HR Consultant

Connect2Hackney, the internal talent team for the London Borough of Hackney, is seeking a proactive and skilled HR Consultant to join our dedicated HR and Traded Services team.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to serve as a Subject Matter Expert and strategic partner, ensuring that Hackney and our traded partner, especially schools, treat employees consistently with our values and strategic objectives. You will be crucial in driving a high-performance culture and developing our HR provision.

Key Responsibilities

As an HR Consultant, you will be responsible for a varied and challenging portfolio, including:

• Expert HR Advice
  : Providing advice and guidance to managers and Headteachers on complex HR issues , including sickness absence, discipline, grievance, conditions of service, and employment legislation.
• Case and Project Management
  : Project managing and conducting serious and complex investigations, and managing complex individual cases and transformational change processes.
• Recruitment and Safeguarding Suppor
  t: Working closely with our Resourcing team to deliver best practice recruitment, including the coordination of Headteacher recruitment , and assisting in the provision of advisory support on safeguarding matters.
• Policy and Legal Compliance
  : Interpreting and reviewing HR policies and procedures , keeping abreast of changes in UK employment law and advising on legislation regarding Migrant Workers.
• Strategic Input
  : Working collaboratively across the HR function to deliver HR-wide strategic projects, contributing to the development of our traded services offer.

About You

We are seeking a candidate who embodies Hackney\’s values, Open, Inclusive, Ambitious, Pioneering, Proactive, and Proud and possesses the following:

• Experience: Significant experience in a generalist HR role, advising all levels of management and staff.
• Knowledge: Good generalist HR knowledge, an up-to-date understanding of developments in UK employment legislation and case law. An understanding of the Education Sector is highly desirable.
• Skills: The ability to advise, guide, and influence various stakeholders, analyse problems to determine appropriate ways forward, and work on sensitive matters with tact and discretion.

Qualification
: Good generalist HR knowledge, evidenced by being a Member of the CIPD or equivalent qualification/experience, is expected.

Why Work for Hackney?

Hackney is committed to being a place where everyone can be proud, with excellent services and where all residents have a chance to lead healthy and successful lives. Our staff are what makes the Council great. You will be joining a team that is focused on supporting this mission and embedding a commercial culture to enhance our HR traded services provision.

If you are a resourceful and strategic HR professional ready to embrace challenge and change, we want to hear from you

Apply today to become our next HR Consultant