People Operations Consultant

People Operations Consultant
Edinburgh | Hybrid Working
Competitive Salary
Permanent

We're delighted to be supporting a well-established, values-led organisation in the appointment of a People Operations Consultant to join their People & Culture team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys building strong stakeholder relationships, partnering with managers and making a genuine impact across an organisation.

Working as part of a collaborative People team, you'll act as a trusted partner to managers across a variety of services, supporting the full employee lifecycle whilst helping to build manager capability, improve ways of working and drive positive change.

This is a broad generalist role offering a mix of business partnering, coaching, employee relations, project management and continuous improvement activity.

The Opportunity

You'll work closely with operational leaders and managers, taking time to understand their challenges, identify opportunities for improvement and provide practical, commercially-minded people solutions.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Partnering with managers across the organisation, providing practical HR support and guidance

• Coaching and developing manager capability across a range of people management topics

• Supporting the full employee lifecycle, from onboarding through to employee relations matters

• Leading and contributing to People projects and service improvement initiatives

• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, practices and employee experience

• Building strong stakeholder relationships and developing a deep understanding of service needs

• Supporting managers through absence management, performance and employee relations matters

• Collaborating with the wider People & Culture team to deliver organisational objectives

About You

We're keen to speak with experienced HR professionals who are confident operating autonomously and enjoy taking ownership of their work.

You'll ideally bring:

• Strong generalist HR experience across the employee lifecycle

• Experience partnering with and influencing managers

• Confidence managing employee relations matters and providing practical advice

• Strong project management or change experience

• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills

• Commercial awareness and the ability to understand operational challenges

• A proactive, solutions-focused approach

• The confidence to work independently and identify opportunities for improvement

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is naturally curious, enjoys building relationships and has the confidence to take ownership, solve problems and make things happen.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation where you'll have the autonomy to shape your role, contribute to meaningful projects and make a visible impact across the wider business.

Interested in finding out more?

We'd be delighted to speak with experienced HR professionals who are looking for a role that combines business partnering, project work and operational HR.

For a confidential discussion, please get in touch with Charlotte Plummer or Lynne Friel at Syme Drummond - [email removed] / [email removed]