Consultant - Manager, HR Consulting, Defence & Security, Human Capital

About this role

Basic information

Business Line

Technology & Transformation

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published

31-Jul-2026

Req #

24467

Job description

Connect to your opportunity

• Role: HR Consultant

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Roles available at multiple seniority levels roles available – suitable for applicants with 3-10+ years’ experience

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Base Office Location: Bristol, London, or Manchester

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Mandatory Requirement: Active UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.

With over 1,000 professionals in the UK, our Human Capital practice is renowned for providing distinctive depth and breadth of HR and Organisational Transformation services to clients undertaking complex major programmes and Deloitte is the recognised global leader in HR Consulting, Transformation and Technology with over 300 blue-chip credentials.

Our HR Consulting offering consistently innovates and drives HR and Workforce Transformation for some of the largest UK public sector organisations and well-known global brands. In the HR Consulting you will be joining a growing part of the business that partners with our clients to help them tackle people related challenges. This could be building a new people and workforce strategy, employee brand, employee value proposition, redesigning end to end talent processes, development and capability pathways and everything in between.

Within your role you will have responsibility for bringing your sector and technical expertise along with broader consulting skills to:

• Work with a range of stakeholders both internally within Deloitte and in client organisations to build deep relationships.
• Engage with client stakeholders through interviews, meetings, and workshops to gather requirements, facilitate discussions, and validate understanding for project scoping and delivery.
• Carry out research, data collection and analysis, applying rigorous logic to deliver insight and innovative solutions to clients.
• Assist in the preparation of high-quality deliverables such as documents and presentations which present client recommendations.
• Support business development by contributing to new business proposals and taking roles in industry and account teams.
• Contribute to internal practice development by participating in proposition, methodology and point of view development activities and supporting knowledge capture and sharing.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

All applicants must hold a DV (Developed Vetting) clearance to apply.

We are currently looking for candidates with proven ability to apply knowledge and expertise in a range of client scenarios, focusing on high quality even in high pressured, time critical situations.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of HR, the value it can bring to an organisation and the function it performs in a business context.
• Strategic analysis of future organisational capabilities / people trends and implementing these to improve business performance and employee experience.
• Proven ability to assess, design and implement new HR service delivery and HR operating models considering business demands and more efficient ways of working.
• Experience of working with new HR Technology and experience of analysis of an organisation’s HR requirements, employee experience ambition, processes and pain points to ensure the identification and implementation of the most suitable enabling technology.
• Depending on your prior experience, we may also look for you to take a leading role in managing one or more of our teams and to play a bigger part in the growth of our business.

You will with deep skills in at least one of the following areas:

• Digital HR, AI and Tech Adoption
• HR Operations and HR Business Partnering
• HR Shared Services
• Workforce Transformation Programmes
• Skills Based Organisations
• Organisational Design (HR and broader)
• Specialist HR area (e.g. learning and development, recruitment, benefits, reward, performance and talent, Workforce Planning)

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in Bristol, London or Manchester with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.

Human Capital

People are what powers enterprise. That’s why we need to focus on the human experience in an ever-changing, digital world. We help clients utilise technology to support their workforce, organisation, and HR Transformations.

Connect to your Industry

Do you want to be at the heart of some of the biggest and most ambitious programmes undertaken to keep our country safe?

We are proud of the impact we have with our Defence & Security clients, the strength of our relationships, and the variety of our skills and expertise that we bring to help them achieve their mission.

We’re growing our teams across all of Technology and Transformation. If you are cleared to DV level and want to grow your career in this sector, we are very keen to hear from you.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

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