OMNIA STRATEGY LLP
HR & Professional Development Manager
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Job Description:
About Us
Omnia Strategy LLP is an international law firm focusing on dispute resolution. We work with governments, businesses, and private clients to prevent and resolve problems using an innovative cross-disciplinary approach. Our lawyers come from many different countries around the world and are globally-minded, enterprising, collaborative, and committed to excellence. Diversity and respect are core values of our firm.
We are looking for an experienced and proactive part-time (3 days a week) HR & Professional Development Manager with a strong background across the full range of generalist HR disciplines to join our team. Reporting to the Managing Director and working closely with the Partners and Chief Operating Officer, the successful candidate will bring a pragmatic and people-focused approach, ensuring HR best practice and employment law compliance whilst supporting employee wellbeing, engagement, performance, and development.
The role:
HR Management
- Acting as the first point of contact for all HR matters.
- Managing employee relations, supporting the continuous maintenance and improvement of a positive work environment, and assisting with conflict resolution.
- Providing advice and guidance to Partners on HR management, employment law, and recommendations on policies, procedures, and practices.
- Advising on compliance matters and HR best practice in the legal services sector and generally.
- Developing and implementing current and future HR strategies, including policies, procedures, and forms.
- Preparing HR documentation such as offer letters, contracts, references, reports, and analyses.
- Monitoring, measuring, and reporting on HR activity and issues.
- Managing recruitment processes and supporting hiring managers throughout the recruitment cycle.
- Overseeing onboarding and integration of new employees.
- Managing annual leave processes and other planned and unplanned absences.
- Advising on workforce planning.
- Managing HR processes including salary and bonus reviews and performance appraisals.
- Managing and supporting investigations for disciplinary and grievance processes.
- Managing maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave processes.
- Conducting exit interviews and reporting to managers on key themes and trends.
- Maintaining and continuously improving HR systems, employee records, and people data.
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Professional Development & Employment Engagement
- Providing tailored and effective coaching and developmental support to employees to improve and optimize performance and career progression.
- Supporting employees identifying and achieving professional development goals.
- Monitoring workloads and promoting effective performance.
- Observing, contributing to, and reporting on firm culture and opportunities for enhancement.
- Working closely with Partners and managers to support employee development, retention, and alignment with firm values.
- Facilitating the flow of feedback from team members to Partners and supporting Partner professional development.
- Identifying specific and firmwide learning and development opportunities to support individual and business objectives.
- Developing initiatives that improve employee experience and wellbeing.
- Leading by example and acting as a role model.
Qualifications
- Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.
- Experience working within a law firm or professional services environment.
- Fluent English.
- Technical proficiency with Outlook, Microsoft Office, Excel, and HR systems.
- CIPD Level 5 qualified or equivalent is desirable.
- A recognized coaching qualification (e.g., ILM, EMCC, ICF, or equivalent) or demonstrable coaching experience is desirable.
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Key Competencies & Skill Sets
- Employee development, coaching, and performance management.
- Efficient HR process management.
- Employee relations and managing complex people matters.
- Comfortable working with the senior leadership team, team members of all roles and levels of seniority, and external providers.
- Tact and diplomacy.
- Strong work ethic and efficiency.
- Excellent communication, written, and oral.
- Emotional intelligence.
- Conflict mitigation and resolution.
- Decision-making and strong professional judgment.
- Assuredness and resilience.
- Discretion and confidentiality.
- Self-sufficiency, independence, and responsibility.
Application Procedure
- Please send a cover letter and your CV by email to recruitment@omniastrategy.com clearly stating your salary expectations and current notice period with the subject line “Application - HR & Professional Development Manager" by 18 Sept 2026.
- Any incomplete, other application types, and applications without cover letters will not be considered.
- All applications are handled in confidence.
- Candidates should hold the right to work documentation or settled status.
- We are unable to offer Tier 2 or 5 Sponsorship for this position.
- Please note due to the number of applications we receive, we may be unable to respond to every application directly.
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