EY Talent Consultant - Consulting month FTC UK 

United Kingdom, England, London 

262828311

Talent Consultant – UK&I Consulting
Level 3:Assistant Director (Manager)Currently a minimum 1 day/week at More London Place

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted advisor to UK&I Consulting leadership, building strong relationships to co-develop people solutions, embed change, and influence strategic decisions.
• Support the SL STCs with developing and maintaining strong relationships across the UK&I Consulting business to deliver the wider Talent strategy especially in relation to talent management, leadership development, managing change performance management and organisational design
• Ensure that all necessary activity relating to LEAD cyclical activity, year end and pay planning are delivered in the most professional and effective manner ensuring consistency across UK&I Consulting.
• Use engagement insights and people data to identify trends, anticipate issues, and implement targeted talent strategies in collaboration with STCs.
• Evaluate requests and initiatives from the SL before deciding an appropriate response.
• Challenge and influence the business to ensure the most appropriate course of action.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion across the Consulting business.
• Lead and support organisational change initiatives (e.g. restructures, TUPE, M&A) impacting UK&I Consulting and provide expert HR advice.
• Coach and upskill leaders on performance management, UK employment law, and internal policies.
• Team closely with HR Operations Centre of Excellence (HR Ops COE) to deliver on daily requirements and ad hoc projects and initiatives to ensure a seamless employee experience.

Skills & Experience:

• Experienced HR Manager with a proven track record of working in a complex matrix environment, with the ability to deal with ambiguity and complex situations and advise business leaders with limited support or guidance.
• Professionally qualified. A postgraduate qualification in a Business or Human Resource discipline is desirable.
• Proven ability to influence at all levels in the organisation, preferably in a professional services environment - demonstrating ability to coach and advise partners/directors/ senior managers as well as peers.
• Solid experience of leading organisational change programmes and providing advice on complex redundancies, TUPE, capability management, disciplinaries, grievances, absence/OH cases, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of UK Employment Law and employee relations.
• Current knowledge of Diversity and Inclusiveness practices and thought leadership.
• Experience of contributing to business decision making, strategic planning discussions and operational planning activities.
• Resilient, practical and a self-starter who is comfortable working with challenging stakeholders.
• Evidence of having dealt with a busy workload in an organised manner, juggling multiple priorities and with attention to detail where there are competing demands on the workload and deliverables.