At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

Our established HR function is growing, and we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Consultant to join us on a full-time, permanent basis. This role can be based from our Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow or Bristol offices, however travel across the UK will be required.

As a HR Consultant you will support Jacobs employees, whilst advising and coaching managers on a range of HR Generalist matters, including:

• Support all people managers and employees
• Consult with managers on people related matters and operational HR support
• Support Employee Relations case work
• Support Requests for HR support and advice escalated through Global People Services
• Lead and Support Global and Country HR Projects within their geography

You will also work closely with HR Business Partners to execute programs and initiatives. Your key relationships will include:

• Operations & Functional Managers
• Global Business Services (GBS)
• HR Country Delivery Director
• HR Business Partners
• Employee Relations
• Centre of Excellences

Key Tasks:

• Provide Management coaching & guidance using expertise on areas to include:
• Employee relations and performance management
• Retaining and engaging employees
• Employee development and career life cycle
• Change management- Restructures, Redundancy, TUPE, Office Collaboration and Closure
• Absence Management and Employee Wellbeing
• Work with Corporate HR and coach and support People Managers on annual HR Processes – Salary Review, Employee Performance Review (E3)
• Provide guidance to Managers with interpreting compliance, regulations, policies, procedures and employment laws / contractual obligations, mitigating risk
• Draft new company policies and procedures and review current when required to ensure compliance with employment legislation
• Lead and\ or Support Managers and employees on reduction of workforce programmes including costings and mitigating risk
• Lead on Data Statutory Requests
• Manage and work with ER on Integrity Hot line and Employment Tribunal Cases
• Coach, mentor and contribute to the development of employees and managers
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Trade Union Representatives
• Share knowledge and expertise amongst the HR Consultant Team.
  

• Excellent UK Employment Law Knowledge
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor
• Able to identify and limit employment law risk to the company
• Sound independent judgement
• Innovative and solutions focused
• High attention to detail and excellent analytical skills
• Negotiation & influencing skills
• Project management
• Able to travel to offices across UK

Qualifications & Experience:

• CIPD or Equivalent
• Generalist HR with strong proven experience In ER and Change Management. Working in a geographically dispersed HR Team covering locations across the UK.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

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