Junior HR Consultant

The opportunity

Are you a HR professional ready to take the next step in a role that offers variety, responsibility and scope to grow? At University of the Arts London, we are seeking a Junior HR Consultant to join our People and Culture team and help deliver our service across one of the world’s most renowned creative universities.

As a Junior HR Consultant, you will provide high-quality, professional and customer-focused HR advice and guidance across a broad range of employee relations and people-related matters. You’ll support casework, change initiatives and policy development, while helping managers apply best practice in fair and practical ways. You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement, challenge existing processes, and promote UAL’s values of equality, diversity and inclusion.

About you

You will bring solid experience in providing professional HR advice and guidance, particularly in relation to employee relations issues such as sickness absence, performance management, workplace adjustments and organisational change. Ideally, you will also have experience of working with trade unions and HR information systems.

You will be CIPD qualified (or have equivalent relevant experience) and have a sound understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Skilled in building relationships and working collaboratively, you will be an excellent communicator and problem-solver, confident in supporting managers to make fair and well-reasoned decisions.

This role is well suited to a HR professional who has established their foundation and is now ready to build on it in a supportive and forward-thinking team. 

What we offer

To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site/Canvas for further information as conditions and exclusions apply:

▪ 31 days of annual leave and 2 days off to volunteer plus bank holidays
▪ Flexible and Dynamic working options available from the first day
▪ Discounted Medical Insurance including Digital GP service, therapies, in-patient and day-case treatment
▪ Free counselling and advice via our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
▪ Sector-leading Equal Parental Leave policy (6 months full pay for both parents) 
▪ Defined-benefit LGPS pension scheme
▪ In-house training and development including apprenticeships and free places on creative courses
▪ Interest free loans on travel and tech, discounts on gym memberships, nursery fees, eye care and much more
▪ Various opportunities to attend student shows and exhibitions