📍 Hybrid Working | London or Cardiff

🗓️ 12-Week Contract

✈️ Occasional UK Travel Required

Are you an experienced HR professional with a passion for policy development, employment law, and driving meaningful organisational change?

We're supporting a leading UK membership organisation in the search for a People Policy & Projects Lead. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the employee experience by developing innovative people policies, leading strategic HR projects, and helping shape a modern, inclusive workplace.

The Opportunity

Working within a forward-thinking People team, you'll take ownership of the organisation's people policy framework, ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation while championing best practice across the employee lifecycle.

Alongside policy development, you'll lead and contribute to a range of HR projects focused on improving processes, enhancing the employee experience, and supporting organisational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, review and implement employment policies and procedures.
Ensure compliance with employment law and HR best practice.
Lead HR policy reviews and maintain a strategic policy roadmap.
Deliver people-focused projects and change initiatives.
Research and benchmark innovative HR practices.
Analyse workforce trends and recommend practical solutions.
Improve HR processes to enhance efficiency and service delivery.
Develop guidance, training materials and communications to support managers and employees.
Provide expert advice on complex employee relations matters.
Collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation to deliver impactful people solutions.

About You

We're looking for an HR professional who can demonstrate:

✔ Strong knowledge of UK employment law, HR policy development and contemporary HR practices.

✔ Experience delivering HR projects and policy initiatives from concept through to implementation.

✔ Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build strong working relationships.

✔ Experience advising on employee relations matters and providing practical HR guidance.

✔ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data and research to inform decision-making.

✔ A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and creating positive employee experiences.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a values-driven organisation where you'll have genuine influence over people policy, organisational improvement and employee experience. You'll work alongside a collaborative HR team and play a key role in shaping the future of the organisation's people agenda.

We'd love to hear from you. Applications are being reviewed as they are received. If you're interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.

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