SunLife UK
HR Consultant - 6 month FTC
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Job Type: 6 month FTC
Location:
This role is based in our Bristol Office with time spent working in the office and at home.
Flexible working:
All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share, and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.
Salary and benefits:
£35,000 - £42,000 plus 8% bonus up to 16%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, flexible working, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days, and much more.
Join a team where you can genuinely make an impact.
SunLife is one of the UK’s most established and recognisable financial services brands, serving the over 50s market with simple, affordable products and exceptional customer care. With around 100 colleagues based in our vibrant central Bristol office, we’re fast moving, creative, and ambitious — backed by the scale and stability of Standard Life, a FTSE 100 business.
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The Role
The People Team plays a critical role in enabling SunLife’s strategy, and as HR Consultant, you will act as a key partner and coach to our People Managers, helping them navigate people matters with confidence and consistency.
Working closely with the HR Manager, you will lead and coordinate core cyclical HR activities and act as the go-to support for managers across the business. This broad generalist role offers exposure to all HR disciplines and the opportunity to influence key people outcomes.
You will play a central role in:
- Coaching and supporting People Managers on day-to-day people matters
- Owning and coordinating annual and quarterly cyclical activity, including performance, pay, and bonus
- Working with the People Managers on underperformance, talent development, and absence cases
- Supporting organizational design changes and ensuring smooth implementation
- Analyzing people data and producing clear, insightful reporting
- Contributing to wider People projects, including owning specific workstreams where appropriate
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What We’re Looking For:
- A genuine interest in developing People Manager capability and growing as a generalist
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with the ability to spot and implement better ways of working
- Confidence to work independently while building trusted relationships
- Experience engaging a range of stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with people data
We Want to Hire the Whole You
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. If your skills don’t line up perfectly with every requirement but you believe you can bring value to this role, we want to hear from you. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you to perform at your best.
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