Lewis Silkin
Human Resources Business Partner
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Exciting Opportunity: HR Business Partner
Working closely with the Chief People Officer to achieve firm-wide strategy, including change, transformation, and projects. This role involves strategic HR business partnering, leading critical organisational change projects, and ensuring people strategies align with business objectives.
About the Role
- Work closely with the Chief People Officer to support HR strategy, transformation, and projects across the business.
- Serve as a strategic HR Business Partner for business teams, leading workforce transformation and organisational change initiatives.
- Provide expert guidance on change, workforce planning, resourcing, employee engagement, and reward strategy, ensuring alignment with HR and business needs.
- Interface with the wider HR team, collaborate with operating partners, and manage & develop one HR Business Partner and Senior HR Advisor.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic HR & Transformation Leadership
- Partner with senior leaders to develop and implement HR strategies aligned with organisational goals and transformation agendas.
- Lead major projects in workforce planning, organisational design, and service transformation, including:
- Target operating model reviews for business teams
- Job evaluation and introduction of a new reward framework
- Use workforce intelligence, data analytics, and benchmarking to enable evidence-based decision-making
- Facilitate cultural change initiatives and ensure effective business communications.
Change Management & Employee Engagement
- Design and implement structured change management strategies for organisational objectives.
- Collaborate with managers on employee engagement and fostering a positive workplace culture.
- Assist leadership in navigating complex employee relations during transformation processes.
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Operational & People Leadership
- Provide guidance in performance management, talent development, succession planning, and engagement.
- Act as an internal consultant on leadership development, learning interventions, and organisational capability building.
- Work with the Learning & Development team in designing and evaluating development programmes.
- Coach and mentor managers to improve people management and leadership effectiveness.
HR Operations
- Manage and deliver appraisal, career development, and L&D programmes for business teams in collaboration with Head of People Development.
- Oversee organisational changes, restructures, salary reviews, and budgeting processes.
- Support training design and delivery across business teams.
- Handle day-to-day employee relations, including:
- Disciplinary, performance reviews, and grievance proceedings
- Wellbeing and ill-health absence management
- Flexible working requests
- Mentoring, coaching, and counselling staff as needed
- Conduct exit interviews and act upon key insights.
- Assist with talent acquisition and ensure Joiner/Leaver procedures are executed smoothly.
HR Departmental Responsibilities
- Collaborate with HR leadership to uphold and refine the firm’s people experience.**
- Work in partnership with wider HR teams to develop best-practice policies and initiatives.
- Contribute to the HR function’s high performance, engagement, and expertise through mentorship and strategic input.
About You
The ideal candidate has a professional, communicative, and stakeholder-managed approach, particularly in law/firms/consulting settings. Preferred attributes include:
- Proactive, flexible, and enthusiastic to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Strong empathy, resilience, and team-coaching skills.
- Organised, results-driven, and able to handle varied workloads with tight deadlines.
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Specialist Experience
- Senior HR Business Partnering experience, ideally in multi-professional or matrix organisations.
- Proven expertise in change management, workforce transformation, and organisational development.
- Analytical skills with experience using HR metrics, workforce intelligence, and data to inform decisions.
- In-depth knowledge of employment law, HR best practice, and employee relations.
- Demonstrated experience in job evaluation (e.g., Willis Towers Watson) and reward/resourcing.
- Line management or supervisory experience desirable.
Abilities & Desired Qualities
- Demonstrates empathy, collaboration, accountability, and professional courage.
- Excellent organisational, analytical, and report-writing skills.
- Pro-active, detail-oriented, and client-focused.
- Maintains confidentiality and discretion with sensitive information.
- Adaptable and willing to travel as necessary.
Technical Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Experience with HRIS (Factors), NetDocs (document management), and Willis Towers Watson benchmarking tool preferred (but not mandatory).
Education & Professional Requirements
- Degree-level qualification (or equivalent).
- Level 7 CIPD certification advantageous.
Our Ethos
At Lewis Silkin, we are mission-driven to excel in client work, team support, and community engagement. We highly value diversity, including varied perspectives, skills, and inclusive culture. We actively support candidates needing adaptions for equal opportunity access. Enquiries on adjustments (e.g., flexible working) can be emailed to: recruitment@lewissilkin.com.
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