HR Business Partner – Law Firm
Posted 5 days ago by 1764903540
£90,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
City of London, London
Summary: The HR Business Partner role at a prestigious law firm is a 12-month contract position based in the City of London, offering a salary of up to £90,000. The position requires a strategic and hands-on HR professional who will act as a trusted advisor, delivering comprehensive HR support while collaborating with senior stakeholders. The role emphasizes both operational and strategic priorities, focusing on employee experience and wellbeing in a hybrid working environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a trusted advisor to a defined client group, delivering generalist HR support.
- Shape and execute the people agenda across all aspects of the employee lifecycle.
- Contribute to resource planning, talent development, performance management, and organisational capability.
- Support business-as-usual activities and drive key cyclical processes such as reward and talent reviews.
- Coach leaders and guide decision-making using meaningful people data.
- Proactively address wellbeing and employee relations issues.
- Collaborate with internal HR specialists and support managers with sensitive people matters.
Key Skills:
- Extensive HRBP experience within legal, professional services, or financial services.
- Proven track record of delivering across the full generalist remit.
- Strong experience in running annual reward, talent, and performance processes.
- Highly skilled in employee relations with the ability to resolve issues effectively.
- Confident in using people data to generate insights and influence stakeholders.
- Credible, warm, and commercially minded with strong communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills, emotional intelligence, and resilience.
- Self-starter who takes ownership and champions a positive, people-centric culture.
Salary (Rate): £90000 per annum
City: City of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: HR
HR Business Partner – Law Firm
* 12-month FTC
* Salary up to £90,000
* City of London
* Hybrid working – 3 days in the office
Oakleaf Partnership are partnering with a highly respected, people-focused Law Firm. They are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner on a 12-month contract. This is a fantastic opportunity for a strategic yet hands-on HRBP who thrives in a progressive, collaborative environment and enjoys working across both strategic and operational priorities.
What is the role?
This role will act as a trusted advisor to a defined client group, delivering the full spectrum of generalist HR support while partnering closely with senior stakeholders. You will play a central role in shaping and executing the people agenda, working across all aspects of the employee lifecycle and collaborating with specialist HR functions.
You will contribute to resource planning, talent development, performance management and organisational capability. As an HRBP who is comfortable rolling up your sleeves, you will support BAU activity while also driving key cyclical processes such as reward, talent reviews and people planning. You will coach leaders, guide decision-making using meaningful people data, and ensure a consistent and high-quality approach to employee experience across your groups.
This role also takes a proactive approach to wellbeing, employee relations, and shaping the evolving hybrid working environment. You’ll partner closely with internal HR specialists, support managers with sensitive people matters, and ensure that employees feel supported throughout their journey with the business.
Skills/Experience required
* Extensive HRBP experience within legal, professional services or financial services.
* A proven track record of delivering across the full generalist remit, balancing strategic partnering with hands-on BAU.
* Strong experience running annual reward, talent and performance processes alongside senior leaders.
* Highly skilled in employee relations, with the ability to resolve issues through both informal and formal approaches.
* Confident in using people data to generate insight, influence stakeholders and support business decision-making.
* A credible, warm and commercially minded partner, able to communicate clearly and build trust quickly.
* Strong organisational skills, emotional intelligence, resilience and the ability to navigate a fast-moving environment.
* A self-starter who takes ownership, collaborates effectively, and champions a positive, people-centric culture.
This is a brilliant opportunity for an HRBP who enjoys variety, values collaboration and wants to make a meaningful impact during a key period of organisational activity.
