HR Consultant

About you

Our ideal candidate will be logical and structured in their way of working, you will thrive in our environment if you have the aptitude to problem solve and understand issues, quickly, identifying root cause to plan and deliver solutions that are customer centric within realistic timeframes.

As an HR Consultant, you will be resilient and collaborative in your approach to work. You will be joining a high performing team, therefore it is essential to be able to work autonomously. Our ideal candidate will be highly adaptable, pragmatic in managing realistic timeframes for project delivery and is highly planned.

You will be delivery focused, have a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and can demonstrate a background in delivery of HR change. Your approach will be consultative through coaching and questioning stakeholders to support them in considering a risk based approach to delivering solutions.

Essential criteria

Degree level qualification or equivalent experience

• Experience in HR processes and policies

• Proven background in project management and delivering HR change

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong stakeholder management

• Tolerant of ambiguity and comfortable with change

• Able to cut through complex issues and present practical solutions

• Experience of coaching managers including senior managers in people related issues

• Experience of working in a unionised environment

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

• Ability to work effectively with different internal and external stakeholders, customers and HR colleagues

• Experience of Microsoft Office(strong PowerPoint and Excel skills – essential)

Closing date - Tuesday the 7th of September at 23:59

How will we reward you?

Salary for this role will be between 39,520 and £49,400 DOE

• Non-contributory Pension between 9% and 12% dependent on age

• Opportunity to buy additional holidays with them starting at 27 days plus 9 statutory

• Flexible benefits including private health care, and life assurance with additional voluntary benefits available

• Subsidised on-site restaurant (Edinburgh office)

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that we have had to limit access to our offices. The majority of our colleagues are currently working remotely from home. Once it is safe to do so we look forward to welcoming everyone back and collaborating in new and exciting ways. This would include you, should your application be successful. So it is important that you live within a commutable distance to our office as we plan to have a hybrid model in the future - with colleagues splitting their time between office and home working.