Senior HR Manager

Job Posted: 30th January 2026

Contract: Fixed-term contract (6–12 months), with potential to become permanent

Location: London (hybrid working) with regular travel

Salary: Up to £60,000 (dependent on experience)

Sector Focus: Creative & Entertainment Industries 

The Role 

As our business continues to grow, we are looking to appoint a Senior HR Manager to support the delivery of high-quality HR services to our clients. 

This is a hands-on, client-facing role focused on managing day-to-day HR delivery, leading employee relations matters, and working closely with the Founder, Business Coordinator and HR Adviser to ensure work is delivered consistently, confidently and in line with agreed standards. 

You will play a key role in supporting retained clients, contributing to complex cases, and helping maintain strong relationships across the consultancy. 

This role is ideal for someone who is commercially minded, adaptable, and enjoys working with independence and trust, while contributing to a close, collaborative and purpose-driven team.

Key Responsibilities 

HR Delivery & Employee Relations 

• Manage a broad range of employee relations matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, absence and performance issues 

• Lead investigations and support complex ER cases under senior guidance 

• Provide clear, pragmatic and commercially-aware HR advice 

• Ensure advice aligns with agreed frameworks, tone and best practice 

 Client Support & Delivery 

• Act as a day-to-day HR contact for retained clients 

• Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders 

• Support discovery conversations and client meetings where appropriate 

• Deliver HR projects within agreed scope, timelines and expectations 

Team & Consultant Collaboration 

• Work collaboratively with HR Consultants, Associates and internal colleagues 

• Contribute to quality assurance and peer review processes 

• Escalate risks, concerns and complex issues appropriately 

• Support knowledge-sharing and capability development across the team 

Systems, Processes & Documentation 

• Confidently use and adopt digital systems to manage HR delivery and client work 

• Maintain accurate and compliant client records 

• Contribute to the development and improvement of templates and guidance 

• Support consistent ways of working across the consultancy 

What We’re Looking For 

Experience 

• Strong HR generalist experience, ideally within consultancy, professional services or multi-client environments 

• Proven experience managing employee relations cases and investigations independently 

• Experience supporting multiple clients or stakeholders simultaneously 

• Sound knowledge of UK employment law and best practice 

• Experience working within creative, media, entertainment or similarly fast-paced industries is desirable 

• Comfortable working with modern digital platforms including Microsoft Teams, HubSpot, time-tracking and proposal creation tools 

Capability & Approach 

• Confident handling ER matters with appropriate judgement and escalation 

• Highly organised and comfortable managing competing priorities 

• Commercially aware and mindful of delivery effort and scope 

• Digitally confident, systems-literate and detail-focused 

• Professional, pragmatic and solutions-oriented in approach 

Why This Role 

• Opportunity to develop within a growing and respected consultancy 

• Exposure to varied and complex client work 

• Strong support from senior leadership 

• Clear progression pathway to more senior delivery and leadership roles 

• Opportunity to build specialist expertise in creative and production-led environments 

Ready to Join Us? 

If you’re proactive, organised and excited about doing work that genuinely makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to apply. 

This role is suited to experienced HR professionals looking for flexible, meaningful work within a collaborative consultancy. Our three-stage application process is simple and transparent, and we’ll stay in touch throughout.