People Solutions Consultant
ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)
Salary up to £58,000 + excellent benefits
12-month fixed term contract
Closing date - Thursday 19th of November 2026
Help us create a better future, quicker
What you'll be doing
- Work with agility as part of the consultancy team, focusing on delivering tasks at pace
- Contribute to change activities and initiatives that enable business growth
- Lead small to medium scale organisational design and people solutions projects for single teams or functional areas, translating business requirements into effective organisation structures and clearly defined roles and accountabilities
- Manage workstreams within larger projects and support the delivery of a workstream of a major programme
- Develop project plans to meet the specific requirements of the allocated project, or deliverable
- Deliver HR solutions using established policy, tools and frameworks
- Conduct diagnostics and manage stakeholder engagement with business managers to develop solutions and drive customer value
- Deliver and complete projects within agreed timeframes and reporting on progress of delivery, identifying and highlighting challenges and risks to the relevant stakeholders
- Continuously assess risks, business readiness and change barriers
- Develop and assess organisational design options with business stakeholders, defining team structures, role profiles and accountabilities to support business and growth plans
- Carry out job evaluations for new and changed roles arising from organisational design and business growth plans, applying the Hay job evaluation methodology and established governance to ensure consistent, evidence-based outcomes
- Contribute to continuous improvement of team and People processes by making suggestions and implementing where appropriate; improvements to frameworks and working practices
- Continuously consider the wider impacts, e.g. SP and Global view, commercial, financial
- Complete lessons learned, shared experiences and new knowledge to continually improve the service we provide and contribute to increasing people capability
- Promote inclusivity and diversity through project support and team interactions, contributing to a culture of belonging and equity
What you'll bring
- Experience of working in a consultative capacity, with proven ability in effective consultancy conversations to ensure delivery of People solutions
- Strong knowledge of HR methodologies and best practice
- Ability to work in partnership with the business and People teams to build effective relationships
- Ability to utilise digital tools available and apply analytical skills to generate insights, inform decision-making and support data-driven people practices
- Experience supporting project delivery of small/medium sized people projects
- Demonstrable practical experience of delivering organisational design activity at team or functional level, including assessing design options, developing organisation structures and defining roles and accountabilities
- Hay job evaluation training is essential, together with practical experience of applying the methodology to evaluate roles and assess role profiles and supporting evidence
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels
- Solid communication skills with the ability to communicates clearly and professionally
- Collaborative approach
- Knowledge of HR best practice, employment legislation and employment law
- CIPD qualification (or working towards it), or equivalent professional HR qualification is advantageous
Minimum Criteria
- Bachelor's degree in HR, related discipline, or equivalent experience
- HR professional with a varied/generalist HR background and practical organisational design experience
- Consultancy experience
- Proven experience in delivering HR solutions, projects, workstreams and deliverables utilising project and change management disciplines
- Demonstrable experience delivering organisational design activity at team or functional level, including organisation structures, role design and accountabilities
- Hay trained, with practical experience of conducting job evaluations using the Hay methodology
- Experience of working collaboratively in a team environment
- Solid communication and stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice
- Ability to organise own workload and manage competing priorities
What's in it for you
As well as a competitive salary
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