🚀 High-Impact Opportunity: HR Consultant with Absence / Sickness experience – Shape Workforce Performance Across a Major UK Transport Network
Are you a HR Generalist with Absence and Sickness experience ready to make a tangible, measurable impact? Step into a high-visibility role where your skills will directly support managers, strengthen workforce resilience, and improve both short- and long-term absence outcomes.
Why This Role Matters
* Take ownership of short and long-term absence cases, providing guidance and resolution
* Coach managers, influence leaders, and ensure consistent, confident application of absence policies
* Make a real difference in operational performance and workforce engagement
What You’ll Do
* Lead short- and long-term sickness absence cases with hands-on guidance
* Use data & analytics (Excel/Power BI/HRIS) to identify patterns and target interventions
* Collaborate with Employee Relations, Occupational Health, Wellbeing, and HR teams
* Coach and mentor managers to handle absence confidently
* Track and report KPIs, case progress, and outcomes to senior leadership
Who We’re Looking For
* Hands-on, resilient, and adaptable
* Proven experience in managing both short- and long-term absence
* Strong grasp of employment law and absence policy
* Skilled at influencing and managing sensitive issues
* Bonus: unionised environments experience, coaching skills, operational background
The Details
* Contract: 6 months (extension possible)
* Location: London based head office, with extensive travel across sites
* Salary: £300–£350/day Outside IR35
* Reports to: Head of Employee Relations
Make an Impact
This is your chance to enhance organisational performance, resolve complex absence cases, and empower managers across the network 🚀