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Senior HR Manager | Legal Secretaries | Paralegal | HR | Business Support

AJ Chambers is working with a Top North London Law Firm and has a great opportunity for a Part-time Senior HR Manager to join the team.

Overview

The role provides strategic HR leadership and end-to-end HR support for a top North London law firm, operating on a part-time basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategic HR leadership
  • Developing and implementing the firm’s HR strategy in alignment with business objectives
  • Advising senior leadership on HR trends, workforce planning, and organisational development
  • Driving initiatives that enhance employee engagement, equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI)
• Employee relations
  • Serving as a trusted adviser to partners and employees on HR policies, procedures, and employment law compliance
  • Handling complex employee relations cases with professionalism and discretion
  • Promoting a positive workplace culture and addressing conflicts proactively
  • Conducting investigations for disciplinary and grievance processes; drafting correspondence for formal processes
  • Ensuring compliance with relevant employment laws and regulations
• Administration
  • Overseeing HR administration across the entire employment lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews, retention, leavers)
  • Overseeing changes to terms and conditions documentation and processes
  • Managing the HR database (audits, inputting, updating)
  • Managing the salary review process
  • Payroll, benefits administration, and HR systems in partnership with Accounts
• Talent and performance management
  • Overseeing all aspects of recruitment
  • Providing expertise on talent management, performance-related processes, and promotions
  • Developing a consistent performance evaluation process across the firm
  • Engaging with new joiners for feedback and implementing process improvements
  • Tracking staff movements to inform resource planning
  • Participating in performance improvement plans when appropriate
• Change Management
  • Supporting growth, mergers, or restructuring with smooth transitions
  • Fostering a culture of adaptability and innovation
• Learning and development
  • Creating and improving learning and development programs for new staff and trainees
  • Enhancing internal training and knowledge sharing across the firm
  • Designing training tailored to legal and non-legal staff
  • Monitoring and evaluating training effectiveness and ROI
• Data & insight
  • Collating data and producing analysis and KPI reporting
  • Monitoring attrition quarterly and providing trends to the partnership
  • Analyzing sickness absence and maintaining absence analysis spreadsheets
  • Producing management information and bespoke reports
  • Reporting on exit information and trends; conducting exit interviews as appropriate
  • Providing monthly and ad hoc data analyses ensuring data integrity
• Employee experience
  • Developing and applying company policies; handling HR queries promptly
  • Organising induction processes and welcoming new joiners
  • Supporting wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion initiatives
  • Identifying training and development opportunities
  • Conducting exit interviews and reporting feedback
  • Monitoring sickness absence and coordinating occupational health referrals
• HR guidance and advice
  • Building relationships and advising staff on policies and procedures to ensure consistent practice
  • Providing confidential HR guidance and career counseling as required
  • Offering HR operational service to staff and supporting day-to-day HR issues
• Office support
  • Office support across all locations; occasional line management and procurement support
  • 2 days per week in the office, rotating between four offices

Key Skills and Experience

• Experience: 7+ years in HR management, preferably within a law firm or professional services
• Education: CIPD Level 5 qualification or above
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of employment law and HR best practices in the legal sector
• Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to influence at all levels
• Technology: Proficiency in HR tools; tech-savvy with an eye for innovation
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead, inspire, and manage teams

The role will offer a salary of circa £75k full-time equivalent with an excellent benefits package.

For further information please contact Ella Britton

Employment details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Part-time
• Job function: Human Resources
• Industries: Law Practice and Legal Services

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