About the role

Are you energised by the idea of shaping how people experience change? Do you enjoy working collaboratively to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful outcomes? 

We’re currently recruiting several HR Consultants to join our new People Consultancy Hub — a team who will work flexibly across a portfolio of people-focused projects that support both the HR function and the wider University. As an HR Consultant, you’ll be a key part of this community, contributing to a wide range of initiatives that improve organisational effectiveness, enhance our people practices, and enable positive change.

You’ll work across multiple projects at any one time, often as part of virtual teams that bring together subject matter experts, HR colleagues, and stakeholders from across the University. Whether you’re leading a small-scale policy improvement or contributing to a large organisational design initiative, your focus will be on delivering practical, user-centred solutions that make a difference.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop expertise in organisational effectiveness and design, while also helping to shape how we work as a consultancy function. You’ll be reporting to a Senior HR Consultant and as part of the wider team supported to grow your skills and encouraged to bring your ideas, energy and curiosity. 

What you'll be doing

• Leading and contributing to people projects using agile methodologies. 
• Facilitating virtual teams to deliver impactful, user-focused outcomes. 
• Collaborating with stakeholders to co-design and improve HR policies and practices. 
• Developing your own consultancy skills and contributing to the development of our agile consultancy model. 

Our values in action

We’re proud to be embedding a Generous Leadership approach across our work — one that encourages us to step into challenge with courage, compassion and clarity. As an HR Consultant, you’ll be expected to model and champion values that are central to this approach:

• Authenticity – acting with purpose and enabling self-expression for yourself and others. 
• Empathy – showing genuine care, respect and concern for colleagues and the wider community. 
• Adaptability – enabling flexibility and support that fits people’s unique needs

About you

We’re looking for someone who is:

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent experience), ideally with knowledge of agile project management. 
• Experienced in delivering people projects, with a good understanding of HR policy and practice. 
• A confident facilitator and communicator, able to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels. 
• Inquisitive, adaptable, and motivated by making a difference. 
• Digitally curious and open to new ways of working. 

You’ll also bring a collaborative mindset and a genuine interest in helping others succeed. 

Further Information 

We are looking to appoint two people to these roles, at least one of which will be part time.

For informal discussions about the role please contact Ed Webster ejw85@bath.ac.uk or Katie Ross kr634@bath.ac.uk

Interviews and Assessments will take place on 21 and 22 January 2026 

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you:

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

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Further details:

• Job Description & Person Specification