Senior People Experience Specialist

We do things a bit differently at Slater Heelis. We are a law firm steeped in rich history, priding ourselves on our long-standing reputation, experience and expertise. Having recently joined the Lawfront Group, we are on a mission to become a leading regional law firm within a top 40 national Law Firm.

Lawfront's vision is to build a high-quality, national business dedicated to its people and retaining the very best in the profession to provide the very best possible service to clients.

Our colleagues are some of the very best in the profession and we are on the search for new people as we continue to expand and grow.

Are you passionate about creating exceptional people experiences and do you want to make a real impact? We are seeking a People Experience Specialist to join a dynamic and progressive People Team.

The Challenge

The Senior People Experience Specialist will play a key role in building, developing and enhancing a seamless and engaging people experience at Slater Heelis.

This is a specialist role that will be delivering a generalist portfolio of people activity, actively contributing to and delivering high-impact projects and initiatives at as we target further growth.

This role will be instrumental in supporting our leaders and teams, shaping our evolving culture, developing an environment of continuous improvement where our teams thrive and achieve lasting success and high performance.

• Ideate, co-create and execute on key work streams and projects, designing and shipping programs within the People Roadmap across Lawfront autonomously and collaboratively
• Designing, delivering and embedding change initiatives across the whole employee lifecycle
• Using commercial + people data insights (engagement, performance) to identify problems before they emerge Then, implementing people solutions and measuring their impact
• Upskill leaders, using different coaching and leadership models to drive performance
• A bias to action and desire to work from first principles: spending time to really understand pain points and applying a PX mindset to crafting solutions
• Recognise that not all employees are the same, customising to the unique needs of different employee segments
• Create and manage communication plans and campaigns to enhance employee experience
• Listen to feedback from our people, iterating continuous improvement to strengthen our culture and employee value proposition
• Partner with leaders on employee relations matters, driving solutions and collaboration, keeping up to date with Employment Law (UK)
• Lead people operations whilst optimising process at all stages of the employee lifecycle within designated functional areas
• Support the annual remuneration review process with market data benchmarks and insights

You'll lead on different areas to enhance the people experience at Slater Heelis, for example:

• People Tech Platforms
• Performance
• People Data

This role is for you if:

• You have demonstrated experience in end-to-end planning & execution of high-impact, scalable employee programs/initiatives
• You have proven development experience
• You have strong technology & digital literacy
• Data is your default to present insights to make commercial decisions and plans that have impact
• You thrive in a scaling, high-growth environment
• You have proven project management and change management experience
• You're known for asking the tough questions and asking 'why'.
• You're an excellent communicator and natural influencer - you instil trust, you inspire and take people through journeys of change
• You show awareness and understanding of people experience principles such as design thinking, agile HR and human centred design
• You are resilient, with the ability to deliver value under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• You pride yourself on your ability to build strong relationships.
• You take a personalised and collaborative approach to strong stakeholder engagement

Why join us?

In addition to getting the opportunity to work with exceptionally talented people, being a part of a fast-growing business with huge ambition across Lawfront, and being a great place to work, we have a range of benefits.

To apply

Please send a copy of your CV by clicking the link below. In addition, on your CV we'd like you to include a short paragraph - c.250 words - on "What does excellent people experience look like to you?".

Please send as one document as most job boards will not allow a cover letter to be added.