HR Consultant

Fixed term – 16 months

Are you an experienced HR professional with change management experience?

Do you want to further your career in HR and play a key role supporting a varied project in a world-leading organisation?

University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking for a HR professional to provide expert HR advice and support to a high-profile organisational change programme.

You will be responsible for handling a diverse range of people related activities, aligning organisational objectives with employee needs. This will involve managing, interpreting, and advising on UAL policies and procedures and project managing related work packages. You will support managers and staff on various matters through providing advice, coaching, guidance, and facilitating effective collaboration throughout the process.

The role will also involve dealing with large volumes of data and assessing and initial evaluation of job descriptions. 

About you

For this role, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will be capable of building and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders and will demonstrate the ability to provide professional advice and guidance to employees, management and trade unions.

You will either be CIPD qualified (MCIPD) or possess equivalent professional experience, in addition to experience of managing change.

You will need a good understanding of the Higher Education sector, as well as knowledge of role analysis/job evaluation (ideally HERA).

You will also require a flexible approach to changing priorities, be well organised and able to facilitate changes smoothly.

Problem-solving and teamwork skills are also essential, as is the ability to work collaboratively and provide practical and sustainable solutions. 

We are UAL

UAL offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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Closing date: 15 November 2025 at 23:55.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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