Senior HR Consultant in Manchester

Home based with travel - North West

Permanent, Full time

Competitive salaries and excellent benefits including up to one day's paid leave each year to undertake volunteering opportunities.

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a varied consultancy role where you can make a real impact across multiple businesses? We are seeking a commercially minded and proactive Senior HR Consultant to join our team, supporting clients across mainly the North West area.

In this client-facing role, you will manage a portfolio of member and non-member client sites, delivering expert HR advice and consultancy services across a broad range of people matters. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys autonomy, relationship-building, and delivering practical HR solutions that support business performance and organisational change.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential, as regular travel across the region is required. A car allowance is included within the package.

• Deliver high-quality HR consultancy services to a range of clients, including HR programme and project management aligned to the membership offering.
• Provide expert HR advice and guidance in response to client requests, including arranging meetings, recommending solutions, and preparing consultancy proposals.
• Design and deliver innovative HR consultancy products in line with national standards and business requirements.
• Support continuous improvement of HR consultancy products and services to ensure quality and client satisfaction.
• Lead the needs analysis, design, delivery, validation, and evaluation of HR consultancy interventions, workshops, and seminars.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider business to identify opportunities for cross-selling services.
• Proactively develop opportunities to market and grow HR consultancy services with existing and prospective clients.
• Build strong and lasting client relationships through professional, responsive, and commercially focused support.

We are looking for an experienced HR professional with strong technical expertise and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced consultancy environment.

You will ideally have:

• MCIPD qualification, Level 7 qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience within a senior HR role.
• Strong knowledge of organisational culture change, performance management, and change management at individual, team, and organisational levels.
• Up-to-date technical HR knowledge supported through ongoing CPD activity.
• Proven experience advising managers and stakeholders on a wide range of employee relations and people matters, including attendance management, restructuring, redundancy, organisational change, and performance issues.
• Excellent coaching and mentoring skills, with experience delivering training and guidance to managers on HR and employment law matters.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• The ability to manage your own diary, workload, and priorities effectively while working autonomously.
• Previous consultancy experience is advantageous; however, candidates from in-house or interim HR backgrounds are also encouraged to apply.

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Car allowance
• Flexible and autonomous working environment
• Opportunity to work with a diverse portfolio of clients
• Ongoing professional development and support
• A collaborative and supportive team culture

With over 125 years of experience, Make UK is a leading provider of essential business support and a champion for manufacturing industry in the UK. Make UK has the close ear of Government and is a trusted provider of essential services for world leading manufacturing companies across the country. Everything we do is designed to inspire British manufacturers to compete, innovate and grow.

Make UK staff enjoy a good benefits package and values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Benefits to include, but not limited to: no bank holiday/weekend work, flexible hours, health cover, matched pension contributions up to 8%, and life assurance.

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