Strategic HR Advisor
Posted 4 days ago by Harvey Nash Plc
£751 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Summary: The Strategic HR Advisor role is a 6-month contract based in Edinburgh, focusing on providing senior-level leadership and program management for strategic People & Culture initiatives. The position is critical for designing and implementing a coordinated people transformation agenda within a complex organization. The advisor will support leaders through change, ensuring effective communication and minimal disruption. This role requires proven experience in strategic HR change and transformation, particularly within public sector environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide senior-level strategic HR advisory and programme leadership to design and deliver a coordinated people transformation and change agenda.
- Act as programme lead across key strategic People & Culture projects.
- Support leaders through complex change, ensuring clarity, engagement, and minimal disruption.
- Develop and embed change frameworks, tools, and governance.
- Establish delivery plans, milestones, and dependencies, and risk and issues management frameworks.
- Provide clear, concise reporting to Executive and Board level.
- Ensure integration across HR and wider business initiatives.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in strategic HR Change & Transformation within complex organisations.
- Demonstrable track record and expertise in organisational design and change management.
- Ability to assess current ways of working and identify opportunities to improve operating model effectiveness, structure and organisational performance.
- Demonstrable programme management capability (multi-workstream delivery).
- Ability to operate effectively at Executive/Board level and produce high quality outputs for senior audiences.
- Experience in public sector or regulated environments, with an understanding of the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).
Salary (Rate): £751 per day
City: Edinburgh
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: HR
Strategic HR Advisor
6 month contract
Edinburgh
Inside IR35
Harvey Nash's public sector client is looking for a Strategic HR Advisor to join their team. This role will require you to provide senior-level people leadership and act as programme lead across a portfolio of strategic People & Culture initiatives. This role will play a critical part in designing and delivering a coordinated people transformation and change agenda within a complex organisation.
Scope of Requirements
To provide senior-level strategic HR advisory and programme leadership to design and deliver a coordinated people transformation and change agenda.
Act as programme lead across key strategic People & Culture projects.
Support leaders through complex change, ensuring clarity, engagement, and minimal disruption
Develop and embed change frameworks, tools, and governance
Establish delivery plans, milestones, and dependencies, and risk and issues management frameworks
Provide clear, concise reporting to Executive and Board level
Ensure integration across HR and wider business initiatives
Key Skills & Experience
Proven experience in strategic HR Change & Transformation within complex organisations
Demonstrable track record and expertise in organisational design and change management
Ability to assess current ways of working and identify opportunities to improve operating model effectiveness, structure and organisational performance
Demonstrable programme management capability (multi-workstream delivery)
Ability to operate effectively at Executive/Board level and produce high quality outputs for senior audiences
Experience in public sector or regulated environments, with an understanding of the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)
