HR Advisor (Experienced, Client-facing)
Salary £ 38,000 per annum, pro rata | 20 hours per week (0.5 FTE)
Home-based, with regular travel to client sites and in-person team working
Vacancy listed 17/01/2026
Application deadline 31/01/2026
Details
Marches HR is a growing, independent HR consultancy supporting small businesses and charities, predominantly in and around Herefordshire, with clients across England and Wales. 

We’re now looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our small, multi-award-winning consultancy and play a key role in delivering high-quality, hands-on HR support to our clients. 

This is a client-facing consultancy role, not an in-house HR position. You’ll work with multiple paying clients on a weekly basis, each with their own culture, leadership style, policies and contractual frameworks. The role suits someone who enjoys variety, autonomy and pace and who’s comfortable adapting quickly as new issues arise. 

This is a part-time role (20 hours per week; 0.5 FTE). Wednesday is a core working day, with the remaining hours to be agreed as part of the working pattern. From time to time, there may be opportunities to work additional hours by mutual agreement, depending on business need. 
 
About the role 

You’ll support a portfolio of clients across different sectors, advising on a wide range of employee relations matters and generalist HR projects as they arise. This involves regularly switching context, balancing competing priorities and responding to new and sometimes unexpected issues across multiple organisations. No two days are the same and the role won’t suit someone who prefers predictability or a narrow remit. 

As a small consultancy team, there’s nowhere to hide and no large internal HR function to pass issues to. When something crops up, we deal with it. You’ll need to be confident stepping into live situations, asking the right questions quickly and taking ownership of your advice. 

As our first employed HR Advisor, you’ll work closely with our Founder and wider associate team, taking day-to-day ownership of client-facing HR work from an early stage. You’ll build trusted relationships with clients, adapt your communication style to different audiences and play a key role in shaping how we deliver HR support as the business continues to evolve. 

Location & travel 

The role is home-based, with regular travel to client sites across Herefordshire and surrounding areas in England and Wales, alongside regular in-person team working which is typically around once per fortnight (more often during your probationary period). This will take place in Hereford, Leominster or Ludlow. 

Due to the nature of the role, applicants must live within approximately 20 miles of Leominster and hold a full UK driving licence, with access to their own vehicle. 

What we’re looking for 

This role will suit you if you bring solid, hands-on HR generalist experience and are confident handling employee relations matters independently, including complex and sensitive issues, taking ownership of your advice and balancing legal compliance with practical, proportionate outcomes. You'll understand the difference between advising people within a single organisation and supporting many different organisations.
 
You’ll produce high-quality work at pace across multiple clients, stay calm when priorities shift and adapt quickly to different organisational cultures, policies and contractual frameworks without compromising quality or attention to detail. 
 
Strong client care will come naturally to you. You’ll adapt your communication style for different clients, sectors and seniority levels, take a pragmatic and commercially aware approach and enjoy working with small businesses and charities, valuing flexibility, trust and autonomy over corporate hierarchy. 
 
This role’s unlikely to suit you if you: 

  • are looking for a traditional in-house HR role where you're advising people in just one organisation
  • don’t enjoy generalist HR or employee relations 
  • prefer a predictable workload with limited change or variety
  • feel uncomfortable working in a very small team where everyone’s contribution is visible
  • prefer to escalate new or complex issues rather than engaging with them directly
  • are keen to regularly deal with strategic HR issues

 How to apply
 
To apply, please submit:
 
  •  your CV (including any relevant career breaks or gaps); and

  • a supporting statement (maximum 2 sides of A4) outlining why this role appeals to you and how your skills, experience and knowledge align with the person specification

Click here for the Role Description

Click here for the Person Specification

Please note: applications that do not include both a CV and a supporting statement will not be considered.

Selection process
 
This is a key role within our business and we want to take the time to get the right fit for both sides. Final-stage candidates will be invited to take part in an in-person assessment centre, including practical exercises relevant to the role. Further details will be shared with those candidates in due course.
 
Benefits

In addition to salary, we offer a straightforward and people-focused benefits package, including:

• 28 days’ holiday including Bank Holidays (pro rata), with flexibility around when Bank Holiday time is taken

• your birthday off, in addition to your holiday entitlement

• up to 2 paid volunteering days per year, supporting small, local registered charities, CICs or schools

• payment of a relevant professional membership, capped at £350 per year

• access to a healthcare and wellbeing app, including 24/7 virtual GP access, physiotherapy support and counselling sessions

• retail, leisure and lifestyle discounts, plus discounted gym access

• access to CPD to support your ongoing professional development

Notes

We’re proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are committed to supporting the employment of Service spouses, partners and dependants, recognising the skills, resilience and experience they bring. As part of this commitment, we offer a guaranteed interview to Service spouses, partners and dependants who meet the essential criteria for this role.

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