People and Change Consultant
- Recruiter
- Eversheds
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
- Posted
- 17 Sep 2014
- Closes
- 23 Sep 2014
- Ref
- 1423818
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice, Business Services, Human Resources, Other
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Other
- Experience Level
- Junior Level, Mid Level
About Eversheds
International law firm Eversheds operates as one team, from 53 offices in 30 countries. Our people share a distinctive culture which has deep client relationships at its core. Whether providing advice which is complex or straightforward, multi-national or local, an attitude of delivering only the very best underscores everything we do.
An innovative and proactive stance is being adopted by legal counsel at some of the world’s leading organisations. There is a real sense that General counsel and their in-house lawyers can add measurable value, deal with risk and compliance, deliver greater efficiency and even generate profit metrics. Eversheds Consulting have worked with the legal departments of major companies around the globe, to deliver legal strategy, risk and compliance operational implementation, flexible legal resource, HR expertise, design better processes, flexible project management and allowing our clients to demonstrate real benefits to their businesses.
Eversheds' employment law team, with over 160 specialist lawyers in the UK, has the widest range of experience in Britain. This means we offer clients whatever they need in terms of human resources advice: legal expertise, creative thinking and the resources to handle any job of any size. We deploy our employment law knowledge and experience to deliver practical and commercial advice for our clients. Our lawyers are trained to focus on solutions and to use straightforward effective language. We understand the importance of ready access to legal advice and the speed of delivery so we are committed to providing this. From the formulation of HR strategy through to implementation, our clients come to us because we offer a complete service.
The People and Change Consulting business is part of the Eversheds Consulting division and works closely with the Human Resources Practice Group. The national CIPD qualified team comprises seven People and Chance Consultants who deliver HR services to clients in the areas of HR strategy, talent management, change management, investigations, HR training and flexible interim or retained HR resource. Working independently as experts with the option to consult Eversheds' extensive team of lawyers where appropriate, the Consultants can add resource to clients' in-house team or provide specialist, hands-on advice for all projects from the standard and routine to the unusual and complex. The Consultants can even function as clients' HR team if there is not one at the present, dealing with the day-to-day operational HR issues most organisations face.
We are looking for a HR Consultant to be based in our Cambridge office, who is prepared to travel to deliver the services at client site.
Key responsibilities:
You will contribute positively to the effectiveness of the People and Change Consulting business, by providing a profitable high quality consulting service to external clients, acting in accordance with the CIPD and the Firms’ professional standards. Key responsibilities include:
· To provide pragmatic and tailored solutions to meet clients’ needs
· To supplement the resources of an in-house HR team or to provide specialist advice on a project, interim or retained basis.
· To develop the People and Change consulting business by establishing credibility and building relationships with our internal client base (the lawyers) and our external clients by gaining their respect and trust - and ensuring repeat business.
· To identify and action potential opportunities and assist in the preparation of proposals and presentations for new business.
· To manage client expectations and act as the main contact and representative of the Firm, with approximately 85% of your time spent on client projects.
· To work on client sites as required undertaking specific HR related projects such as HR team strategy audits, talent management, conducting investigations, managing redundancy or TUPE projects, delivering training on HR issues and from time to time assuming interim HR roles on a short term basis.
· To work and liaise with other People and Change consultants across the UK, adding to and contributing at regular group meetings, sharing knowledge and best practice.
· To work closely with our lawyers to ensure client needs are understood and met.
· To generate revenue and meet individual financial targets.
Skills and experience:
You will be degree educated, a Chartered Member/Fellow of the CIPD and have a solid background in HR; you will have either led a HR function or you will have held a Senior HR Business Partner role. Ideally with financial services or pharmaceutical sector experience.
You must have commercial acumen and be able to develop relationships with key stakeholders as well as specialist knowledge to succeed in this role. You will need to have the ability to work autonomously in developing new client work, delivering to meet key client objectives and growing the business in your region.
Candidates will need to evidence success across a number of the following professional areas:
· Development and successful implementation of HR strategy.
· Development or contributing to the development of HR team strategy, i.e. the vision, role and structure of the HR function.
· Organisation design and development.
· Talent management.
· Project management of large scale change processes e.g. redundancy, TUPE or changing terms and conditions of employment.
· Redundancy and the legal framework.
· TUPE and its practical application.
· Employee relations, including conducting investigations into disciplinary or grievance matters, dealing with grievances, disciplinaries, appeals and ideally mediation of disputes.
· Performance management; individual case management through to performance management systems and processes.
· Employee relations strategy; managing trade unions or establishing employee consultation forums; engaging with workplace representatives.
· Training programme design and delivery.
· International or global HR management.
You will find it natural to build and develop relationships with the lawyers, your clients, and will have the ability to influence and make things happen.
Key competencies:
You must be prepared to be flexible and thrive on varied and unpredictable workload and travel as required and as directed by your clients’ needs, at short notice. This will predominantly be travel within your region but you should be prepared to travel to any UK location and occasionally overseas.
We’re a modern, progressive law firm. We’re driven by new ideas; we’re excited by new approaches; and we’re also refreshingly down-to-earth. We think differently and we’ve built a culture where individual skills and personalities can shine through. At Eversheds, we believe that innovation comes from a culture of genuine equality and diversity and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, or once in post.
Eversheds endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Eversheds operates within a preferred supplier list.
Salary range:
Competitive