HR Consultant - 12 Months FTC

HR Consultant - 12 Months FTC

Position Description

At CGI, we know that exceptional people experience drives exceptional business outcomes. As an HR Consultant, you'll play a key role in shaping the employee journey-providing trusted advice, strengthening leadership capability, and ensuring our people can thrive. Working within a collaborative and forward-thinking HR team, you'll help deliver fair, innovative, and people-focused solutions that enable growth across CGI UK. This is your opportunity to make a real impact within a global organisation that values your expertise, empowers you to take ownership, and supports your professional development every step of the way.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

This 12-month fixed-term role offers hybrid working with some UK travel, giving you the flexibility to make an impact while developing your HR career in a truly rewarding environment.

Your future duties and responsibilities

In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to managers and employees across a broad range of Employee Relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and commercially balanced outcomes. You'll manage complex ER cases including disciplinary, grievance, absence, and performance matters while applying strong employment law knowledge and professional judgement. Working closely with HR Business Partners and senior stakeholders, you'll also contribute to strategic HR initiatives, policy development, and process improvements that enhance the overall employee experience.

You'll join a collaborative HR function where knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and professional growth are actively encouraged. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your HR expertise, influence positive organisational change, and make a meaningful contribution within a supportive and people-focused environment.

Key responsibilities:
Advise & Support managers and employees on complex Employee Relations matters
Manage & Resolve disciplinary, grievance, absence, and performance cases effectively
Partner & Collaborate with HR Business Partners and senior stakeholders on HR initiatives
Develop & Improve HR policies, procedures, and best practice frameworks
Analyse & Maintain HR data and reporting with strong accuracy and attention to detail
Contribute & Influence continuous improvement across HR processes and employee experience
Support & Guide stakeholders with pragmatic, commercially focused HR solutions

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

To succeed in this role, you'll bring strong HR generalist experience with a particular focus on Employee Relations within a fast-paced environment. You'll be confident managing complex cases, influencing stakeholders at all levels, and balancing employee wellbeing with business priorities. Strong communication skills, sound judgement, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement will be essential.

Essential qualifications:
Proven experience managing complex Employee Relations cases across multiple business areas
Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
Experience developing and implementing HR policies and procedures
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills
Strong analytical capability with experience using Excel and HR data reporting
High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
Degree-level education or equivalent experience
CIPD qualified or currently working towards qualification

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because...

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team-one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.