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The opportunity

We are excited to be recruiting for a Senior HR Consultant to join our newly opened Manchester office. This is a unique and exciting opportunity for the right candidate to play a key role in the development of our HR Consultancy offering in the North. This role offers additional excitement as it also provides the opportunity to assist in the development of a new office alongside colleagues in our employment, education and social enterprise teams.

We have a real passion for developing people and allowing them the flexibility they need to excel in a role, this post in particular allows you the opportunity to work alongside and learn from skilled HR colleagues and Employment Lawyers. We will provide you with the environment that will prioritise and support your development, with this role being best placed to provide you with ample opportunities to develop.

Location is primarily based in the Manchester office; however, hybrid and flexible working will be available. Some travel in the North west will be required. We would be happy to speak with prospective candidates about flexible working, including ‘Term Time Only’ arrangements.

Reasons to apply

• Opportunity to become an integral part of the team’s growth and further develop in your career as a HR Consultant; you’ll have the opportunity to work with a national firm who are leaders in their specialist sectors.


• Our USP is to add value to our clients through quality HR advice with a commercial focus.


• A unique opportunity to be involved in the development of a new office, this will involve representing the wider firm to support the needs of our current client base with the opportunity to perform business development.


• To be part of an ambitious, collaborative and friendly national firm where our culture and values are at the heart of everything we do. We believe our people are our greatest asset and strive to create the best place to work.


• Excellent benefits for our people, with a focus on wellbeing and development at the forefront.


• Hybrid working - Stone King are proud to be signatories of the Mindful Business Charter as part of our commitment to mental health and wellbeing. We want to support all of our people in achieving a healthy work/ life balance and would be happy to speak with prospective candidates about flexible working arrangements.

Key responsibilities

General duties include, but are not limited to:

• Providing HR Support to several clients, including delivering training to managers and senior staff on a range of ER and people issues.


• To assist in building the Firm's client base particularly in, but not limited to, the not for profit sector. The Firm's education clients, mainly Academies and Schools will be a particular focus.


• The post-holder will have access to secretarial support and legal support from the Firm’s Employment law team.


• Working with other teams in the Firm as required.


• Together with colleagues, seek to develop still further our HR and employment law offer generally but specifically in Manchester and the surrounding areas.


• To develop the Firm’s range of human resource services, and assisting the employment law team to expand their services e.g. providing bespoke HR services to clients under Retainer arrangements.


• To plan and carry out marketing activities to agreed budgets, timescales with appropriate support from the HR Consultancy team, Employment law team and the Education Team.


• Attend training and to develop relevant knowledge and skills.


• Monitoring and reporting on activities and providing relevant management information (including time recording appropriately).

Requirements

• Significant experience working in education is highly desirable. Many of our clients are schools so an understanding of the relevant issues in the education sector will be important but the intention is that the HR work will increasingly grow in the charity and business sectors going forward.


• Excellent understanding of HR issues, relevant legal implications and ability to provide sensible can-do assistance.


• Experience in strategic HRM with the ability to offer support to clients on people strategies including recruitment, talent management, succession planning, EDI and performance management.


• Extensive knowledge of employment relations especially case work on Disciplinary, Grievances, Capability, Absence management and Restructures.


• Advising existing clients on human resources and related issues as they arise, for example, recruitment, payroll, training, contracts, disciplinary rules and procedures, redundancies, health and safety, transfers of businesses, change management and consultation processes with experienced legal back up.


• Acting in a support role to clients, addressing e.g. disciplinary issues including carrying out investigations and attending disciplinary hearings.


• Developing relationship with clients and identifying opportunities for the growth of those relationships.


• An interpersonal style which gives confidence our clients and helps you to influence and advise them on the best way forwards.

Our Firm

We are an ambitious, collaborative and friendly firm recognised as leaders in our field with offices across the country. Our culture and Core Values are at the heart of what we do. We know that our Firm can only succeed with the right people, and that is why we employ talented individuals who want to work for a Law Firm that is among the best in the UK has a leading reputation and is top ranked in Chambers and Legal 500.

Individual differences are embraced at Stone King and we strive to create an environment in which people feel supported and able to be themselves. As well as signing up to the Race Fairness Commitment, we have a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Strategy Group, along with Diversity & Inclusion Allies.

We are committed to promoting an inclusive working environment that supports the growth and development of all our people, and we welcome applications from candidates of all ethnicities, disabilities, social backgrounds, age, sexual orientations and gender identities. As part of our continued commitment to an inclusive working environment, we are proud to have signed up to the Age Friendly Employer Pledge.

Stone King are also proud to be signatories of the Mindful Business Charter as part of our commitment to mental health and wellbeing. We want to support all of our people in achieving a healthy work/ life balance and would be happy to speak with prospective candidates about flexible working arrangements.

We want our recruitment practices to be as inclusive as possible, so please let us know if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process to help you perform to your best.

Benefits

• Competitive salary


• Profit Share Scheme


• Cycle to work scheme.


• Employee Benefit Platform


• Profit Share Scheme


• Private Medical Insurance


• Life assurance (4 x salary)


• Pension scheme


• 31 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays)


• Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum.

Closing date: 27 October 2023

Adverts normally close at midday on the closing date, however vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received. Therefore we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Stone King LLP is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity by encouraging all our staff to achieve their full potential and guaranteeing that all employment decisions are taken without reference to irrelevant information or discriminatory practices.

Recruitment agencies – please do not send us unsolicited CVs. If you do so, we reserve the right to contact the candidate directly and your T&Cs will not apply.

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