Senior HR Consultant (HR Business Partner) UK876572/LI

Senior HR Consultant

Hybrid | 3 days office‑based + client sites

Morgan Philips is delighted to be exclusively representing a growing and ambitious HR consultancy in the search for a high-calibre Senior HR Consultant to join their high-performing team.

This is a fast-paced, client-facing role for a commercially minded HR professional who can operate with a high degree of autonomy. You’ll be expected to lead complex employee relations work end-to-end, provide clear and confident advice to senior stakeholders, and balance legal risk with pragmatic, business-focused outcomes.

The Role

• Deliver a high-quality outsourced HR service to a diverse portfolio of clients
• Act as a trusted advisor to business owners, directors, and senior leaders, confidently influencing decisions
• Lead complex, high-risk ER casework end-to-end, including disciplinaries, grievances, capability, absence, redundancies, restructures, and TUPE
• Take full ownership of cases, including strategy, decision-making, and outcomes, rather than purely supporting or advising
• Provide clear, legally sound and commercially pragmatic advice, identifying risks and recommending appropriate actions
• Lead redundancy processes, including design, consultation, pooling, scoring methodology, and managing challenge
• Navigate complex cases involving overlapping risks (e.g. performance, health conditions, potential discrimination)
• Manage a varied caseload, often handling multiple concurrent ER matters with differing levels of complexity and risk
• Prepare high-quality documentation including outcome letters, reports, and policies
• Attend client sites regularly, embedding yourself within client environments where required
• Support wider HR activity including organisational change, performance management, engagement, and talent initiatives
• Contribute to business development, client proposals, and presentations
• Mentor and support more junior team members
• Deliver training to clients and stay ahead of UK employment law developments

About You

• Strong HR generalist background, ideally within a consultancy or highly client-facing HRBP role
• Proven track record of independently managing complex ER cases, with clear ownership of decisions and outcomes
• Able to confidently articulate:
• Your role vs others involved in cases
• The level of risk involved
• Your rationale for decisions taken
• Experienced in handling high volumes of ER casework, including high-risk and sensitive matters
• Strong, up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law, with the ability to apply it in practice—not just understand it conceptually
• Confident advising on dismissal risk, legal exposure, and alternative approaches
• Experience leading or playing a key role in redundancy programmes, with a clear understanding of your personal accountability
• Able to balance legal compliance with commercial outcomes, particularly when advising senior stakeholders
• Comfortable challenging clients and managing pushback where required
• Strong judgement and decision-making capability in ambiguous or high-pressure situations
• Highly organised, resilient, and able to manage competing priorities across multiple clients
• CIPD Level 7 qualified (or equivalent)

Why Apply?

• High-impact, varied role working with a diverse and interesting client base
• Genuine autonomy and ownership of your work
• Exposure to complex and challenging ER scenarios
• Opportunity to further develop advisory, commercial, and leadership capability
• Collaborative, high-performing team environment
• Hybrid working with significant client interaction

Interested?

For a confidential discussion, please apply via Morgan Philips.

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