and grievance matters\n, • Oversee the delivery of high-quality legal support services across the firm\n, • Manage team structures, allocations and support models across practice groups\n, • Oversee annual leave, overtime, expenses and other team administration in line with firm policies\n, • Identify team development needs through performance reviews, feedback and business requirements\n, • Lead training and development initiatives to build capability and support business objectives\n, • Provide coaching, mentoring and career development support\n, • Monitor team capacity, utilisation and workload, providing recommendations for effective resource allocation and workforce planning\n\n Step-up to Secretarial Manager – What We’re Looking For: \n\n • 2-3 years’ proven management or supervisory experience gained within a law firm\n, • Solid understanding of the Legal EA / PA population and fee earner / business needs\n, • Strong leadership skills with the ability to build inclusive, high performing teams and foster a collaborate working environment\n, • Highly organised with strong planning, prioritisation and attention to detail\n, • Flexible and prepared to work additional hours to meet client needs\n

Senior HR Manager (Fee Earner) \n One of our most prestigious, globally connected US law firm clients who have the appeal that draws the world’s most ambitious clients and talent alike. They are looking for a Senior HR Manager to join their established London office who will be responsible for the Human Resources functions in the London & International offices (specifically focusing on the Fee-Earner population, including employee relations, business services recruiting, onboarding and workforce management). \n What’s On Offer: \n\n • Salary to £120,000 (experience dependant)\n, • Hybrid working (4 days office / 1 day remote)\n, • Excellent employee benefits and stunning City Location\n\n Senior HR Manager – What You’ll Be Doing: \n\n • Providing support and guidance to partners, lawyers, managers, and employees on all employee relations issues such as coaching, discipline, hiring, termination\n, • Partner with the Directors, Managers in respect of business support staff hiring and performance management\n, • Partner with practice management, HR and employment lawyer in respect of performance management of all lawyers\n, • Assist with the HR annual budget in conjunction with the Director of International Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer\n, • Developing and evaluating effective sources to ensure the most qualified candidates are recruited, interviewed, and selected\n\n Senior HR Manager – What We’re Looking For: \n\n • CIPD Certification\n, • At least 5 years+ law firm experience of professional HR experience with an emphasis in employee relations, recruiting and workforce management, extensive fee-earner experience is desirable \n, • Demonstrable commitment to staying up-to-date on the latest HR trends\n, • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, organisational, and planning skills\n\n

Senior HR Business Partner (14 Month FTC) \n \n A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an exceptional Senior HR Business Partner to join a leading global law firm on an initial 14-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you’ll deliver high-level HR support and act as a trusted advisor to your designated client group. Working closely with senior leadership, you will help shape a high-performing culture, lead strategic and impactful HR initiatives, and serve as a key escalation point for complex employee relations and generalist HR matters. \n \n What’s On Offer: \n \n\n • Salary to £85,000\n, • 14-month fixed-term contract\n, • Hybrid working (2 days office / 3 days remote)\n, • Superb employee benefits\n\n \n Senior HR Business Partner – What You’ll Be Doing: \n \n\n • Act as a trusted HR adviser to senior leaders, understanding business priorities and workforce needs\n, • Identify and advise on key people priorities, including capability, workforce planning, succession, retention and organisational design\n, • Partner with leaders on talent, performance, development and succession, including annual performance, salary and bonus processes\n, • Coach and challenge leaders on complex people matters, balancing employee experience, commercial needs, risk and legal requirements\n, • Lead complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and absence matters\n, • Use people data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities and recommend action\n, • Advise leaders on fair, consistent and inclusive people practices, including wellbeing and attendance\n, • Support organisational change, restructuring and team design, ensuring people risks and requirements are effectively managed\n, • Partner with Reward, Recruitment, L&D, D&I and HR Operations to deliver joined-up people solutions\n, • Coach and develop HR Advisers, supporting quality, capability and effective client service\n\n \n Senior HR Business Partner – What We’re Looking For: \n \n\n • Established HR Business Partnering experience gained within a law firm or professional services\n, • Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice\n, • Ability to use people data, management information and evidence to identify themes, inform decisions and recommend targeted interventions\n, • Experience supporting annual people processes, organisational change, workforce planning, performance management, engagement and wellbeing initiatives\n, • Part or fully CIPD qualified, or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience\n\n

HR Manager (Fee Earner) \n Leading London law firm is seeking a dedicated and personable HR Manager to join their close-knit HR team. This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to have end-to-end ownership of several fee earner groups in all their people activities. \n What’s On Offer: \n\n • Salary to £70,000\n, • Generous employee benefits\n, • Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days remote)\n, • City / Liverpool Street\n\n HR Manager – What You’ll Be Doing: \n\n • Leading end-to-end HR operations, including onboarding, inductions, leavers and HR systems\n, • Overseeing payroll, salary reviews, bonuses and benefits, ensuring accuracy and compliance\n, • Partnering with senior stakeholders on employee relations, performance management and complex people matters\n, • Managing key HR compliance requirements, including SRA compliance, right-to-work and DSARs\n, • Supporting learning, development, mentoring and talent programmes\n, • Contributing to recruitment and trainee attraction, including assessment and insight events\n, • Leading and supporting HR projects, organisational change and process improvements\n, • Providing leadership and guidance to HR colleagues, helping to prioritise workloads and maintain high standards\n, • Building strong relationships across the business and acting as a trusted HR partner to senior stakeholders\n\n HR Manager – What We’re Looking For: \n\n • CIPD Certification (Level 5)\n, • Experience in a similar / HR role, ideally gained within a law firm\n, • Must have experience in managing ER issues independently\n, • In depth knowledge of HR best practice and understanding of HR strategy\n

Part-Time Senior HR Business Partner (14 Month FTC) \n A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an exceptional Senior HR Business Partner to join a leading global law firm on an initial 14-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you’ll deliver high-level HR support and act as a trusted advisor to your designated client group. Working closely with senior leadership, you will help shape a high-performing culture, lead strategic and impactful HR initiatives, and serve as a key escalation point for complex employee relations and generalist HR matters. \n What’s On Offer: \n • Salary to £85,000\n, • Part-Time (4 days)\n, • 14-month fixed-term contract\n, • Hybrid working (2 days office / 3 days remote)\n, • Superb employee benefits\n Senior HR Business Partner – What You’ll Be Doing: \n • Act as a trusted HR adviser to senior leaders, understanding business priorities and workforce needs\n, • Identify and advise on key people priorities, including capability, workforce planning, succession, retention and organisational design\n, • Partner with leaders on talent, performance, development and succession, including annual performance, salary and bonus processes\n, • Coach and challenge leaders on complex people matters, balancing employee experience, commercial needs, risk and legal requirements\n, • Lead complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and absence matters\n, • Use people data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities and recommend action\n, • Advise leaders on fair, consistent and inclusive people practices, including wellbeing and attendance\n, • Support organisational change, restructuring and team design, ensuring people risks and requirements are effectively managed\n, • Partner with Reward, Recruitment, L&D, D&I and HR Operations to deliver joined-up people solutions\n, • Coach and develop HR Advisers, supporting quality, capability and effective client service\n Senior HR Business Partner – What We’re Looking For: \n • Established HR Business Partnering experience gained within a law firm or professional services\n, • Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice\n, • Ability to use people data, management information and evidence to identify themes, inform decisions and recommend targeted interventions\n, • Experience supporting annual people processes, organisational change, workforce planning, performance management, engagement and wellbeing initiatives\n, • Part or fully CIPD qualified, or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience

I am delighted to be partnering with a leading international engineering and project management organisation as they continue to strengthen their People function with the appointment of an experienced People Business Partner. \n This is an opportunity to join a business that plays a critical role in delivering complex, high-value programmes across highly regulated sectors. With a strong focus on innovation, sustainability and long-term growth, the organisation is seeking a commercially minded HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced, consultative environment and can confidently partner with senior leaders to drive people outcomes. \n As a trusted People Business Partner, you will work closely with senior stakeholders to shape and deliver people strategy, influence decision-making and provide expert guidance across the full employee lifecycle. \n This is a true business partnering role, combining strategic influence with hands-on delivery. You will be the go-to expert for complex employee relations matters, organisational change, workforce planning and people initiatives, helping leaders navigate challenges while ensuring best practice and compliance are embedded throughout the business. \n The role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on both business performance and employee experience. \n \n Day to Day \n\n • Partner with senior leaders to deliver people plans aligned to business objectives.\n, • Provide commercially focused HR advice and challenge to stakeholders at all levels.\n, • Lead and manage complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, absence management, restructures, redundancy and TUPE matters.\n, • Support organisational change initiatives, workforce planning and transformation programmes.\n, • Analyse people data and trends to inform strategic decision-making and identify opportunities for improvement.\n, • Drive consistency and continuous improvement across HR processes, policies and practices.\n, • Coach and support managers to build leadership capability and effective people management skills.\n, • Contribute to wider people projects, including organisational design, talent initiatives, ED&I programmes and process optimisation.\n, • Champion the use of technology, data and emerging tools, including AI, to enhance people services and business outcomes.\n\n \n You? \n You will be an experienced HR professional who combines strong technical expertise with exceptional stakeholder management skills. Comfortable operating autonomously, you will be confident handling sensitive and high-risk situations while maintaining credibility with senior leaders. \n We are particularly interested in individuals who have developed their HR career within consultancy, engineering, infrastructure, nuclear or other highly regulated project-based environments, where balancing commercial priorities with people risk is essential. \n \n Essential Experience \n\n • CIPD Level 7 qualified and Chartered CIPD member (or equivalent).\n, • Proven experience operating as a senior HR or People Business Partner.\n, • Extensive employee relations expertise, including independently managing complex and sensitive cases.\n, • Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and its practical application.\n, • Experience supporting organisational change, restructures and transformation initiatives.\n, • Ability to influence, coach and challenge senior stakeholders effectively.\n, • Strong analytical capability with experience using people data to support decision-making.\n, • Excellent communication, relationship-building and problem-solving skills.\n\n \n What's on Offer? \n\n • £75,000 base salary.\n, • £5,000 car allowance.\n, • Hybrid working with regular presence in a modern Central London office (Covent Garden).\n, • Opportunity to partner with senior leadership and shape strategic people outcomes.\n, • Exposure to complex, meaningful projects within a growing international business.\n, • A collaborative culture where innovation, expertise and continuous improvement are genuinely valued.\n\n If you're an experienced People Business Partner looking for a role that combines strategic influence, complex employee relations, organisational change and genuine business impact, I would be keen to speak with you! \n \n \n \n 51960CCR2 \n INDLON \n The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.

French-speaking Senior HR Business Partner/ Head of HR \n Central London \n Permanent Position \n £70,000 - £80,000 DOE + Exceptional bonus potential + Private medical insurance \n Are you a French and English-speaking HR professional with extensive experience in employment law, employee relations, HR governance and compliance within a regulated environment? \n Do you want the opportunity to build an HR function from the ground up and become the trusted HR advisor to senior leadership across an international organisation? \n Euro London is recruiting on behalf of a highly successful international investment business with operations across the UK and Africa. \n This is a rare opportunity for a senior HR professional to take ownership of a newly elevated standalone role, establishing HR frameworks, governance and best practice across multiple jurisdictions. \n The role: \n This is not a traditional HR Business Partner position. \n The organisation is entering a new phase of growth and requires an experienced HR professional to create structure where none previously existed. Reporting directly to the C Suite, you will lead the development of HR policies, processes and governance frameworks while serving as the key advisor on employment law, employee relations and people-related risk. \n This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building, improving and influencing rather than maintaining the status quo. \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Acting as the primary HR advisor to leadership and employees\n, • Developing and implementing HR policies, procedures and governance frameworks\n, • Ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation and HR best practices\n, • Managing employee relations matters and providing employment law guidance\n, • Supporting HR activities across multiple international jurisdictions\n, • Partnering with external legal counsel and local advisors where required\n, • Leading HR compliance, risk management and policy reviews\n, • Driving performance management and employee engagement initiatives\n, • Maintaining HR systems, records and documentation\n, • Supporting organisational growth and workforce planning\n\n About you: \n We're looking for a commercially minded HR professional with the credibility, confidence and experience to operate independently and influence senior stakeholders. \n To be successful, you'll have: \n\n • Fluent French and English language skills\n, • 10+ years' HR experience within financial services, asset management, private equity, professional services or another regulated environment\n, • Strong UK employment law expertise\n, • Experience supporting international or multi-jurisdictional organisations\n, • Proven experience creating and implementing HR policies, procedures and frameworks\n, • Strong employee relations and HR compliance experience\n, • CIPD qualification desirable\n\n Please note \n This role is heavily focused on employment law, employee relations, governance, compliance and policy development. \n Candidates whose experience is primarily centred around recruitment, talent acquisition or benefits administration are unlikely to be a strong match. \n Why join? \n\n • Opportunity to build and shape an HR function from the ground up\n, • Direct reporting line to the COO\n, • Significant visibility and influence across the organisation\n, • High levels of autonomy, ownership and responsibility\n, • Exposure to multiple international jurisdictions\n, • Strong bonus potential\n, • Private medical insurance\n, • Long-term career development opportunities\n, • Entrepreneurial, collaborative and growth-focused culture\n\n This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior HR professional who wants to leave a lasting impact, create best-practice HR infrastructure and play a key role in the next stage of an organisation's growth. \n Apply today or contact Euro London confidentially to learn more. \n \n Please be advised that all CVs will be treated in the strictest confidence and your application will not be forwarded without your permission. We aim to respond promptly; however, due to the high volume of applications, we are only able to contact candidates whose experience closely matches our client’s requirements. For more opportunities, please visit our website. \n

Interim ER Advisor/ManagerFinancial ServicesLondon Hybrid - 3 days per week in office \n Immediate start \n 6 months C300-500 per day via umbrella dependent on experience \n Are you an experienced Employee Relations professional looking to take the next step in your career? We're partnering with a leading international organisation seeking an Employee Relations Advisor to join its HR team in London.This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with HR Business Partners, managers, and stakeholders across the business, providing expert ER guidance while supporting a broad range of employee relations matters. You'll gain exposure to complex casework, policy development, employment legislation, organisational change initiatives, and strategic ER projects. \n What You'll Be DoingAs Employee Relations Advisor, you will: \n\n • Provide expert employee relations advice and guidance to managers, HR colleagues, and key stakeholders.\n, • Support a wide range of ER casework, including grievances, disciplinary matters, investigations, appeals, absence management, performance concerns, and organisational change processes.\n, • Assist with the preparation of documentation for formal hearings, meetings, and appeal processes.\n, • Support the management of complex employee relations issues, including employment tribunal-related activity where required.\n, • Partner with internal stakeholders, including Legal and Data teams, on Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs).\n, • Contribute to the development and implementation of HR policies, procedures, and employee guidance materials.\n, • Support the delivery of employee relations training for managers and HR teams.\n, • Maintain accurate ER data, reporting, and management information to support decision-making.\n, • Build strong relationships with managers, helping them navigate employee issues confidently and consistently.\n\n What We're Looking ForTo be successful in this role, you'll bring: \n\n • 3-5 years' employee relations advisory experience within a UK employment law environment, in financial services where you will be used to working on financial regulations.\n, • Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.\n, • Experience managing a broad range of ER cases from initial concern through to resolution.\n, • Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.\n, • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.\n, • A proactive and solutions-focused approach to problem solving.\n, • Experience using HR systems and working with employee data and reporting.\n, • Degree educated or equivalent experience.\n, • CIPD qualification is desirable but not essential.\n, • Previous experience within a regulated or corporate environment would be advantageous.\n\n What you need to do now \n If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. \n If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

HR Advisor - 9 month FTC \n London | Hybrid working (3 days onsite) \n Are you an experienced HR professional looking to broaden your impact in a fast-paced, high-performing professional services environment? \n We are partnering with a leading international professional services organisation to recruit an HR Advisor to join a collaborative team. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive HR generalist who enjoys building strong stakeholder relationships, supporting business leaders, and driving exceptional employee experiences. \n Working closely with HR Business Partners and specialist HR teams, you will play a key role in delivering operational and advisory HR support to senior stakeholders and employees across multiple business areas. \n As HR Advisor, you will act as a trusted partner to managers and employees, ensuring people processes are delivered smoothly and efficiently while contributing to wider people initiatives and projects. \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Managing employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding, offboarding, parental leave, internal moves and secondments\n, • Preparing HR updates and communications for business leaders and teams\n, • Providing guidance on HR policies, procedures, and best practice\n, • Supporting reporting requirements and analysing HR data to provide meaningful insights\n, • Reviewing employee correspondence, contracts, and documentation for accuracy and compliance\n, • Supporting employee engagement initiatives and action plans\n, • Assisting with talent, performance, and remuneration review processes\n, • Contributing to HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives\n, • Collaborating with early careers and talent teams to support graduate programmes\n, • Managing sickness absence processes and occupational health referrals\n, • Supporting employee relations processes, including investigations, disciplinary, capability, and grievance matters\n\n We are looking for a confident and organised HR professional who thrives in a relationship-focused environment with: \n\n • Previous experience in an HR Advisor or HR Generalist role\n, • Strong understanding of HR processes, employment practices, and people policies\n, • Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously\n, • Excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving\n, • Experience supporting managers and employees across a range of HR matters\n, • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills\n, • A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to challenge existing processes constructively\n, • A collaborative, team-oriented approach\n, • CIPD qualification or progress towards qualification is desirable\n\n This is an outstanding opportunity to join a prestigious international organisation where HR is recognised as a strategic function and where you will have the chance to develop your career while working alongside experienced HR professionals and senior business leaders so please apply now.

The Role \n We are recruiting on behalf of a growing business based in London that is looking for an experienced and confident HR Advisor to join their people team. This is a generalist HR role with real breadth — you will be involved in everything from employee relations and performance management to policy development and recruitment support. \n This is an opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys variety, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and wants to work in a business where the people function is genuinely valued and has a seat at the table. \n Please note: This role is exclusively recruited for via Consula. Applications made outside of Consula will not be considered and cannot progress. To apply, you must submit your application through the Consula platform \n \n Key Responsibilities \n · Provide day-to-day HR advice and guidance to managers and employees on a wide range of people matters, including performance, absence, disciplinary, and grievance issues. \n · Support and coach line managers through HR processes, ensuring they are handled fairly, consistently, and in line with employment law and company policy. \n · Manage employee relations cases end-to-end, maintaining accurate records and documentation throughout. \n · Support the recruitment process, including drafting job descriptions, coordinating interviews, and managing offers. \n · Assist with the development, review, and implementation of HR policies and procedures, ensuring they remain compliant and fit for purpose. \n · Support the delivery of HR projects and initiatives, including engagement surveys, wellbeing programmes, and learning and development activity. \n · Maintain accurate HR data and produce reports and MI as required. \n · Keep up to date with changes in employment legislation and best practice, advising the business accordingly. \n \n What We Are Looking For \n · Proven experience in an HR Advisor or similar generalist HR role. \n · Strong working knowledge of employment law and HR best practice. \n · Experience managing employee relations cases, including disciplinary and grievance procedures. \n · CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards it — or equivalent experience. \n · Confident communicator with the ability to build credible relationships with managers and employees at all levels. \n · Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage a varied workload and prioritise effectively. \n · A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach to HR — you are here to help the business, not just apply the rulebook. \n · London-based or able to commute to London regularly. \n \n What's On Offer \n · Salary of £45,000 – £50,000 depending on experience. \n · Hybrid working with genuine flexibility. \n · A broad and varied generalist HR role in a business that is growing and investing in its people function. \n · Supportive team environment with real opportunities to develop and progress. \n · Competitive benefits package including pension and generous holiday allowance. \n This organisation is recruiting directly through Consula, their recruitment partner.

Our client, a leading international law firm, is seeking an experienced HR Manager to join the firm on a Fixed-term basis. \n \n The Firm \n Our client is an international law firm with a 130-year history supporting high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and organisations. Operating internationally, the firm provides tailored solutions built on trust, strategy, and cross-border collaboration. \n \n The Opportunity \n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, detail-oriented HR Manager to join the firm on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The successful candidate will provide expert advice across a broad spectrum of generalist HR, managing compliance, partner lifecycle matters, global policy maintenance, and strategic people initiatives. \n Key responsibilities include: \n \n\n • Coordinating partner-related documentation, including offer letters, partnership agreements, status changes, and exit arrangements.\n, • Overseeing partner onboarding and offboarding in full compliance with regulatory standards, including SRA requirements.\n, • Maintaining the firm's HR precedent bank and reviewing employment policies to ensure alignment with legislation and best practice.\n, • Leading the annual review and update of global employee handbooks across multiple jurisdictions.\n, • Managing the firm's annual Anti-Money Laundering (AML) screening, DBS checks, and adverse media searches.\n, • Supporting employee engagement initiatives, including survey management, feedback analysis, and action planning.\n, • Developing and publishing HR guidance, toolkits, and resources on the internal intranet.\n, • Coordinating HR training sessions to build capability across the wider generalist HR team.\n, • Monitoring legislative changes and leading strategic HR projects and process improvements.\n\n \n Requirements \n\n • Proven HR experience in an HR Manager or HR Business Partner role, ideally within professional services or legal environments\n, • CIPD qualification or relevant degree-level education (desirable)\n, • Strong understanding of SRA regulations and employment legislation\n\n \n Vacancy Highlights \n\n • Hybrid Working\n, • Competitive Salary\n\n \n To be considered for this HR Manager opportunity, please contact Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion. \n Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles. \n We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. \n PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

About us \n We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population. \n At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.? Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do. \n About the role \n We believe our greatest strength to be our people. Driven by values that promote openness, honesty and accountability, we’re committed to ensuring our staff, residents and communities are enabled to reach their full potential. \n We are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join us on a 12-month maternity cover, working predominantly across our Children & Adults Services. \n As an HR Business Partner, you’ll work closely with senior managers, key stakeholders and HR colleagues, providing high-quality operational HR business partnering across a varied and fast-paced portfolio. You’ll provide expert advice, guidance and practical people solutions that support service priorities, strengthen management capability and contribute to a positive employee experience. \n This is a broad generalist HR role. You’ll support senior managers with workforce planning, organisational and service change, complex employee relations, resourcing and people management, while helping services anticipate and respond to both current and future workforce challenges. You’ll use workforce information and data to identify trends, inform decision-making and help managers develop effective and sustainable people solutions. \n You’ll also play an important role in working collaboratively with our Trade Unions. You’ll coach and challenge managers, provide clear and pragmatic advice and help ensure that people processes are managed fairly, consistently and effectively. \n What we're looking for \n We’re looking for an experienced HR professional with strong generalist knowledge and postgraduate membership of the CIPD, or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience. You’ll have experience of HR business partnering within a large and complex organisation and be confident advising on complex employee relations and organisational change. You’ll also be able to interpret workforce data, influence senior stakeholders and build constructive relationships with Trade Unions. \n You’ll be organised, resilient and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy. Most importantly, you’ll be able to combine sound professional judgement with a practical, solutions-focused approach, while knowing when to challenge and when to collaborate to achieve the best outcome. \n In return, you’ll join a supportive HR Business Partnering team with the opportunity to work across a varied and high-profile portfolio, develop your professional experience and contribute directly to the delivery of services that make a difference to Southwark’s residents. \n Additional Information \n Guaranteed Interview Scheme: \n As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria: \n\n • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans\n, • Are currently in care, or have previously been in care\n, • If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition\n, • Are a Southwark redeployee\n\n We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council. \n Attachments \n\n • HR Business Partner - Job Description & Person Specification\n

Ready to take ownership of reward, benefits and pay governance across an international business? \n We're partnering with a globally recognised organisation to appoint a Pay & Reward Manager responsible for reward, benefits and payroll governance across the UK and international markets. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, people-focused business where you'll have the autonomy to drive improvements, influence strategy and help create a more consistent approach to pay andbenefits across multiple territories. \n Working closely with HR, Finance and business leaders, you'll play a key role in enhancing reward and benefits offerings, strengthening governance and using data-driven insights to support business decisions. The role offers significant exposure across the UK and international operations, with scope to shape future reward initiatives and contribute to the evolution of the organisation's global approach to pay and benefits. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Oversee employee benefits programmes, pension arrangements and provider relationships.\n, • Lead annual benefit reviews, renewals and benchmarking exercises.\n, • Support reward programmes including compensation reviews, incentive plans and pay governance.\n, • Analyse reward and workforce data to provide insight and support strategic decision-making.\n, • Manage relationships with outsourced payroll providers and external partners.\n, • Drive payroll transformation, automation and process improvement initiatives.\n, • Partner with stakeholders across Europe and wider international markets to increase visibility and consistency across payroll and reward practices.\n, • Strengthen controls, compliance and risk management frameworks across payroll and benefits.\n\n About You \n We're keen to speak with curious and ambitious professionals who bring a blend of reward, benefits and payroll expertise. You'll have: \n\n • Experience within reward, payroll, compensation and/or benefits.\n, • Experience managing outsourced payroll providers and external vendors.\n, • Strong pensions and employee benefits knowledge.\n, • Exposure to multi-country or international environments.\n, • Strong analytical and reporting capabilities, with advanced Excel skills.\n, • Experience or exposure to process improvement, systems or transformation projects.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.\n, • The ability to balance employee experience, governance and commercial priorities.\n\n Why Apply? \n Thisis a rare opportunity to take on a broad remit spanning reward, benefits,compensation and pay governance within a complex international environment. Therole offers genuine visibility with senior stakeholders and the chance to influence future reward and benefits strategy, rather than simply maintaining existing programmes. For someone looking to broaden their international exposure and develop towards a more strategic global reward role, this offers an excellent platform for growth. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Opportunity for an Employment Managing Associate to join a leading international law firm with a highly regarded, Tier 1 Employment practice. \n The firm \n Our client is a leading international Top 30 law firm with an outstanding reputation for advising clients on complex, high-profile and cross-border matters. \n The successful Employment Managing Associate will be joining firm that is consistently recognised in the legal directories, with its Employment practice ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500 for Employers. \n The opportunity \n The Employment team is widely recognised for its expertise in handling complex and high-stakes employment matters, acting for both employers and senior executives across a broad range of sectors, with particular strength across financial services, fashion and retail, luxury and media. \n The firm is looking to recruit an Employment Managing Associate to join the team as part of its continued growth. \n Working closely with experienced partners and senior lawyers, the new hire will advise on a broad range of employment matters across both advisory and disputes work. \n This will include: \n\n • Advising on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters\n, • Advising employers and senior executives on complex employment issues\n, • Managing day-to-day HR advisory matters, including redundancies, settlement agreements and workplace issues\n, • Advising on discrimination, unfair dismissal, restrictive covenants and contractual disputes\n, • Supporting clients with employment disputes and litigation in the Employment Tribunal and High Court\n, • Advising on TUPE and the employment aspects of corporate transactions\n, • Advising on data theft, confidential information and other complex employment issues\n\n Required \n\n • UK qualified Employment Managing Associate with 5 - 8 PQE\n, • Strong employment law experience gained within a well-ranked Employment practice\n, • Strong respondent-side experience, or a combination of respondent and senior executive work\n, • Experience handling both contentious and advisory employment matters\n, • Experience advising clients across a variety of sectors\n\n Reasons to apply \n\n • Hybrid working\n, • Competitive salary and benefits package\n, • Join a market-leading, Legal 500 Tier 1 Employment practice\n, • Excellent partner exposure and responsibility\n, • Broad mix of employer and senior executive work\n\n To apply, contact Emily Donnell at Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion. \n \n Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles. \n We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. \n PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

People Business Partner – Watford \n Salary: £40,000 \n Location: Watford Head Office \n Working pattern: 5 days on site \n Resourcing4HR are delighted to be working with a growing organisation in recruiting a People Business Partner to join their HR team. \n This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR generalist who enjoys being close to the business and making a real impact across the employee lifecycle. \n Working closely with the Head of People, you’ll provide hands-on HR support across Head Office and the operational business, acting as a trusted advisor to managers and employees. \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Providing day-to-day HR advice across the full employee lifecycle\n, • Managing complex employee relations including disciplinaries, grievances and performance matters\n, • Supporting investigations and advising managers on appropriate action\n, • Coaching managers to become effective people leaders\n, • Supporting conflict resolution and mediation\n, • Managing absence and supporting employee wellbeing\n, • Advising on employment law and ensuring HR policies are applied consistently\n, • Supporting recruitment, onboarding and performance management\n, • Maintaining accurate HR records and HR systems\n, • Driving employee engagement and supporting an inclusive workplace culture\n, • Supporting HR projects and initiatives alongside the Head of People\n, • Providing HR support across multiple operational locations as required\n\n About you: \n You’ll be a confident HR Generalist, HR Advisor or People Partner with strong employee relations experience and a genuine passion for supporting people. \n Ideally, you’ll have: \n\n • CIPD Level 3 or above, or equivalent HR experience\n, • Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice\n, • Experience managing ER cases, including disciplinaries, grievances and absence\n, • Excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills\n, • A commercial and pragmatic approach\n, • Confidence advising managers and senior stakeholders\n, • Experience working in a fast-paced, operational environment\n, • Retail, FMCG or multi-site experience would be advantageous\n\n Should you be interested in discussing this vacancy please contact Annabel Green via LinkedIn. \n Resourcing4HR is an independent HR Recruitment and Consultancy company specialising in supporting the HR Community - both candidates and clients alike, in a partnership approach to resourcing HR professionals. \n Resourcing4HR is an equal opportunities employer and a company committed to diversity. \n Resourcing4HR operates as a Recruitment Agency for the provision of permanent candidates and as a Recruitment Business for the provision of temporary candidates \n

Robert Walters has partnered with a prestigious international investment management firm and is seeking a bilingual English and French-speaking HR Manager to join its London office. This position offers significant autonomy, visibility and influence, making it ideal for an experienced HR professional who thrives in entrepreneurial environments and enjoys balancing hands-on delivery with strategic partnership. \n \n \n This is a rare opportunity for a commercially minded Bilingual HR Manager (EMEA & Africa) to take ownership of the people agenda across the UK and multiple African jurisdictions. Reporting directly to senior leadership, you will operate in a standalone capacity, partnering with stakeholders across international offices while providing both strategic HR support and hands-on operational delivery. \n The successful Bilingual HR Manager (EMEA & Africa) will play a key role in ensuring consistent HR practices across a diverse global workforce, supporting business growth while maintaining compliance with local employment requirements and regulatory obligations. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Act as a trusted advisor to management and employees on employee relations, performance management, HR policies and employment matters.\n, • Support HR operations across the UK and multiple African jurisdictions, coordinating with local advisors and external counsel where required.\n, • Conduct ongoing reviews of HR processes and identify opportunities for improvement.\n, • Review, develop and implement HR policies, procedures and employee handbooks.\n, • Ensure compliance with employment legislation, regulatory requirements and HR best practice across multiple countries.\n, • Lead employee engagement initiatives, performance review processes and talent development activities.\n, • Support recruitment, onboarding, retention and workforce planning initiatives.\n, • Manage HR systems, employee records and people reporting.\n, • Partner closely with senior leadership on organisational development and people strategy.\n, • Build strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple offices and jurisdictions.\n, • Drive continuous improvement across HR processes and employee experience.\n\n About You \n\n • Fluent in both English and French, with the ability to communicate confidently in both languages.\n, • 7-10 years' HR experience within financial services, investment management, professional services, or another regulated environment.\n, • Experience supporting international and multi-jurisdictional workforces.\n, • Strong working knowledge of UK employment law.\n, • Experience partnering with stakeholders across African jurisdictions.\n, • Proven ability to draft and implement HR policies, procedures and employee handbooks.\n, • Strong employee relations and performance management expertise.\n, • Comfortable operating independently in a standalone HR role.\n, • Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills.\n, • CIPD qualification desirable.\n\n What's on Offer \n\n • Hybrid working arrangement\n, • Direct exposure to senior leadership\n, • Broad remit covering EMEA and Africa\n, • Significant autonomy and influence\n, • Opportunity to shape and develop HR practices across an international organisation\n\n This Bilingual HR Manager (EMEA & Africa) position offers an exceptional opportunity to join a highly successful global business in a visible standalone role. The successful Bilingual HR Manager (EMEA & Africa) will enjoy genuine ownership, international exposure and the chance to make a lasting impact across a growing organisation. For an experienced Bilingual HR Manager (EMEA & Africa), this role provides the opportunity to operate as a trusted partner to senior leadership while shaping the people agenda across multiple jurisdictions. \n \n \n \n Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Head of HR - Hospitality \n Central London – 2 days WFH with occasional travel required \n £65,000-£75,000 \n \n About the Client \n Our client is a well-established organisation within the Hospitality sector, operating across multiple locations throughout the UK. \n With a fast-paced and people-focused environment, the organisation places considerable importance on creating strong workplace cultures and developing its people. They are a team of enthusiastic individuals who support each other's growth and celebrate shared successes. \n \n About the Successful Applicant \n You will bring significant HR leadership or operational partnering experience gained within hospitality, retail or another fast-moving, multi-site environment. A CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent experience is required, alongside strong UK employment law and complex ER knowledge. You will be an accomplished coach and stakeholder manager, combining commercial judgement with empathy, resilience and excellent communication skills. Confidence using HR systems, Excel and PowerPoint is also important. \n \n About the Job \n This is a senior HR leadership opportunity with responsibility for shaping and delivering the people agenda across a multi-site hospitality operation. Reporting into the UK HR Director, you will lead and develop a small HR partnering team while working closely with senior operational stakeholders. \n The position combines hands-on operational HR leadership with broader strategic responsibilities, including leadership development, succession planning, performance, learning and organisational development. Regular travel across the UK estate will form an important part of the role. \n Duties will include: \n\n • Leading, coaching and developing HR Operations and Training Partners covering different UK regions.\n, • Creating a consistent and commercially effective HR partnering approach across multiple locations.\n, • Acting as a senior point of escalation for complex employee relations and operational people matters.\n, • Advising and challenging senior stakeholders to ensure people plans support wider commercial objectives.\n, • Coaching managers on employee relations, performance, engagement and effective team leadership.\n, • Ensuring HR policies and processes are applied consistently throughout the operation.\n, • Leading and contributing to strategic people projects, including performance management and HR system implementations.\n, • Driving succession and workforce planning activities to strengthen future leadership capability.\n, • Using people trends and emerging risks to identify opportunities for improved engagement and operational effectiveness.\n, • Supporting the continued development and delivery of appraisal and performance processes.\n, • Working collaboratively with colleagues across the wider UK and international People function.\n, • Providing additional operational HR support where necessary to maintain an effective service across the business.\n\n \n What You Will Receive in Return \n This is an opportunity to take on a highly visible HR leadership position within a sizeable, multi-site organisation, influencing both the day-to-day employee experience and longer-term people strategy. \n You will have considerable scope to develop HR capability, partner with senior operational leaders and lead strategic projects across performance, succession, learning and organisational development. The role also provides exposure to a wider international HR team and an environment where professional development, collaboration and building a strong workplace culture are actively encouraged. \n \n Get in touch with Jodie.hayden@wademacdonald.com if you are interested

Learning and Development Lead ( HRBP ) \n London, UK | Hybrid \n Human Resources \n Reports to: HR Director \n Are you passionate about developing talent, building leadership capability, and partnering with business leaders to drive performance? \n Our client, a fast-growing and internationally recognised organisation within the insurance and financial services sector, is seeking an experienced Learning and Development Lead to join their HR team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the people agenda within a dynamic, high-performance environment. \n \n The Role \n This role combines strategic Learning & Development leadership with broader HR Business Partnering responsibilities. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to develop talent, strengthen leadership capability, support organisational growth, and deliver impactful people initiatives across the employee lifecycle. \n Key Responsibilities \n Learning & Development \n\n • Develop and implement the organisation's Learning & Development strategy.\n, • Identify capability gaps and conduct training needs analysis.\n, • Design and deliver technical, professional and behavioural learning programmes.\n, • Manage onboarding and induction initiatives.\n, • Evaluate training effectiveness and ROI.\n, • Support professional qualifications and continuous development.\n, • Manage relationships with external learning providers.\n, • Ensure mandatory regulatory and compliance training requirements are met.\n\n Talent Development \n\n • Support succession planning and talent management initiatives.\n, • Develop leadership and management development programmes.\n, • Partner with managers on performance and career development.\n, • Coach leaders on employee growth and performance improvement.\n, • Drive internal mobility and career pathway initiatives.\n\n HR Business Partnering \n\n • Provide expert HR advice to managers and employees.\n, • Support recruitment and selection activities.\n, • Manage employee relations matters.\n, • Contribute to HR policy development and process improvement.\n, • Analyse HR data and provide meaningful insights.\n, • Support employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives.\n, • Champion an inclusive and high-performing culture.\n\n About You \n We're looking for a commercially minded HR professional who combines strong people expertise with a passion for organisational development. \n Essential \n\n • CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent).\n, • Experience in an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or Learning & Development role.\n, • Proven track record designing and implementing learning strategies.\n, • Experience within insurance, reinsurance, or financial services.\n, • Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.\n, • Excellent facilitation, coaching and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Strong analytical and project management capabilities.\n, • Ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.\n\n Desirable \n\n • Degree and/or CIPD Level 7 qualification.\n\n Why Apply? \n\n • Join a growing international organisation with ambitious plans.\n, • Influence talent and leadership strategy at a senior level.\n, • Work closely with executive stakeholders.\n, • Play a key role in shaping culture, capability, and organisational success.\n, • Enjoy a broad role that combines strategic and operational HR.\n\n Interested in learning more? Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion. \n

Reporting to the Head of HR, this role combines strategic partnering with hands-on leadership of the HR function. You will act as a trusted advisor to Partners and senior stakeholders while overseeing the day-to-day delivery of HR services across the firm. \n This is a broad and influential position spanning employee relations, trainee development, performance management, HR systems, compliance, and team leadership. It offers significant visibility and the opportunity to shape people strategy within a professional services culture where commercial awareness and credibility are key. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Provide proactive HR business partnering support to designated practice groups and departments.\n, • Advise senior stakeholders on employee relations, absence management, performance issues, and organisational matters.\n, • Coach and guide HR Advisors on complex cases and people matters.\n, • Lead and develop a small HR team, ensuring high-quality service delivery.\n, • Oversee probation, appraisal, and performance review processes.\n, • Partner with business leaders to support workforce planning and learning & development initiatives.\n, • Manage trainee recruitment and development programmes, including assessment processes and qualification pathways.\n, • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and professional body processes.\n, • Maintain robust HR systems, management information, and reporting capability.\n, • Support diversity reporting, accreditation processes, and best-practice HR governance.\n\n This role will suit an HR professional who brings: \n\n • Significant HR generalist or HRBP experience within a law firm or professional services environment.\n, • Strong employee relations expertise and confidence managing complex cases.\n, • Experience supporting partnership structures and senior stakeholders.\n, • Commercial awareness and the ability to balance business needs with HR best practice.\n, • Experience overseeing trainee or early careers development (highly desirable).\n, • Strong organisational capability with attention to detail and process integrity.\n, • CIPD Level 7 qualification (or working towards).\n, • A collaborative, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach.\n\n This is an excellent opportunity for a Legal HR professional seeking a permanent leadership role with breadth, autonomy and influence. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, contribute to long-term people strategy, and lead a capable HR team in a professional services firm where HR is valued as a strategic partner to the business. \n

As a People Business Partner in this fast-moving engineering sector, you'll play a key role in shaping and delivering HR strategies that align with business goals. Based in London, this role involves working in a global, matrixed environment to provide expert HR support and guidance, ensuring the smooth operation of employee relations and strategic initiatives. \n Client Details \n A leading international engineering and project management company dedicated to accelerating the global energy transition. Proven expertise in highly regulated industries, particularly nuclear energy, it helps deliver complex infrastructure projects that support a low-carbon, sustainable future \n Description \n\n • Collaborate with leadership to develop and implement HR strategies that support business objectives.\n, • Provide expert advice on employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with regulations and policies.\n, • Partner with managers to address workforce planning and organisational development needs.\n, • Support change management initiatives in a global, matrix-ed environment.\n, • Deliver HR generalist support, including performance management, talent development, and succession planning.\n, • Analyse HR data to inform strategic decision-making and improve employee engagement.\n, • Ensure consistency in HR practices across the organisation while adapting to local requirements.\n, • Collaborate with global teams to align HR initiatives and share best practices.\n\n Profile \n A successful People Business Partner should have: \n\n • Proven experience in an HR business partner or generalist role, ideally within industrial or manufacturing environments.\n, • Strong expertise in employee relations and strategic HR initiatives.\n, • Experience working in a global, matrixed organisation.\n, • Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.\n, • Excellent analytical skills to interpret HR data and drive informed decisions.\n, • Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation and best practices.\n\n Job Offer \n\n • Salary ranging from £65,000 to £70,000, dependent on the level of experience.\n, • Permanent role based in London (2 days in office).\n, • Additional benefits offered by the employer.\n\n If you're interested in this role, apply now. \n People are at the heart of Michael Page. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment. As an inclusive recruiter we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. If you require any adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, we'll work with you to ensure you can perform at your best.

We're working with a founder-led SME who are looking for a People Business Partner to join their team. \n \n Reporting into the Head of Hr, this is a broad, hands-on role where you'll work closely with the founders and senior leadership team, acting as a trusted point of contact across all things people. It's an opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to the business, building strong relationships and having an influence on how a growing company develops its people. \n \n You'll be involved across the full employee lifecycle, from advising managers on day-to-day people matters and employee relations through to performance, engagement, recruitment, talent and wider people projects. There's plenty of scope to improve and develop processes as the business grows, so we're looking for someone who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves, spotting what needs doing and getting on with it. \n \n Being founder-led, the business is entrepreneurial and fast-moving. You'll need to be confident working autonomously, comfortable advising senior stakeholders and able to balance being pragmatic and commercial with doing the right thing for the people in the business. \n \n You'll ideally have experience in a generalist HR/People Partner role within an SME or similarly fast-paced environment, with a solid knowledge of UK employment law. They are 2 days a week in a West London office, with parking on site. \n \n If you are interested to hear more, please apply now. \n Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

15x roles open... Locations: London, Manchester, Northampton, Glasgow \n \n \n About Workforce Change & Restructuring \n The Workforce Change & Restructuring (WFC&R) function manages global change and restructuring programmes across multiple employing entities. The team supports organisations in shaping their workforce to meet long-term strategic objectives, improve business performance, optimise costs, and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. \n The function aims to provide a simple, efficient and insight-led Workforce Change & Restructuring service, supporting organisations through complex workforce changes while effectively managing risk and employee relations. \n Overall Purpose of the Role \n The role holder will support the delivery of Workforce Change and Restructuring programmes across multiple business entities and geographical locations. \n The successful candidate will be responsible for driving and supporting allocated change programmes, providing specialist Employee Relations and Workforce Change expertise throughout the programme lifecycle. \n Key responsibilities will include: \n\n • Driving and supporting allocated workforce change and restructuring programmes.\n, • Leading and supporting the HR workstream for change programmes, including:\n, • Restructuring and organisational change\n, • Large-scale workforce change\n, • TUPE transfers\n, • Outsourcing and insourcing programmes\n, • New site or location set-ups\n, • Cross-entity transformation programmes\n, • International workforce change initiatives\n, • Working closely with HR Business Partners, Employee Relations specialists and other HR functions to deliver effective change programmes.\n, • Providing specialist advice and guidance on employee relations, consultation and workforce change matters.\n, • Ensuring change programmes are delivered effectively, consistently and in line with relevant employment legislation and regulatory requirements.\n\n Key Accountabilities \n The role holder will be responsible for delivering the following key activities across Employee Relations and Workforce Change: \n\n • Project Initiation – supporting the planning, mobilisation and structuring of workforce change programmes.\n, • Due Diligence – assessing employee, organisational and workforce information to support decision-making.\n, • Consultation – planning and leading employee, union and works council consultation processes.\n, • Implementation – supporting the effective delivery of workforce change and restructuring activity.\n, • Communication Planning – developing clear and effective communication strategies for impacted employees and stakeholders.\n, • Governance & Risk – identifying, managing and escalating workforce change risks while maintaining appropriate governance and documentation.\n, • Centre of Excellence (COE) – providing specialist Employee Relations and Workforce Change expertise, guidance and best practice.\n\n Key Skills & Experience \n The successful candidate will demonstrate: \n\n • Strong and demonstrable experience in Workforce Change and Restructuring, with multiple examples clearly evidenced throughout their CV.\n, • Experience managing, liaising with or working alongside trade unions and union representatives, ideally within a heavily unionised environment.\n, • Experience leading union and/or works council consultation processes.\n, • Strong experience in employee and workforce consultation, including redundancy programmes.\n, • Proven experience delivering TUPE projects and programmes.\n, • Experience leading large-scale and/or multiple concurrent change programmes.\n, • Experience delivering workforce change programmes across international or multi-country environments.\n, • A strong understanding of current employment legislation and its application to workforce change.\n, • Strong project management, change management and stakeholder management capabilities.\n, • Experience working within a highly matrixed organisation.\n, • A strong appreciation of cultural, geographical and regulatory sensitivities when delivering international workforce change.\n, • Excellent analytical and data management skills, with confidence working with large and complex employee datasets.\n, • Intermediate-to-advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including:\n, • Merging and manipulating data\n, • Data management and quality checking\n, • Pivot tables\n, • VLOOKUPs/XLOOKUPs\n, • Managing large datasets\n, • Using formulas to validate and quality-check data\n\n Essential Experience \n Candidates should have demonstrable experience across the following areas: \n\n • Workforce Change and Restructuring\n, • Employee Relations\n, • Redundancy and consultation programmes\n, • Trade union and/or works council engagement\n, • TUPE\n, • Relevant employment legislation and legal requirements\n, • Project and programme management\n, • Change management\n, • Stakeholder management\n, • Working within complex, matrixed organisations\n, • Delivering workforce change across multiple locations and/or jurisdictions\n, • Strong Microsoft Excel and data management capabilities\n\n Candidates should be able to clearly demonstrate on their CV how they structure, manage and deliver workforce change programmes, including how they track key activities, risks, stakeholders, consultation processes and implementation milestones. \n Working Environment \n This is a role within a complex, international organisation where the successful candidate will work collaboratively with HR Business Partners, Employee Relations specialists, senior stakeholders and other business functions. \n The role requires someone who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced and highly matrixed environment, managing multiple priorities and navigating complex employee relations and workforce change situations.

International company is looking for a French speaking HR Manager to lead a small HR team (HR Adviser + HR Assistant) and deliver a full generalist HR service across the UK business. \n \n Full JD will be sent to selected candidates. \n \n ROLE of the HR Manager: \n \n\n • Lead complex employee relations cases (disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance)\n, • Partner with senior managers on HR strategy, organisational change & TUPE\n, • Oversee recruitment, onboarding, L&D and performance reviews\n, • Ensure compliance with UK employment law, GDPR and HR policies\n, • Manage unionised employee relations and support ACAS/tribunal matters\n\n \n PROFILE: \n \n\n • Fluent French & English\n, • CIPD qualified, part-qualified or equivalent experience\n, • Strong knowledge of UK employment law\n, • Proven TUPE and unionised environment experience\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and problem-solving skills\n, • Passport holder and able to travel in Europe\n\n \n SALARY & BENEFITS: \n \n Up to £54,000 + bonus, meal allowance, discounted transport & pension. \n 35 hours/week | Mainly office-based (4 days) | Occasional UK/European travel.

HR Business Partner | Leading Retailer | Regional \n Zachary Daniels is proud to be partnering with a highly respected multi-site retailer to recruit an experienced HR Business Partner. This role supports a portfolio of stores and plays a key role in driving the people agenda across the retail estate. \n The Role \n As HR Business Partner, your responsibilities will include: \n\n • Partnering with store and area managers to support day-to-day HR needs\n, • Building strong, effective relationships across the retail team\n, • Coaching and guiding managers through employee relations matters, performance issues, and people development\n, • Supporting change management initiatives across your area\n, • Providing practical and commercially focused advice on employment law and HR policy\n, • Championing employee engagement and contributing to a positive workplace culture\n\n We're looking for someone who brings: \n\n • HR generalist experience within a fast-paced retail environment\n, • Solid knowledge and experience of managing ER cases with confidence\n, • The ability to influence and challenge at all levels in a constructive and professional manner\n, • A proactive and solution-focused approach\n, • Excellent organisational and time-management skills\n, • Experience working across both field-based and corporate teams\n, • CIPD qualification (preferred but not essential)\n\n The Package \n In return, the business offers a competitive salary of up to c£60,000 along with a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive, values-driven culture. \n BH37107

ER Specialists, 3 and 6 month FTC - Remote - c£40,000 - £45,000 (depending on experience) - Leading service provider to public sector organisations \n This is an exciting opportunity for an immediately available ER Specialist or an HR Generalist with a strong ER skill set to join a leading service provider on 3 or 6 month contract. \n Reporting into an HR Business Partner you will work as part of the HR Operations team delivering a high quality and effective advisory service. \n Your key responsibilities will include:- \n · Influencing, supporting and coaching managers on a range of ER matters including probation, investigation, disciplinaries and grievances, complex absence cases and performance \n · Managing employee relations case work (up to and including dismissal) across the business \n · Proactively managing absence in liaison with Occupational Health and H&S/Wellbeing programmes; reducing absence and associated costs \n · Working in partnership with external providers such as Legal Advisors and Occupational Health \n · Maintaining records of case management and assisting with the analysis of this data to identify trends and develop mitigation strategies \n · Upskilling and coaching managers to independently conduct employee relations casework \n · Creating and delivering training workshops for managers to enhance understanding of best practice \n · Proactively building and maintaining strong and effective working relationship with managers, employees and stakeholders \n · Contributing to the creation of new policies and the review of existing policies \n · Leading or supporting on HR projects. \n You should be an experienced ER Specialist or an HR Generalist with a proven track record of managing multiple complex employee relations cases. An excellent knowledge of employment law needs to be combined with experience or reviewing and developing policies. Strong stakeholder management skills need to be combined with an ability to coach and upskill managers. \n Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Cedar is partnering exclusively with a leading international investment management firm to appoint a Manager within its Group/Corporate FP&A team. \n Reporting to the Head of FP&A and working closely with the CFO, this is a broad, hands-on role covering the management company, listed holding company and wider group. You will take ownership of the models, reporting and analysis that support senior management, Board and investor decision-making. \n Alongside core FP&A responsibilities, the role offers exposure to valuations, liquidity and debt modelling, carried interest, compensation and incentive schemes. It is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong FP&A professional seeking senior exposure and a clear route towards Senior Manager. \n Key responsibilities \n\n • Build and maintain consolidated budgets, forecasts and long-term planning models\n, • Produce monthly and quarterly management reporting, KPI dashboards and Board packs\n, • Deliver variance, profitability, cost and headcount analysis\n, • Provide clear commentary and recommendations to senior management\n, • Support liquidity forecasting, debt modelling and covenant monitoring\n, • Assist with holding-company valuations and portfolio performance analysis\n, • Model bonus pools, carried interest, co-investment and other incentive arrangements\n, • Support fund FP&A and review fund accounting information when required\n, • Improve FP&A models, reporting processes and automation\n, • Partner with Finance, HR, investment teams and senior business leaders\n\n Candidate profile \n\n • Approximately 5-8 years' relevant finance experience\n, • Strong FP&A, financial modelling or investment finance background\n, • Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills\n, • Experience building budgets and forecasts and producing Board or investor-level materials\n, • Strong technical accounting knowledge and commercial judgement\n, • Comfortable working across multiple entities and managing competing deadlines\n, • ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CFA qualified/finalist preferred\n\n Desirable experience \n\n • Private equity, asset management, investment holding or listed financial services experience\n, • Big Four or mid-tier accountancy training\n, • Exposure to valuations, treasury, debt facilities or covenant modelling\n, • Knowledge of carried interest, management fees, co-investment structures or incentive modelling\n, • Exposure to financial automation or AI tools\n\n This is a distinctive opportunity to join a high-calibre investment platform in a visible role with direct access to senior leadership and significant scope for progression. \n For a confidential discussion, please apply or contact Gerry Monaghan at Cedar.

Are you a confident, practical HR generalist looking for a role with real ownership, autonomy, and influence? \n \n This fast-growing business is looking for an experienced, commercially aware HR Advisor to support and shape their evolving People strategy. \n \n This is a broad, hands-on generalist position where your expertise will directly improve day-to-day HR practices and drive meaningful change. \n \n What You’ll Be Doing: \n\n • Lead ER case management independently, offering clear, pragmatic advice while balancing people, risk, and commercial needs.\n, • Partner with and coach line managers to handle people challenges effectively, empowering them to lead rather than doing the job for them.\n, • Manage the end-to-end employee journey, from onboarding to offboarding, while supporting payroll, benefits, internal communications, and engagement initiatives.\n, • Help modernise and streamline how the People function operates to support business growth.\n\n \n What We Are Looking For: \n\n • Proven generalist HR experience with strong knowledge of UK employment law and ACAS guidelines.\n, • Confident Employee Relations skills with the ability to hold challenging conversations and provide decisive advice.\n, • Background in customer-centric, fast-moving environments (such as leisure, tourism, retail, travel, or hospitality) is highly desirable.\n, • A practical, commercially focused mindset that avoids overcomplicating HR processes.\n, • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a passion for developing others.\n\n \n Why You'll Love This Job: \n\n • Salary circa £40-45,000 depending on your qualifications, skills and experience\n, • Annual 5% bonus potential\n, • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)\n, • Hybrid working with 1 or 2 days per week in the West London office\n, • Flexible start/finish times\n\n \n This role offers the opportunity to progress up to HR Business Partner level in the future, as the organisation continues to scale and grow across the UK and Europe. Interested? Apply Today! \n

People Business Partner \n \n\n • City of London\n, • £80k plus bonus (performance and discretionary)\n, • Hybrid 3 days in the office\n, • 13 Month FTC\n, • September Start Essential\n\n About the Role: \n A fast-growing, scaling organisation is seeking a People Business Partner to join its expanding People team on a 14-month contract. This role suits someone who thrives in evolving environments and enjoys building structure, process, and capability as the business matures. \n You’ll partner with managers to strengthen leadership effectiveness, embed scalable People processes, and support the integration of Workdayand other systems. The focus is on operational excellence, process design, and enabling managers to lead confidently through growth and change. \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Partner with managers to embed consistent, scalable People practices across the business.\n, • Drive process improvement and integration projects, particularly around Workday and employee lifecycle workflows.\n, • Support onboarding, offboarding, payroll governance, and benefits administration with precision and efficiency.\n, • Maintain high standards of People data quality, documentation, and compliance.\n, • Collaborate on People programmes that enhance engagement, culture, and operational effectiveness.\n, • Provide pragmatic guidance on employee matters, escalating complex issues where appropriate.\n\n What We’re Looking For: \n\n • Proven experience as a People Partner or HRBP within consulting or a closely aligned sector (e.g., professional services, tech, or scale-up environments).\n, • Hands-on experience with Workday and process integration or implementation.\n, • Strong stakeholder management and coaching skills.\n, • Practical mindset with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.\n, • EMEA or international experience\n, • CIPD qualification or equivalent experience preferred.\n\n Why Join: \n You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping People operations for a scaling organisation — helping build the frameworks, systems, and culture that enable sustainable growth.

Accountant \n Isleworth \n Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits \n Role Profile \n Bunzl UK & Ireland supplies, through a number of specialist distribution businesses, a range of more than 100,000 products including food packaging, disposable supplies, catering equipment, healthcare consumables and cleaning and safety products to supermarkets, retailers, hotels, restaurants and caterers, construction companies, healthcare providers and other users. \n As Bunzl's outsourced recruitment partner, Cast UK are delighted to be managing the recruitment of all hires for the FSSC and are currently looking to recruit an Accountant. \n As a member of the General Accounting team, the Accountant role will focus on delivering high quality General Accounting services to Bunzl UK & Ireland operating companies and supporting the FSSC processes and systems implementation programme. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Deliver General Accounting tasks and activities to Bunzl operating companies in own scope, such as period end close activities, reconciliations, analysis, posting adjustment entries, answering audit queries, KPI reporting etc\n, • Ensure accuracy and completeness of tasks and activities delivered\n, • Provide support to other General Accounting team members as required\n, • Support external and internal audits as required\n, • Support the transition of ERP systems, Finance/Accounting systems, management accounting processes and procedures to the Shared Service Centre\n, • Identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of existing processes and key business metrics, appropriately propose improvement opportunities to line manager\n, • Build a solid understanding of internal control design and operational efficiency and ensure ongoing compliance\n, • Build and maintain strong working relationships with Bunzl UK&I Finance teams and other internal and external parties as required\n, • Provide a high level of customer service to business partners & internal customers\n, • Observe and actively promote the Bunzl Health, Safety and Environment ethos and help building a fun and supportive environment in the Bunzl Finance Shared Service Centre\n\n Skills & Experience Required \n\n • Graduate Calibre Qualified Accountant\n, • Broad and sustained team management experience preferably in a Finance Shared Services environment\n, • Experience of designing, implementing, and operating robust financial controls.\n, • Proven experience in delivering and evaluating post-transformational change.\n, • Proven track record of delivering service in a fast-paced environment\n, • Experience of working to tight deadlines (peak activity) and managing a high volume of transactions.\n, • Strong Knowledge of ERP systems environment\n, • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills\n\n Want to recruit a similar role? \n Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy, providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in, HR, Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain, and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their recruiting sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board. For more information on Cast UK or to discuss how we can find talent for your business then please visit \n \n

Interim HR Coordinator, 2 months - East London - Leading FE College - £20 per hour (Umbrella) \n 4 days on site \n This is an exciting opportunity for an immediately available HR Coordinator to join a leading FE College based in East London. \n Reporting into an HR Business Partner you will be responsible for providing a proactive and efficient HR administration service. Your key accountabilities will include:- \n\n • Assisting with embedding HR policies and procedures across the College\n, • Providing first line advice and guidance to managers on a range of employment issues\n, • Supporting the HR Business Partner with employee relations cases and with recruitment\n, • Working in partnership with managers to ensure all HR and Recruitment documentation are completed accurately\n, • Taking ownership of administrative changes\n, • Managing the HR inbox in a timely manner\n, • Ensuring the Single Central Record is fully compliant\n, • Providing support for the full recruitment cycle\n, • Maintaining the HR system\n\n You should be an HR Coordinator or HR Administrator with experience of HR, Payroll and Recruitment administration ideally gained in the Education sector. Experience of working with HR Systems (preferably I-Trent) needs to be combined with a proven ability to provide guidance on policies and processes. Maths and English at GCSE level 4 is essential. It is also essential that you have excellent organisational skills and are able to multitask. \n Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

HR Business Partner needed for international global financial services firm in Central London to work as part of a team of four within the HR Team. \n Within this role you be responsible for managing HR Operations across the UK and Asia supporting compliance and employee lifecycle. \n You will Partner with senior business leaders on talent acquisition and employee relations as well as manage the end to end employee life cycle process. \n Responsibilities will also include overseeing international HR Operations across multiple countries including Europe and the far East. \n Duties will include assisting with global mobility and relocation projects including immigration, visas and work permits. \n Tasks will include managing compliance with local employment laws, GDPR and payroll regulations as well as HR governance requirements. You will also support the setup and onboarding of new international entities including establishing HR, payroll. You will also handle complex employee relations matters as well as grievances, disciplinary cases and employee exits. \n The ideal candidate will have strong HR experience at HR Business Partner level, preferably with an international scope within financial services. \n Your role will combine strategic business partnering with strong operational and compliance expertise. \n The role is offered on an initial 6 month contract initially with an ASAP start.

My client is seeking a proactive HR Business Partner to serve as a trusted strategic partner. This role involves providing high-quality, professional HR services, advising on all aspects of people management, employment law, and organisational change. The successful candidate will work closely with managers across various departments to deliver practical, people-centred solutions that align with internal policy, employment legislation, and their mission. \n Day-to-Day of the Role: \n\n • Provide expert HR advice on policies, procedures, conditions of service, employee relations, and equality, diversity and inclusion matters.\n, • Coach and support managers through complex employee relations issues, ensuring legal compliance and best practice.\n, • Interpret and apply employment law to develop practical, compliant policies and practices; communicate these to staff and deliver training as required.\n, • Build effective partnerships with service managers, aligning HR support with corporate priorities and workforce planning needs.\n, • Contribute to the development and delivery of the People Strategy and annual People Plan.\n, • Lead on HR projects that support corporate priorities and draft HR reports for committees and senior leadership.\n, • Advise on recruitment campaigns, developing inclusive attraction and selection methods and effective on-boarding strategies.\n, • Provide case management support in areas such as performance management, discipline and grievance, succession planning, talent management, pay and reward, sickness, reasonable adjustments, and settlement agreements.\n, • Provide HR leadership on restructures, redundancy processes, and TUPE transfers, ensuring fair consultation and legal compliance, negotiating with recognised trade unions where required.\n, • Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of corporate training and apprenticeship programmes based on needs analysis.\n, • Maintain accurate HR records and provide workforce analytics to inform decision-making and strategic planning.\n, • Develop and promote staff wellbeing initiatives and engagement activities.\n, • Provide supervision and support to HR Advisers and Administrators, including coaching and task oversight.\n\n Required Skills & Qualifications: \n\n • Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or similar role.\n, • Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.\n, • Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and communication skills.\n, • Ability to manage complex and sensitive cases effectively.\n, • Experience in organisational change management.\n, • Proficient in HR systems and workforce analytics.\n\n

What you’ll do \n As a Senior Competence & Standards Specialist, you will be the organisational expert for workforce competence, behaviours and capability, aligned to our corporate strategies, values and current and emerging legislative, regulatory and professional requirements. \n You will play a critical role in shaping how the organisation understands and applies competence requirements across roles and functions, providing clarity on accountability now and in the future. You will translate complex external standards into clear, practical guidance that supports organisational design, workforce planning, learning pathways and talent decisions. \n Working collaboratively with HR Business Partners, People Development, Talent Acquisition and senior leaders, the Competence and Professional Standards Partner helps ensure statutory and regulatory competence requirements are consistently embedded, understood and sustained, supporting safe, effective and compliant service delivery. \n How you’ll do it \n\n • Act as the organisation’s trusted specialist on competence, conduct and behavioural expectations arising from regulation, legislation and professional standards\n, • Provide assurance and insight on current and future competence risks, identifying priority areas, critical roles and actions to reduce exposure\n, • Apply a competence perspective to workforce and succession planning to ensure future capability reflects emerging regulatory and legislative expectations\n, • Design, maintain and govern frameworks, guidance and tools that define and support consistent understanding of competence and accountability\n, • Use data, insight, research and external intelligence to identify trends, risks and opportunities, influencing evidence-based decision making\n, • Work in partnership with HR Business Partners to embed competence and regulatory requirements into role design, organisational change and people practices\n, • Ensure that you follow and keep up to date with all relevant NHG and statutory policies and related procedures including health and safety and financial regulations\n\n \n The ideal candidate \n We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. \n Essential: \n\n • Significant experience working in a complex, regulated environment with responsibility for competence, conduct or professional standards\n, • Strong understanding of how legislation and regulation translate into workforce capability, behaviours and accountability\n, • Proven experience partnering with senior stakeholders and HR professionals to influence people strategies and workforce decisions\n, • Strong working knowledge of legislation and regulations impacting one or more regulated domains (eg. housing management, construction, building safety, finance), with the ability to apply learning across different regulatory contexts.\n, • Experience developing organisation-wide frameworks related to competence, conduct and professional development\n, • CIPD Level 5, or equivalent demonstratable experience.\n, • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data, identify competence risk and provide insight to inform decision making\n, • Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory and professional requirements into clear, practical guidance\n\n What’s in it for you? \n Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential. \n Benefits include: \n\n • Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)\n, • Generous pension scheme\n, • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)\n, • Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations\n, • Health cash plan\n, • Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more\n, • Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan\n, • Cycle to work scheme\n, • Life Assurance x 4 annual salary\n\n All about us \n Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and we employ around 1,800 employees. \n We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments. \n To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion, please follow the link in the job description on our careers website, which you’ll be taken to after clicking "Apply Now". \n Selection Process \n Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is Friday 4th September \n Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to a screening interview with the Talent Team \n Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to a Teams interview with the hiring manager \n Step 4: Successful candidates will be invited to an onsite assessment/interview \n Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team. Our email address is available in the job description on our careers website, which you’ll be taken to after clicking "Apply Now". \n NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

Reed HR are working alongside a large Not for Profit Organisation based in East London who are urgently recruiting for an experienced Interim HR Officer on a part time basis for 8 hours per week. This can be split into two 4 hour days, depending on the candidates availability. \n This role is also office based and is likely to last up until February 2027. \n Job Summary \n This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on HR professional who enjoys operational HR work, employee relations support, and contributing to wider people initiatives. \n This role is ideally suited to someone who is comfortable managing day-to-day HR activities, providing first-line advice to managers and employees, and supporting a range of HR projects. It is not a senior HR Business Partner position; the organisation is seeking a practical HR generalist who can quickly integrate into the team and provide operational support during a period of additional business need. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Provide first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees across a range of HR matters.\n, • Support employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, offboarding and induction activities.\n, • Assist with absence management, probation reviews and flexible working requests.\n, • Provide guidance on family leave policies and procedures.\n, • Respond to routine HR queries and policy-related matters.\n, • Ensure HR records, documentation and systems remain accurate and compliant.\n, • Support compliance and governance processes.\n, • Assist with policy reviews, updates and implementation.\n, • Contribute to workforce planning initiatives, HR projects and organisational improvement programmes.\n, • Build positive relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.\n\n Person Specifications \n\n • Previous experience within an HR Advisor, Junior HR Advisor or HR Officer position.\n, • Strong generalist HR knowledge across a broad range of employee relations and HR operational activities.\n, • Experience supporting managers and employees with day-to-day HR queries.\n, • Good understanding of absence management, probation management, flexible working and family leave processes.\n, • Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.\n, • Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.\n, • The ability to work independently with minimal supervision.\n\n Desirable Experience \n Applications are particularly welcomed from candidates with experience working within: \n\n • Healthcare\n, • NHS\n, • Primary Care\n, • Charities\n, • Not-for-Profit organisations\n\n

Interim Head of People - leading brandLondon (Hybrid) | Competitive Day Rate Immediate start | 3 month + assignment \n A leading brand is seeking an experienced Interim Head of People to join during a pivotal period of transformation, growth and organisational change.This high-profile leadership role will act as the number two within the People function, partnering closely with Executive leaders to shape and deliver a people strategy that supports an evolving commercial agenda.Joining during a period of change, the organisation is focused on embedding change, driving cultural integration and building the leadership capability, workforce strategy and organisational effectiveness required to support future growth. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the direction of a large, complex and highly visible business. \n Working as a trusted adviser to senior leadership, you will provide strategic challenge and support across a diverse, matrix environment, enabling leaders to successfully navigate change while maintaining engagement, performance and organisational effectiveness.You'll combine strategic people leadership with hands-on delivery, shaping and embedding people and culture initiatives that support business objectives while ensuring alignment with the wider organisational transformation agenda.Operating in a fast-paced environment, you'll influence a broad range of stakeholders, collaborate across the wider People function and play a key role in creating scalable people solutions that drive long-term success.Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead, coach and develop a team of People professionals, driving high performance and building future leadership capability.\n, • Partner Executive and senior leadership teams to deliver people strategies that enable business growth and transformation.\n, • Support the integration of acquired businesses, embedding new ways of working, enhancing organisational effectiveness and driving cultural alignment.\n, • Lead the people agenda across significant change and transformation programmes.\n, • Deliver workforce planning, talent and succession initiatives that strengthen organisational capability.\n, • Provide strategic guidance on complex employee relations, organisational design and leadership challenges.\n, • Build strong relationships across a matrix organisation, influencing stakeholders at all levels.\n, • Set clear objectives and priorities for the People Partnering team, ensuring resources and initiatives remain aligned to business goals.\n, • Collaborate with People leaders across the wider organisation to develop and implement enterprise-wide solutions and best practice.\n, • Champion leadership development, talent mobility and career progression across the People community.\n\n About You \n\n • Proven experience operating at Head of People or HR Director level within a large, complex commercial organisation.\n, • Strong track record of leading people teams and influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix environment.\n, • Demonstrable experience leading organisational change, transformation and post-acquisition integration programmes.\n, • Commercially minded with the ability to balance strategic thinking and operational delivery.\n, • Comfortable operating at pace and bringing resilience, pragmatism and credibility during periods of ambiguity and change.\n, • Skilled in organisational development, workforce planning, leadership coaching and cultural transformation.\n, • Retail, FMCG or similarly fast-paced sector experience would be advantageous.\n, • Ability to start a new role immediately and commitment to a 3 month plus duration working in a hybrid manner weekly from the London office\n\n If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. \n If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

The Compensation and Benefits Accountant is responsible for the accurate accounting, reporting and control of employee compensation and benefits across the Group. The role ensures payroll-related costs, bonuses, commissions, pensions, share-based compensation and other employee benefits are recorded appropriately and reported accurately and on a timely basis. \n \n Working closely with Finance, HR, Payroll, Tax, FP&A, Legal and external auditors, the role will provide strong financial control over compensation and benefits processes and support the business with analysis, reporting and accounting advice. \n \n Please note that this is an onsite role that will require you to work within our London office (near Liverpool street) 5 days on site per week. \n \n Key Responsibilities: \n \n Compensation & Benefits Accounting (40%) \n\n • Own the accounting for employee compensation and benefits, including payroll, bonuses, commissions, pensions, share-based payments and other employee-related costs, as relevant to the Group.\n, • Prepare and review monthly journals, accruals, prepayments and provisions relating to compensation and benefits, ensuring completeness, accuracy and appropriate supporting documentation.\n, • Calculate, review and challenge bonus, commission and other incentive accruals, ensuring they are appropriately supported and reflect the latest business expectations.\n, • Support the accounting for share-based payments and other long-term incentive arrangements, including relevant IFRS assessments and disclosures.\n, • Maintain clear accounting documentation and ensure consistent application of Group accounting policies to compensation and benefits transactions.\n, • Work with HR to deliver the Directors Remuneration Report section of the Group’s Annual Report.\n\n \n Month-end, Reconciliations & Reporting (25%) \n\n • Lead the month-end close activities for compensation and benefits, ensuring all relevant balances are complete, accurate and recorded in the appropriate period.\n, • Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations for payroll, bonuses, pensions, benefits and other employee-related accounts, investigating and resolving reconciling items promptly.\n, • Provide accurate monthly reporting and analysis of compensation and benefits costs, including actuals versus budget/forecast and commentary on material movements.\n, • Support the preparation of financial statements, management reporting and disclosures relating to employee costs and benefits.\n\n \n Financial Controls & Audit (20%) \n\n • Maintain a strong financial control environment across compensation and benefits accounting, including appropriate review, approval and segregation of duties.\n, • Ensure payroll and benefits interfaces and accounting outputs are reconciled to the general ledger and investigate exceptions in a timely manner.\n, • Support internal and external audit requests, providing clear evidence, reconciliations and explanations for compensation and benefits balances and transactions.\n, • Identify and remediate control weaknesses, process gaps and recurring issues, contributing to continuous improvement in the wider finance control framework.\n\n \n Business Partnering & Process Improvement (15%) \n\n • Support the FP&A team by preparing compensation & benefits forecasting and headcount forecasting for planning purposes\n, • Partner with HR, Payroll, FP&A, Tax and other stakeholders to understand compensation and benefits arrangements and ensure appropriate accounting treatment.\n, • Provide financial and accounting support for new compensation structures, incentive plans, benefits changes and other people-related initiatives.\n, • Translate compensation and benefits data into clear financial insight for Finance and business stakeholders, highlighting key drivers, risks and emerging trends.\n, • Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and improve compensation and benefits accounting processes, reporting and controls.\n\n \n Leadership and Team Management \n\n • Act as a subject matter expert for compensation and benefits accounting, sharing knowledge and supporting colleagues across the Finance function.\n, • Build strong working relationships across Finance and the wider business, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture focused on accuracy, control and continuous improvement.\n\n \n Key Skills and Experience \n\n • Qualified accountant (2-4 years post-qual ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).\n, • Knowledge of IFRS 2 (Share-based Payment), with the ability to apply its principles in practice.\n, • Strong post-qualified experience in financial control, management accounting or financial reporting, ideally within financial services, a listed company or a Big 4 audit environment.\n, • Experience accounting for payroll, bonus, commission, pension, share-based payment or other employee benefit arrangements.\n, • Good working knowledge of IFRS, with experience applying accounting standards to employee benefits and share-based payments; knowledge of IAS 19 and IFRS 2 is desirable.\n, • Experience with month-end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and provisions, and financial reporting.\n, • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate variances, identify issues and reach well-reasoned conclusions.\n, • Strong controls and governance mindset, with experience supporting audit processes and maintaining clear and robust documentation.\n, • Excellent Excel and data analysis capability, with experience working with payroll, HR or finance systems and large employee datasets.\n, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with Finance, HR/Reward, Payroll and senior stakeholders.\n, • Proactive and open to change, with a willingness to simplify, automate, reengineer and improve processes and ways of working.\n\n \n CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

People Business Partner \n Salary: £51,500 per annum \n Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract, hybrid 1 day a week in the office \n Location: London \n Merrifield Consultants are delighted to be partnering with a professional leadership body to recruit a People Business Partner on a 12-month fixed-term contract. \n This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join a purpose-led organisation and provide strategic, commercially focused people partnering across the organisation, whilst playing a key role in supporting the development of its people services. \n Summary of the role \n As People Business Partner, you will act as a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders and line managers, providing expert advice across the full colleague lifecycle. \n You will support workforce planning, talent, employee relations, engagement, performance and organisational change, whilst identifying opportunities to improve people processes and services. \n The role will also take responsibility for specific shared services activity, HRIS development and partnering with a wholly owned subsidiary, working closely with the wider People team. \n Details of the role \n This is a varied and influential People Business Partner position, ideal for someone who enjoys working in a complex, fast-paced environment and can balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. \n You will build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, providing credible advice, constructive challenge and practical people solutions. You will also play an important role in supporting organisational change, strengthening colleague engagement and ensuring people initiatives align with wider organisational objectives. \n A key aspect of the role will be working closely with the Managing Director and Head of People Partnering, alongside colleagues across the wider People team, to develop and deliver the people strategy and ensure an effective, responsive service to the organisation. \n The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to contribute to HRIS development, people metrics, engagement activity, workforce planning, talent mobility and continuous improvement across people processes and services. \n Responsibilities \n\n • Partner with senior leaders and line managers to develop and deliver people plans aligned with organisational objectives.\n, • Provide expert advice, guidance and constructive challenge throughout the colleague lifecycle, including workforce planning, recruitment, talent, performance, employee relations and change.\n, • Triage and manage complex people issues, working with colleagues across the People and Legal teams where appropriate.\n, • Coach and support line managers and colleagues, helping to build confidence and capability in people management.\n, • Build trusted and effective relationships with key stakeholders through an authentic, collaborative and solutions-focused approach.\n, • Support talent gap analysis, workforce planning and succession planning for key roles.\n, • Contribute to mentoring and coaching initiatives to support knowledge transfer and skills development.\n, • Support strategic colleague engagement and EDI activity, using data and insight to identify areas for improvement.\n, • Develop and support colleague engagement surveys and use feedback to identify and prioritise improvements to the colleague experience.\n, • Support internal communication and engagement activity, including organisation-wide events and meetings.\n, • Contribute to HRIS development and improvements, working with relevant suppliers and stakeholders.\n, • Support people operations activity, including payroll and pension processes.\n, • Monitor people metrics and identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and services.\n, • Ensure people activity is delivered effectively and in line with relevant policies, legislation and service requirements.\n, • Mentor and guide less experienced members of the People team and line managers where appropriate.\n\n Person specification \n\n • We are looking for an experienced People Business Partner or senior People/HR professional who can operate confidently at both a strategic and operational level.\n, • You will ideally bring:\n, • Proven experience working as a People/HR Adviser or Business Partner within a complex, fast-paced organisation.\n, • A strong track record of providing commercially focused employee relations advice and support.\n, • Experience of supporting organisational change and navigating the people implications of change, ideally including areas such as TUPE, contractual change and culture change.\n, • CIPD qualification or equivalent experience.\n, • Strong knowledge of employment legislation and best practice.\n, • The ability to develop practical people plans and translate organisational objectives into effective people activity.\n, • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to influence and build relationships at all levels.\n, • Strong coaching and stakeholder management skills.\n, • A proactive, change-oriented approach, with a genuine interest in improving people services, systems and processes.\n, • The ability to work collaboratively while also taking ownership and using sound judgement.\n\n This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced People Business Partner to join a respected, purpose-led professional leadership body and make a genuine impact across its people agenda. \n If you are a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders, navigating change and delivering meaningful improvements to the employee experience, Merrifield Consultants would love to hear from you. \n Please apply today with your CV to be considered for this exciting opportunity. \n We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. \n

Established in 2008, Oyster Search & Selection specialise in recruiting HR professionals on behalf of a range of clients in Legal, Professional and Financial Services nationwide and internationally. We recruit in to roles for both HR Generalists and HR Specialists on a permanent and interim basis. \n We are currently recruiting an HR Manager on behalf of our asset management client based in London. Part of a global HR team and reporting to the HR Director, EMEA, you will will act as a trusted partner to leaders and employees across the EMEA region (c170 employees), delivering high quality, commercially aligned HR support within a fast-paced, globally integrated asset management business. This role blends hands on advisory work with strategic project involvement, particularly around organisational change in the UK, cross border HR initiatives, and mergers & acquisitions. Given the size of the EMEA operation, the role also includes general administrative and coordination responsibilities to ensure smooth day to day HR operations. \n It is essential that you have proven HR generalist/business partnering experience within financial services, asset management, or another highly regulated sector, together with a strong understanding of UK employment law and exposure to European employment practices. You should be comfortable working in a small, hands on regional team with a mix of strategic and administrative responsibilities and have the ability to operate autonomously in a matrixed, global organisation. \n \n Full details from Michael Pickup at Oyster Search & Selection. Thank you.

Senior HR Manager (Fee Earner) \n One of our most prestigious, globally connected US law firm clients who have the appeal that draws the world’s most ambitious clients and talent alike. They are looking for a Senior HR Manager to join their established London office who will be responsible for the Human Resources functions in the London & International offices (specifically focusing on the Fee-Earner population, including employee relations, business services recruiting, onboarding and workforce management). \n What’s On Offer: \n\n • Salary to £120,000 (experience dependant)\n, • Hybrid working (4 days office / 1 day remote)\n, • Excellent employee benefits and stunning City Location\n\n Senior HR Manager – What You’ll Be Doing: \n\n • Providing support and guidance to partners, lawyers, managers, and employees on all employee relations issues such as coaching, discipline, hiring, termination\n, • Partner with the Directors, Managers in respect of business support staff hiring and performance management\n, • Partner with practice management, HR and employment lawyer in respect of performance management of all lawyers\n, • Assist with the HR annual budget in conjunction with the Director of International Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer\n, • Developing and evaluating effective sources to ensure the most qualified candidates are recruited, interviewed, and selected\n\n Senior HR Manager – What We’re Looking For: \n\n • CIPD Certification\n, • At least 5 years+ law firm experience of professional HR experience with an emphasis in employee relations, recruiting and workforce management, extensive fee-earner experience is desirable \n, • Demonstrable commitment to staying up-to-date on the latest HR trends\n, • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, organisational, and planning skills\n\n

A top international law firm is looking for a Senior Benefits Advisor to join its HR function and support the development and delivery of the firm's benefits philosophy, practice, and policy across its global offices. \n Salary: £77,000 \n Location: London \n ROLE PURPOSE \n The Senior Benefits Advisor will play a crucial role in the delivery of global benefit reviews, benefit benchmarking, recognition, pension, and health and wellbeing initiatives. While the role is primarily focused on benefits, candidates with reward experience will also have the opportunity to contribute to reward-related work such as job levelling, salary benchmarking, gender pay gap analysis and reporting, and the annual salary review process. \n KEY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SENIOR BENEFITS ADVISOR \n\n • Benefits process administration\n, • Responsible for the day-to-day management of all UK and international benefits processes and employee or Partner queries\n, • Resolve complex employee issues with insurance providers and other benefits administrators escalated by the Reward and Benefits Analyst, applying analytical and problem-solving skills\n, • Coordinate and manage the benefits renewal process\n, • Work with the Reward and Benefits Analyst to ensure benefits records are accurate\n, • Contribute to reward-related work such as job levelling, salary benchmarking, gender pay gap analysis and reporting, and the annual salary review process\n, • Contribute to the development of reporting MI, frequently on Excel, to aid firm-wide decision-making\n, • Work with insurance brokers and benefits carriers to negotiate competitive coverage terms and costs on behalf of the firm\n, • Maintain strong relationships across the HR team and the Reward and Benefits team to develop and administer a joined-up Reward and Benefits strategy\n, • Collaborate with Internal Communications on employee communications relating to benefits\n, • Collaborate with Internal Finance to ensure accurate financial reporting of benefits spend and flag budget changes as needed\n, • Build meaningful working relationships with the wider HR function, Business Services, Directors, Partners and managers\n, • Maintaining a competitive benefit offering\n, • Understand key competitors' benefit strategies across the firm's global operating markets, interpreting benchmarking information to make recommendations to the Senior Reward and Benefits Manager\n, • Stay informed on benefits trends and legislation affecting the firm's offerings\n, • Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including SRA Standards and Regulations, and Principles\n\n WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A SENIOR BENEFITS ADVISOR \n\n • Proven experience in a benefits advisory role, preferably within a legal or professional services firm\n, • Strong knowledge of benefits legislation and compliance requirements\n, • Proficient in HRIS software\n, • Ability to analyse and improve benefit administration processes, for example, deploying and maintaining a flexible benefits platform\n, • Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders with insight-led recommendations\n, • Comfortable working with large amounts of employee data on Excel\n\n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced benefits professional to step into a Senior Benefits Advisor role with genuine scope to shape strategy across a global benefits function and broaden into reward. Apply now to be considered for this Senior Benefits Advisor position.

? WORKING WITH US \n The founder and sponsor of the Harris Federation, Lord Harris of Peckham, opened our first school in 1990. We have, over the past thirty years, implemented ideas and initiatives that have transformed the opportunities of pupils from working class and disadvantaged backgrounds. Harris academies are widely recognised as a force for social mobility. We are immensely proud of the role that our alumni are now beginning to play in the world and of what we believe our current generation of pupils will go on to achieve. \n We now have over 50 schools educating more than 40,000 young people across London and Essex, and employ over 5,000 staff across our academies and head office. With the majority of our academies located in areas of high socioeconomic disadvantage, a high-quality education is key to the futures of the pupils we serve. \n As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff. \n Our work will impact many generations to come, and our staff come from all backgrounds and walks of life, coming together to inspire young minds. We promote an inclusive culture that embraces the valuable and enriching contribution that all of our community make. We continue to be proactive in uplifting and supporting all voices at Harris. \n To discover more about our culture, ethos and what it is like to work here, visit the page. \n \n ? ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY \n We are seeking an exceptional Strategic HR Business Partner to join our central HR team. This is a rare opportunity to shape people strategy at scale, leading high impact initiatives that support over 5,000 colleagues and help drive better outcomes for more than 40,000 young people across our academies. \n Working closely with senior leaders, you will lead complex organisation wide projects across areas such as workforce planning, organisational design, pay and reward, retention and culture change. You will operate as a strategic advisor, influencing decision making at the highest level while turning ambitious people strategies into tangible results. \n If you are a forward thinking HR leader who thrives on driving transformation, building strong relationships and delivering meaningful change, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact in a purpose led organisation dedicated to transforming lives through education. \n If you are excited by the opportunity to shape the future of our workforce and make a difference at scale, we'd love to hear from you. \n \n ? MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY \n Your responsibilities will include: \n Leading complex organisational change: \n\n • Leading large-scale or complex people programmes across multiple academies such as pay and reward re-design, job evaluation, strategic workforce planning or cultural change initiatives, owning the strategy, risk management and stakeholder alignment.\n, • Designing the overall approach to consultation and change management, setting the framework that operational HRBPs then apply locally and ensuring consistency\n, • Identifying opportunities to modernise and improve HR ways of working across the Federation, working closely with the HR Director to shape the broader HR operating model and take plans through to delivery\n\n Strategic workforce leadership \n\n • Acting as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders on workforce planning, organisational design and people strategy across the Federation\n, • Leading the development of Federation-wide HR strategies and initiatives (e.g. retention strategy, sickness absence management, pay and reward framework) from concept through to implementation\n, • Representing HR at a senior level in cross-functional strategic discussions, including with Finance and Education teams, ensuring workforce implications are built into wider Federation planning\n\n For a full list of responsibilities, please download the Job Pack. \n WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR \n We would like to hear from you if you have: \n\n • Substantial experience operating as a senior HR Business Partner or HR Manager, ideally in a large, multi-site organisation.\n, • Demonstrable experience leading organisational change projects with measurable outcomes.\n, • Experience of Pay & Reward change programmes and organisational design\n, • Relevant degree or CIPD qualification\n, • Strategic thinker who can translate workforce data and trends into practical, actionable recommendations.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including the credibility to challenge senior leaders constructively.\n\n For a full job specification, please download the Job Pack. \n \n ? APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION \n If you would like to discuss the opportunity further, or if you have any questions, please contact us via email to arrange a conversation. \n Before applying please ensure you download the job pack from our careers website, this will help with completing your application. Please note that we only accept applications submitted online before the closing date. \n When applying, you will have the option to import your CV or use a LinkedIn profile which will auto populate the online application. \n A reminder to check your junk mail for our email communications and add us to your safe senders list to ensure all future email communication is received. \n OUR VISION & VALUES \n Our vision, from the start, has been to provide the structure and services needed for our schools to amount to more than the sum of their parts, and to free-up our teachers and leaders to focus on one thing and one thing only: the outstanding education of all their pupils. Our young people and communities are at the heart of everything we do. Our core mission has always been to close the educational gap between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers. Our ambition is one where every child in London, no matter their background, has equal access to high q...

People Advisor, 6 month FTC - Further Education - Middlesex - up to £40,194 \n This is an exciting opportunity for a People Advisor to join one of the UK's leading FE College Groups. \n Reporting into a People Partner you will be responsible for assisting employees and managers with HR processes, handling employee relations matters, and contributing to a positive and compliant workplace environment. \n Your key accountabilities will include:- \n\n • Providing guidance on People matters including performance management, absence management, and employee relations\n, • Supporting the Assistant Director in managing employee relations cases, ensuring issues are handled in line the organisation's standards\n, • Serving as the first point of contact for People-related queries from staff\n, • Identifying training needs and advising employees on available learning opportunities\n, • Generating reports to monitor trends and metrics\n\n You should be an experienced People Advisor or an HR Generalist with a track record of managing large volumes of employee relations cases. A strong understanding of HR practices, including employee relations, discipline and grievance, performance management, and absence management needs to be combined with excellent communication skills. An understanding of the importance of Equality and Diversity and Safeguarding is also essential. \n Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

People Partner - Leading FE College - Middlesex - £54,893 \n This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced People Partner or HR Business Partner to join one of the largest Further Education Colleges in England. \n Reporting into the Assistant Director - Employee Data and People Services you will be responsible for providing strategic and operational support across the organisation. Your key accountabilities will include:- \n \n\n • Building credible relationships with Principals, Heads of School and other leaders, understanding their priorities and translating them into practical people plans\n, • Providing expert advice and constructive challenge on complex employee relations matters, organisational change and the application of employment law and policy\n, • Using workforce data and trends to identify risks, skills gaps and future staffing requirements, and developing evidence-based plans in response\n, • Working with Talent Acquisition colleagues to anticipate recruitment needs and develop proactive campaigns for critical and hard-to-fill roles\n, • Supporting succession planning, talent management, staff engagement, equality and diversity, and other cross-college People & OD priorities\n, • Leading and developing People Advisors and helping managers build the confidence and capability to manage people matters effectively\n\n Our client is looking for a credible, confident and delivery-focused People professional who can demonstrate: \n\n • A CIPD Level 5 qualification, or equivalent relevant experience, together with substantial and current HR generalist experience\n, • Strong knowledge of UK employment law and a successful track record of handling complex employee relations matters with sound judgement and appropriate pace\n, • Experience of partnering with and influencing senior and operational leaders in a complex organisation, balancing professional challenge with pragmatic solutions\n, • The ability to work both strategically and operationally, using workforce data and organisational insight to shape priorities and deliver measurable improvements\n, • Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills, with experience of developing colleagues and managing competing priorities under pressure\n\n Experience in education or a similarly complex, unionised or regulated environment would be an advantage, but it is not essential. \n Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Excellent opportunity as an HR Manager at a well-established premium brand. \n Our client is aiming to expand their global business including EMEA, they are recruiting an HR Manager to proactively involve toward this mission. This position is responsible for overseeing overall organizational and human resources matters in close cooperation with the HR team of headquarters in Japan, as well as aligning with the business strategies and initiatives as a team member of EMEA team. Also working together on an equal footing with HR team of their parent company, which receives shared services, and to realize what the company wants to do. This position also requires functioning not merely as an HR administrator, but as a strategic business partner to the EMEA Management. In the short term, when issues arise, the role demands a proactive approach to analyze and propose solutions rather than simply seeking direction. In the medium to long term, the position requires an executive mindset to independently identify organizational challenges and take the lead in driving transformational initiatives. The HR Manager must demonstrate ownership and accountability for building the organizational foundation that will enable the company’s ambitious growth objectives in EMEA. \n \n Job description: \n Strategic HR Leadership \n\n • Develop and implement HR policies and procedures that support the overall business strategy and objectives, proactively identifying gaps and proposing solutions before issues arise\n, • Serve as a strategic business partner to the EMEA Management, proactively identifying organizational challenges and opportunities, and leading initiatives that drive business performance\n, • Re-build new HR team starting from scratch, independently designing the organizational structure, capability requirements, and implementation roadmap\n, • Anticipate future organizational needs based on business growth plans and market trends, developing forward-looking talent and organizational strategies\n\n Team Leadership & Development \n\n • Provide leadership and guidance to the HR team, ensuring that they are aligned with the company's goals and values, while modelling proactive problem-solving and strategic thinking\n, • Develop and implement talent acquisition and retention strategies to ensure that the organization has the right talent to meet its current and future needs\n\n Organization & Culture Development \n\n • Lead organization development, facilitate the growth of the company culture, taking ownership for creating an environment that enables business success\n, • Develop and implement employee training and development programs to enhance employee skills and knowledge\n\n Operational HR Management \n\n • Plan and monitor headcount and personnel expenses budget\n, • Manage employee relations, including conflict resolution and performance management\n, • Implement salary administration (merit, promotion, adjustment)\n, • Ensure compliance with all relevant employment laws and regulations\n, • Manage employee relations and ensure compliance with local regulations\n\n Business Partnership & Collaboration \n\n • Collaborate with managers on resource planning and manpower allocation to cope with business growth\n, • Support creating an HR foundation for the business expansion\n, • Support any other tasks that may be necessary and requested\n\n Reporting & Analysis \n\n • In charge of submitting relevant HR reports/analyses to management and HQ HR, both on a monthly and ad hoc basis\n, • Proactively monitor organizational health metrics and present actionable insights and recommendations to leadership on a regular basis\n\n \n Requirements: \n\n • At least 15+ years of progressive HR experience (HRBP, organization development, talent acquisition, HR operation), with at least 7+ years in a leadership role.\n, • Experience developing and implementing HR policies, programs, and initiatives that align with the organization's strategic goals and objectives.\n, • Experience in employee relations and conflict resolution, with the ability to address and resolve a wide range of HR-related issues in a fair and effective manner.\n, • Change leadership experience with demonstrated success in leading organizational transformation initiatives from conception through implementation\n, • Experience in retail industries such as fashion (apparel/footwear) and cosmetics is preferred.\n, • Strong leadership and management skills with the ability to work hands-on\n, • Executive presence and influence with capability to present compelling proposals backed by data and strategic rationale to senior leadership\n, • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization, as well as with external stakeholders\n, • Proactive problem-solver with demonstrated ability to propose comprehensive solutions rather than merely identify problems; capable of presenting multiple options with clear recommendations and supporting rationale\n, • Strategic business partner mindset with proven track record of functioning as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, independently setting organizational priorities and driving execution\n, • Business acumen with ability to translate business strategy into organizational and talent strategies, understanding the commercial implications of HR decisions\n, • Anticipatory thinking with ability to foresee challenges before they become critical and implement preventive strategies\n\n \n Conditions: \n\n • Salary - £75-85,000 per annum, depending on experience\n, • Location – London\n, • Competitive benefits - Discretionary bonus, company pension, 25 days annual leave, Jubilee (gift/payment for long service)\n\n \n For more information, please apply today! \n \n * Access Appointments Consultancy Ltd is a recruitment agency based in London. Please note that we’re afraid that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to provide feedbacks on individual CVs. Also we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation such as passport/visas when required. Thank you for your time and cooperation*

Opportunity for an Employment Associate to join a leading London law firm with a highly regarded Employment practice. \n The firm \n Our client is a highly respected London law firm with a strong reputation for advising clients across the technology, media, entertainment and private client sectors. \n The firm is consistently recognised in the legal directories, with strong rankings across employment and media-related practice areas. \n The opportunity \n The Employment team is widely recognised for its expertise in handling employment issues arising within the creative and media industries, including broadcasting, theatre, film and television, music, sport and fashion. \n The firm is looking to recruit a mid-level Employment Associate to join the team as part of its continued growth. \n Working closely with experienced partners and senior lawyers, the new hire will advise on a broad range of employment matters across both advisory and disputes work. \n This will include: \n\n • Advising on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters\n, • Managing employment issues arising from recruitment through to termination\n, • Advising on day-to-day HR issues, employment policies and workplace procedures\n, • Supporting clients with employment disputes and litigation in the Employment Tribunal and High Court\n, • Advising both employers and senior individuals on complex employment matters\n\n Required \n\n • UK qualified Solicitor with 2 - 5 years' PQE\n, • Strong employment law experience gained at a recognised law firm\n, • Experience handling both contentious and advisory employment matters\n, • Interest in working with clients in sectors such as media, entertainment, sport, technology or digital platforms\n\n Reasons to apply \n\n • Hybrid working\n, • Competitive salary and benefits package\n, • Join a well-established and highly regarded Employment practice\n, • Excellent partner exposure and early responsibility\n, • Collaborative team culture\n, • Clear platform for career development within a growing practice\n\n To apply, contact Emily at Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion. \n Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles. \n We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. \n PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

A fast-growing events group are looking for a generalist People Partner to join in a newly created role. \n This is a hands-on, fast-paced role with huge scope for growth. You'll work autonomously, build strong relationships across the business, and have a visible impact, spotting gaps and driving improvement as the People Director's eyes and ears on the ground. You'll lead on day to day operational business partnering as well as refreshing existing HR processes and helping to effectively roll them out. As a new performance management framework beds in, you'll also handle the ER work that comes with it, and play a role in cultural integration as the business grows through acquisition, bringing TUPE knowledge, comms and change management to the table. They also have a ton of projects to get stuck into, particularly around L&D, so experience identifying training needs and organising programmes that land would be preferential. \n What they're looking for: \n\n • Generalist HR background with solid employment law knowledge\n, • A genuine interest in L&D and talent development\n, • A natural relationship-builder, comfortable managing senior stakeholders with clear examples of projects you've pushed through and delivered\n, • TUPE/M&A experience is a plus\n, • Energy, drive and motivation to grow with a fast-scaling business\n\n If this sounds like your next challenge, please apply now to find out more! \n Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

\n We're working with a growing media business on a newly created People Partner opportunity. With around 130 employees plus a wider freelance workforce, this is a hands-on role where you'll work closely with senior leaders. \n Working alongside a Senior People Partner and reporting into a people-focused CFO, you'll be involved across the full generalist remit - from day-to-day people matters and ER through to partnering with MDs, advising on change and spotting issues before they become problems. \n The business has been through significant change and acquisition and is continuing to grow internationally, so there's plenty going on and no two days are likely to look the same. \n This would be a particularly good opportunity for a strong HR/People Advisor who is ready to step up into their first People Partner role. You'll already be comfortable operating with a degree of autonomy and dealing with senior stakeholders, and will now have the opportunity to broaden your partnering experience and take on more responsibility. \n They're looking for someone proactive, pragmatic and commercially aware, who is comfortable with change and enjoys being close to the business rather than sitting on the sidelines. \n If this sounds like you, please apply now! \n Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Are you an experienced HR Business Partner with a strong background in organisational change, transformation and workforce planning? We're partnering with a prestigious, highly respected organisation to appoint an HR Business Partner on a 12-month fixed-term contract to support a significant programme of business transformation. \n \n Based in London, this hybrid opportunity offers the chance to work closely with senior leaders on high-profile change initiatives that will have a lasting organisational impact. \n London | Hybrid Working£60,000 - £70,000 + Benefits \n This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious HR Business Partner seeking exposure to complex change programmes within a sophisticated and fast-paced environment in London. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Partner with senior stakeholders to deliver people-related transformation and change initiatives.\n, • Support organisational design reviews, restructures and operating model changes.\n, • Develop workforce plans and identify future capability requirements.\n, • Lead and support consultation processes, redeployment activities and organisational change programmes.\n, • Assess change readiness and help drive successful adoption across teams.\n, • Provide expert guidance on employee relations matters linked to transformation activity.\n, • Use workforce analytics and people insights to support decision-making and business planning.\n, • Coach and influence leaders through periods of significant change.\n, • Collaborate with Centres of Excellence and wider People teams to deliver strategic objectives.\n\n About You \n We're looking for a commercially minded HR Business Partner who combines strong strategic capability with a hands-on approach. \n You'll bring: \n\n • Significant experience leading organisational change and transformation programmes.\n, • Proven experience supporting restructures, reorganisations and workforce transitions.\n, • Strong understanding of UK employment law and consultation processes.\n, • Expertise in organisation design and workforce planning.\n, • Experience working with senior leaders in complex matrix organisations.\n, • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to shape recommendations.\n\n What's on Offer? \n\n • 12-month fixed-term contract.\n, • Hybrid working model.\n, • London based role.\n, • Salary of £65,000 - £75,000 depending on experience.\n, • Opportunity to work on business-critical transformation initiatives.\n, • Visible role with significant stakeholder exposure and impact.\n\n If you're an experienced HR Business Partner looking for a challenging and rewarding 12-month FTC where you can shape meaningful organisational change, we'd love to hear from you. \n Apply today to discuss this confidential opportunity. \n \n \n Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates