HR Consultant (Belfast)

Overview

As an HR Consultant in our growing people consultancy, you help client organisations optimise people and HR practices to support growth. You’ll work directly with diverse clients, delivering practical, commercially-minded HR guidance and helping them scale their people function. You’ll review setups, implement improvements, and support management teams with policy application, recruitment, onboarding and employee relations. The role blends advisory work with hands-on delivery, across sectors, in a collaborative, client-focused environment. This is a chance to develop as a specialist while shaping how businesses build strong, values-led cultures at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• generous annual leave
• enhanced parental leave
• volunteering day
• private medical insurance
• employee assistance programme
• pension scheme

Responsibilities

• Provide commercially minded, practical advice on day-to-day HR and employment issues with a strong emphasis on employee relations
• Review and enhance clients’ HR setup, recommending and facilitating new tools, processes and ways of working
• Advise management teams on applying HR policy in practice and support recruitment, onboarding and management of new starters
• Help clients build inclusive, values-led cultures and working environments
• Mentor junior team members and serve as a first point of contact for HR queries and management guidance
• Prepare documentation to support client processes (onboarding, appraisals, probation, absence management, employee relations cases, benefits administration, contracts, offboarding)
• Review and refresh template toolkits and client-facing documentation

Key requirements

• At least 4 years of applied HR and employee relations experience
• Knowledge of relevant employment legislation with ability to translate into practical guidance
• Strong communication skills; ability to explain complex issues simply
• Sharp questioning and listening to understand client situations
• Flexible, consultative, client-focused problem solving
• Ability to build trust quickly with clients and colleagues
• Discretion and confidentiality
• Proactive, improvement-minded approach to developing new tools and ways of working
• Responsive, service-oriented mindset representing the business to clients
• Continuous learning mindset and professional development
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Willingness to travel to client sites and other offices
• CIPD qualification (or working towards one)
• Experience with HR system implementation (bonus)
• Full driving licence and car access for regular travel to clients

• Client-focused
• Strong communication
• Relationship-building
• Employment law knowledge
• HR system implementation
• HR policy application

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