Human Resources Consultant

HR Consultant - Fixed Term Contract for 12 months
Dundee

At Thorntons Law, every moment matters. Join our People Team and you’ll feel inspired. You’ll feel connected. You’ll feel like you belong. And it all begins from the moment you join us.

That’s because we’ve created a different kind of law firm. Here, you’ll build relationships with clients and colleagues that really last. You’ll help shape what happens now, and what comes next. And we’ll support and encourage you to be the best you can be.

This is what life at Thorntons is all about. And this is your moment to be part of it.

As HR Consultant, you will play a key role in supporting Thorntons’ People function during an exciting period of development and change. Working closely with the Chief People Officer and wider People leadership team, you will provide hands‑on HR support across a variety of areas, helping to strengthen our people practices, improve ways of working and deliver a range of priority projects.

This is a varied role that will give you the opportunity to work across Talent Acquisition, Reward & Policy, People Operations and Learning & Development, as well as supporting organisational design, change activity and the implementation of a new HRIS system. You will work closely with colleagues across the People function and the wider firm, providing practical advice and helping to turn people priorities into effective action.

The role would suit an experienced HR professional who enjoys variety, can build strong relationships quickly and is comfortable moving between day‑to‑day HR matters and longer‑term projects.

You don’t need to have experience in every area listed below – we are looking for someone with a strong HR foundation, a pragmatic approach and the curiosity and adaptability who may get involved across a broad range of activity.

• HR Generalist Support – providing practical HR advice across a range of people matters, including employee relations, performance, capability, policies and ways of working.
• People Projects & Change – supporting the CPO and People leadership team with organisational design, workforce planning and change initiatives, helping to ensure projects are well‑planned, communicated and successfully implemented.
• HRIS Implementation – supporting the implementation of a new HRIS system, including process mapping, gathering requirements, stakeholder engagement, testing, communications, training and adoption.
• People Operations – working with the People Operations team to improve processes, documentation, governance and service delivery across the employee lifecycle.
• Reward & Policy – supporting policy reviews, reward processes, benchmarking activity and the implementation of agreed changes.
• Talent Acquisition – partnering with Talent Acquisition to support workforce planning, recruitment processes, role clarity and onboarding improvements.
• Learning & Development – working with Learning & Development to identify capability needs and support development, engagement and change adoption initiatives.
• Collaboration – working closely with the wider People team and colleagues across the firm, joining up activity and ensuring our people priorities are aligned with business needs.

• Strong HR generalist experience, ideally gained in a professional services, legal or similarly complex organisation.
• Experience supporting organisational change, projects or organisational design, with the ability to help leaders and colleagues navigate change effectively.
• A good understanding of UK employment law, HR policy, employee relations and people risk.
• The ability to build credibility and strong working relationships quickly with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload, balancing operational priorities with project and change activity.
• A pragmatic and solutions‑focused approach, with the confidence to provide clear advice and sound judgement.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence at different levels across the firm.
• Experience of HRIS, HR technology or people systems implementation would be advantageous, but is not…