HR Consultant

HR Consultant - Job Evaluations

• £47,665 per annum
• Full Time - Monday - Friday
• Permanent
• Mostly remote (attend the office once per week in Bristol) Tate are working with a local authority in Bristol in their search for a HR Consultant, with a key focus managing job evaluations. Your role focus will be on job evaluations, with key responsibilities including:
• Lead and support job evaluation activity, ensuring roles are assessed fairly and consistently
• Advise managers on role design, grading outcomes and job evaluation processes
• Support the maintenance and development of job evaluation frameworks and documentation
• Use role and workforce data to inform pay, grading and organisational decisions.
• Ensuring employment practices remain fair, accessible and aligned with legislation and good practice.
• Using insight, feedback and workforce information to support decision‑making, contribute to assessments such as Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs), and help identify where improvements or updates are needed.
• Review and develop HR policies to ensure clarity, fairness and compliance with employment legislation.
• Support organisational projects requiring HR or policy expertise, particularly those shaping workforce culture.
• Act as a key HR link with managers and colleagues to promote consistent and fair people practices.
• Contribute to learning resources and training that enhance people‑management capability. About You
• Significant local authority expertise is essential
• Significant experience of undertaking GLPC evaluations is essential
• Experience of complex/disputed evaluations is desirable but not essential - though if they have experience of hundreds of evaluations then there will have been some contentious ones.
• Solid HR experience, including policy development and/or casework, alongside a good understanding of employment law and good HR practice.
• Ability to analyse information and present clear, evidence‑based insights, handle sensitive discussions with professionalism and balance, and bring a collaborative style with a commitment to a fair, supportive workplace culture. Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.