HR Business Partner - 12 Month FTC in London

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results. Our people are our success, and we work as one team.

We are recruiting HR Business Partner on an initial 12-month contract (ideally starting late August 2026) to support the delivery of a proactive, high-quality HR service across a specific practice group, partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver strategic and operational people initiatives. Successful applicants will be given the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, contribute to business-focused HR strategy, and gain exposure to a broad range of HR activities within a professional services environment. This role can be based out of any of our UK offices. Our standard working hours are 9.30am–5.30pm, and we operate a 3 days in the office, 2 days from home working model, however as an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider flexible working requests.

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:

• Demonstrable experience operating as generalist business partnering HR professional, with end-to-end exposure across employee relations, performance and talent management, ideally from a legal or professional services background.
• Experience advising and influencing senior stakeholders, challenging where appropriate and moving the dial on best practice.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and its practical application in managing ER cases.
• Experience supporting and delivering key people processes such as performance reviews, promotions, and reward cycles.
• Experience working with HR data, producing reports and using insights to inform business decisions.
• Experience partnering with recruitment and early talent teams to support hiring, onboarding and trainee development processes.

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email. We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences. We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It’s with different perspectives that we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It’s how we’ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.