Senior HRBP

• National Role – Leading the Business Partnering Team
• Drive consistency across all cyclical people processes
• Influential Role supporting the Head of People & Culture

Lead a modern, evolving Business Partnering team in a national firm undergoing significant transformation, with scope to influence governance, consistency and operational uplift.

A newly created senior People & Culture role offering operational leadership across a national P&C function. Working closely with the Head of People & Culture, you will act as a trusted 2IC in a role that drives consistency in HR advice and cyclical activity.

The firm operates a modern, corporate‑style structure with a CEO, COO and executive leadership model, creating a more balanced and commercially grounded decision‑making environment than traditional partner‑led firms. The P&C function is also undergoing a significant uplift in sophistication, giving this role a genuine opportunity to shape improved processes, governance and ways of working.

You will lead and coach a small team, oversee first‑line advisory work nationally, and manage a modest personal client portfolio to stay connected to the rhythm of the business. The role has a strong operational focus, ensuring high‑quality advice, disciplined governance and alignment across all offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small team of Advisors and a Business Partner
• Oversee first‑line advisory work nationally, ensuring consistent and high‑quality advice
• Coordinate and govern key people cycles including graduate onboarding, planning sessions, promotions and remuneration processes
• Drive national consistency across five offices, working closely with the Employee Relations and Policy teams
• Contribute to HRIS implementation, change management and reporting improvements
• Support strategic and transformation initiatives, including future business acquisitions
• Maintain a modest personal client portfolio to stay connected to day‑to‑day operational needs

Success in this role requires:

• Strong legal‑sector experience and understanding of CPD, the Legal Services Award and the nuances of legal practice
• Proven people leadership, ideally managing Advisors and Business Partners
• Confidence with complex ER matters and first‑line advisory oversight
• Experience operating nationally across multiple offices
• Ability to drive consistency, coach a dispersed team and operate at pace
• Comfort working in a function still on a maturity journey

It is a prerequisite that candidates have prior experience working within a Professional Services environment, although this does not necessarily need to be their current setting.

Candidates currently operating at a Senior HR Business Partner / Lead HR Business Partner level, or HR Managers from smaller Professional Services firms with the capability to scale, are encouraged to apply.