People Advisor

Our client, a highly regarded London law firm, is seeking an experienced People Advisor to join its People team on a permanent basis.

The Firm

Our client is a leading London law firm with an excellent reputation across the legal market. The firm is known for its high-quality work, collaborative culture and strong focus on attracting, developing and retaining exceptional talent.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a People Advisor to join the firm's People Advisory team in a broad generalist role supporting fee-earning and business services client groups.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Advising managers and employees on disciplinary, grievance, performance and other employee relations matters
• Supporting the implementation of People policies, initiatives and wider business objectives
• Managing family-friendly leave processes, including advising employees on entitlements and supporting their transition back into the business
• Supporting sickness absence management, occupational health referrals and return-to-work processes
• Coaching and supporting managers through employee conversations and performance matters
• Supporting performance and development processes, including training requirements, succession planning and promotion activity
• Working closely with Talent Acquisition on recruitment activity, including role scoping, approvals, job descriptions and internal talent
• Managing probation processes and ensuring new joiners receive effective onboarding
• Supporting remuneration processes, salary benchmarking and monthly payroll submissions
• Analysing People data including sickness, turnover and other management information to identify trends and areas for improvement
• Supporting organisational reviews, team structures and wider People projects
• Contributing to wellbeing, diversity, inclusion and employee engagement initiatives
• Building strong relationships across specialist teams including Reward, Talent Acquisition, Early Careers, Learning and Diversity & Wellbeing

Requirements

• The successful candidate will have significant generalist HR experience, including at least 2 years' experience operating at People Advisor, HR Advisor or a similar level
• Experience within the legal sector is highly desirable

Vacancy Highlights

• Hybrid working (3 Days on site per week)
• Competitive salary
• Highly regarded law firm

To be considered for this opportunity, please contact Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion.

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.

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.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. </p

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