About this role
Senior HR Consultant (Employee Relations) – Hook, Hampshire (Hybrid) – £60-65k
About the Client
Wade Macdonald is delighted to be partnering with a growing and established HR consultancy in Fleet to recruit an experienced Senior HR Consultant with a strong background in complex Employee Relations (ER).
About the Job
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior HR Consultant with extensive Employee Relations expertise to join a growing consultancy. This is a hands-on, client-facing position where you will take ownership of challenging HR matters, providing commercially focused guidance and supporting businesses with their everyday people management needs.
Duties will include
- Taking full responsibility for complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary procedures, grievances, absence management and performance concerns.
- Advising management teams on sensitive employment issues, ensuring decisions are compliant with current legislation.
- Overseeing challenging employee situations, including workplace investigations, formal hearings and termination processes.
- Preparing accurate HR correspondence, investigation findings and consultation documentation.
- Guiding managers through challenging conversations and developing their confidence in managing employee issues.
- Ensuring HR frameworks and procedures remain practical, consistent and aligned with employment law.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance HR processes, documentation and operational effectiveness.
- Providing specialist guidance on organisational restructuring, TUPE transfers and workforce changes.
- Keeping abreast of employment law developments and translating legislative changes into practical advice.
- Establishing positive relationships with clients, providing dependable support and commercially balanced recommendations.
About the Successful Applicant
You will have significant experience in senior operational HR and a strong background in complex employee relations. Confident working independently, you will possess excellent employment law knowledge, sound judgement and strong stakeholder management skills. A resilient, approachable and commercially minded professional, you will enjoy a varied consultancy environment and be comfortable working from the Fleet office at least three days per week, with occasional client travel.
What You Will Receive in Return
You will receive a competitive salary and benefits package, dependent on experience, alongside the opportunity to join a growing and supportive organisation. The role offers exposure to a varied client portfolio, genuine autonomy and the opportunity to influence people management practices across different businesses.