Talent; HR) Executive

Taylor Walton is a well-established and highly regarded regional law firm with offices located in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. We provide legal advice and solutions to business owners, FTSE 350 companies, public and private sector organisations, charities and high-net worth individuals.

We organise our legal services by expertise, Commercial Property, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Employment, Residential Conveyancing, Family and Private Client. Clients may well be supported through their business and private life experiences by a number of our practice areas with many clients engaging our services for many years.

Our reputable success is attributed to the calibre of our people. In the same way that we are committed to provide exceptional quality legal services to our clients, we are committed to fostering an engaging and supportive environment in which to work and develop a rewarding career. We are very proud of our exceptionally high staff retention rate and an average length of service unrivalled within our region.

We are looking for an Executive to join our People & Talent (HR) team full-time for a fixed term (maternity leave) contract. We anticipate the fixed term will start ideally in December 2026 and continue until September 2027 (subject to any changes to maternity leave plans of our team member).

You will support the People & Talent Partner and work closely with another People & Talent Executive supporting our 165 people across three offices. The role is varied and requires the ability to ensure routine responsibilities are managed alongside delivering project-based initiatives and responding to employee relations matters ensuring the Firm keeps its prominent position as an Employer of Choice for those seeking to work in a highly reputable forward-thinking regional law firm.

Our People & Talent Team is responsible for the development and implementation of people related initiatives, policies and procedures – putting our most valuable asset, our People at the heart of what we do. Our Team supports Partners in the people management of their departments including recruitment, retention, and performance management and in the delivery of learning and development opportunities.

Depending on experience and skill set, the successful candidate will support the People & Talent Partner in delivering specific projects and new initiatives based around HR fundamentals of Firm recruitment, policy and procedure review and development, talent attraction and retention, learning and development and enhanced efficiency around internal HR processes.

However, the role may also include some of the following general 'hands-on' HR activities:

• onboarding new joiners and managing leaver processes
• in liaison with Partners, ensuring flexible working and family leave requests are handled in accordance with policy and legislation and to support our People
• handling employee queries and maintaining cordial employee relations
• maintaining up-to-date electronic personnel records for all of our people including contractual information, correspondence and maintaining our HR Database
• involvement in organising learning and development/training
• contributing to policy reviews and policy updates including initiating policy enhancements.

The People & Talent Team is based in Luton but frequently attend our Harpenden and St Albans offices. If you require a specific office location, please make that clear in your application.

Between minimum 5 years’ experience in a relevant and related role, currently operating as an HR Advisor, Assistant or junior Executive.
Professional services experience is highly…