help shape the future of HR

HR Consultant – Essex

Location:
Flexible with regional travel

Remote in the Essex area (requirement for travel)

Reports to:
Regional Manager

Direct reports:
n/a

Salary

c£40,000 pa, dependent on experience (OTE c£46,000)

Join a growing team making a real impact

At impact HR, we provide expert, people-first HR consultancy services to businesses across the UK. We’re growing, and we’re looking for a hands-on, service-driven HR Consultant to deliver expert, pragmatic and commercially minded advice to our client base.

Why the role of HR Consultant role matters

Our clients rely on us as trusted advisors, delivering compliant solutions to their people issues, allowing them to focus on their business.

This role is perfect for someone who excels at providing impactful HR advice at a strategic level, as well as rolling up your sleeves to provide day to day HR support. You will use your unrivalled knowledge of employment law and best practice, whilst building lasting client relationships.

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    What you will be doing

    You will work with a portfolio of clients across various sectors, providing both operational and strategic HR support.

    Service delivery and client portfolio

    • Personally manage a portfolio of clients through phone, email and onsite/virtual meeting support as required
    • Ensure advice, documentation and support are delivered to a consistently high standard
    • Deliver hands-on HR consultancy in line with client expectations, including casework, project delivery and proactive support
    • Ensure your consultancy delivery is aligned with impact HR’s central tools, systems and operational frameworks

    Your day to day will include:

    • Strategic HR

      • Support clients to shape long term people strategies, aligning HR practices with their business goals
      • Conduct HR audits and develop tailored people plans to identify risks, gaps and opportunities – supporting clients with clear, practical follow up actions
      • Advise on and implement scalable HR strategies that reflect the size, sector and culture of each client
      • Act as a sounding board for leadership teams on key business decisions with a people impact

    • Employee relations

      • Manage all ER cases in their entirety, including but not limited to disciplinary, grievance and capability cases
      • Attend meetings onsite or remotely, providing both reactive and proactive solutions

    • Absence management

      • Guide clients through absence issues, from holiday queries to long term sickness cases
      • Conduct welfare meetings, return to work interviews and manage absence processes from start to finish

    • TUPE and redundancy

      • Manage complex change processes from start to finish, including TUPE transfers, redundancy and restructure exercises

    • Family friendly and flexible working

      • Advise on family friendly policies and flexible working procedures
      • Develop enhanced offerings tailored to the client’s people strategy

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

      • Support clients with strategic approaches to EDI and training
      • Conduct impact assessments and support cases linked to discrimination, bullying or harassment

    • Recruitment and selection

      • Advise on recruitment campaigns, write job descriptions, support with the advertising and selection process, including job specific testing and psychometric assessments
      • Design effective hiring processes that align with the client’s strategy

    • Onboarding and induction

      • Design, review and enhance induction programmes that incorporate company culture
      • Support clients with structured probationary reviews
      • Advise on early stage employment concerns

    • Learning and development

      • Design and deliver bespoke training programmes for clients to upskill their workforce in all topics of HR
      • Support clients to identify and fill any skill gaps

    • Pay and benefits

      • Advise on pay structures, benefits and reward strategies tailored to the client’s size and sector
      • Support with fair pay reviews including gender pay gap reporting

       

    • Other project work

      • From exit interviews and settlement agreements to early conciliation support and offer documentation, you will handle a wide range of project based and ongoing HR matters for our client base

    • Business development and networking

      • Represent impact HR at networking events and within your local business community
      • Build strong relationships and deliver a consistently excellent service to help you identify opportunities to grow client accounts or introduce new services
      • Any other duties as required

    HR Consultant – Make an impact with Clients

    At impact HR, no two days are the same. One morning you might be advising a client on a complex disciplinary matter, the next you’re facilitating a training session to help leaders get the best from their teams. Our clients rely on us not just for compliance and guidance, but for partnership – someone who understands their challenges, translates HR best practice into practical solutions, and helps them build stronger, happier workplaces.

    This role is about more than providing advice. It’s about building trust, shaping people strategies, and delivering commercial value.

    You’ll join a supportive team of consultants who share knowledge, celebrate successes, and push each other to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients.

    To help you picture what this looks like in practice, here’s what success in your first 12 months will mean – and the expertise you’ll bring to make it happen.

    • What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)

      • You have built trust with a core portfolio of clients and become their go-to HR Consultant
      • You have led on multiple cases of various topics including disciplinary, grievance, TUPE and redundancy
      • You have delivered impactful training to clients on topics that may include EDI, absence management or performance management
      • You have supported clients to develop and implement new initiaitves and process that may include new policies, induction programmes or pay structures
      • You have actively identified opportunities for business development and helped secure repeat and referral work
      • You have contributed to the development of internal consultancy processes and shared knowledge with your peers

       

    • About You

      You are a skilled HR professional, confident communciator, natural relationship builder and commercially aware consultant. You are comfortable working autonomously within a wider team and love a variety in your work. You are able to travel for client site visits as required.

      You will likely bring:

      • Experience, with a strong generalist HR background, ideally experience in consultancy or multi-site environment
      • Expert knowledge, with a solid understanding of UK employment law and best practice across the full employee lifecycle
      • Strong consulting and coaching skills
      • Accuracy and attention to detail
      • Excellent planning, prioritising and time management skills
      • Competency in project management
      • Proficiency with MS 365
      • Experience with CRMs and HR systems
      • A solutions-focused, commercially aware mindset
      • Application of data protection and confidentiality

    What We Offer

    • Competitive salary and benefits
    • Flexible working with travel to client sites
    • Supportive, values-led team culture
    • Progression pathways and professional development

    Ready to shape the future of HR with Impact? 

    We are looking for HR professionals who want to make a real impact, not just tick boxes. Join us for an exciting opportunity, to work within a high-performing consultancy team that genuinely supports growth through their people. If that is you, we would love to hear from you!

    Apply today and help shape the future of impact HR.

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