At Metis HR, we believe great HR is not about scripts, tick boxes or simply quoting employment law. It is about judgement, commercial thinking and practical advice that helps business owners make confident decisions.
This is a role where your work makes a visible difference. You will support SMEs through real people challenges, often seeing the positive impact of your advice quickly and directly. If you are tired of long-winded change projects and want a role where your expertise creates meaningful results for clients and the wider business community, this could be the move for you.
Bacup, Lancashire | Full Time | Office-BasedSalary: £40,000+ DOE
About Metis HR
Established over 15 years ago, Metis HR is a trusted, independent HR consultancy based in Rossendale, Lancashire, supporting businesses across the UK with commercially focused HR advice and practical people solutions.
With over 75 years of combined HR and management experience, the team provides outsourced and in-house HR advice, support, and training services. Metis HR is known for honest advice, strong client relationships and helping businesses deal with people matters confidently and effectively.
About the Role
As an HR Consultant, you will join a small, experienced and open-minded team, providing clear, practical and commercially focused HR advice to a loyal client base.
No two days are the same. One moment, you may be advising on a complex disciplinary issue; the next, calculating annual leave entitlement and supporting a client through redundancy, restructuring or a sensitive employee relations matter. You will need sound judgement, confidence and the ability to apply employment law in a way that works for the client’s business.
You will:
- Manage a varied caseload, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence and whistleblowing matters
- Advise on contracts, handbooks, policies, restructuring and organisational change
- Help employers apply employment law with commercial confidence
- Build strong relationships with clients
- Provide advice by telephone, email, Teams and very occasional on-site visits (within a reasonable distance).
- Prepare reports, correspondence, contracts, policies and client documentation
- Support client onboarding and contribute to the continued growth of the business
- Keep your employment law and HR best-practice knowledge up to date
- Represent Metis HR as a trusted, professional adviser
Candidates must have a permanent right to work in the UK and live within a commutable distance of Bacup. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available.
About You
You will bring:
- HR experience and/or qualifications, with a strong understanding of employment law
- Sound judgement and the confidence to make practical decisions
- Commercial awareness and the ability to see the bigger business picture
- Curiosity, diplomacy and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A positive attitude and good sense of humour
This role will suit someone who enjoys variety, autonomy and direct client relationships. It is ideal for an HR professional who wants to be a trusted adviser, rather than an administrator of process.
What You’ll Get
- A genuinely varied and interesting HR consultancy role
- Exposure to a wide range of employment law and employee relations issues
- Ongoing development and support
- Direct mentoring from highly experienced consultants
- A collaborative and supportive office environment
- The satisfaction of seeing the difference your advice makes to business owners and their teams
The Offer
- 34 days’ holiday per year, including bank holidays
- Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, with a 30-minute lunch break
- Full-time, office-based role
- Renewal of CIPD membership
- Free parking
- Please note, there is a small and calm office dog
One Final Thought
This role will not suit everyone.
If you prefer scripts, rigid processes or escalating every difficult decision, this probably is not the right environment.
But if you want to use your HR expertise to solve real business problems, build trusted client relationships and make a positive difference to the SME business community, Metis HR would love to hear from you.
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