249 Professional Development jobs in the United Kingdom

Professional Development Lead
Location: Hybrid working - some travel will be required to all schools within the Trust
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, all year round
Salary: ALT Grade J - £45,092 - £49,283

Our client is looking for an experienced Learning and Development professional who's passionate about people, driven by purpose, and ready to lead the way in professional development acr.

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Job Title: Senior Lecturer in Professional Development

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £44,746- £56,535 per annum - AC3

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

UCB is an equal opportunities employer. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.

The Role:

At University College Birmingham , we believe education has the power to change lives, industries, and communities. We're looking for a visionary Senior Lect.

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HR & Talent Manager | London | £55,000 - £60,000 DOE

A leading Mediterranean restaurant group in London is seeking an experienced HR & Talent Manager to drive its people strategy and foster a high-performing, engaged workforce. With multiple locations across the city, this group is committed to delivering authentic hospitality, exceptional service, and a workplace where employees can thrive.

The Role

As HR & Talent Manager, you’ll play a key role in attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. You'll oversee recruitment, onboarding, learning & development, employee relations, and HR compliance, ensuring best practices across the business. This is a standalone role reporting into the SLT.

Key Responsibilities

• Talent Acquisition & Recruitment – Lead end-to-end recruitment, ensuring the best talent is hired at all levels.
• Onboarding & Induction – Create a seamless and welcoming experience for new hires.
• Learning & Development – Design and implement training programs to support career growth.
• Employee Relations (ER) – Provide expert advice and support to ensure fair, consistent resolutions.
• HR Policies & Compliance – Maintain up-to-date policies in line with UK employment law.
• Performance Management – Support managers in driving high performance through appraisals and development plans.
• Engagement & Retention – Develop initiatives to enhance employee satisfaction and retention.
• HR Systems & Data – Ensure accurate record-keeping and reporting to support business decisions.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in HR or Talent Management within the restaurant sector
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships at all levels.
• Ability to work strategically while managing hands-on operational HR tasks.
• CIPD qualification (Level 5 or above) preferred.
• Passion for people development and creating a positive workplace culture.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the people strategy of a growing hospitality business. If you’re passionate about creating a great workplace and developing talent, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced HR Manager / Head of HR to lead day-to-day HR operations and support the growth of a dynamic hospitality business. This role is central to ensuring smooth HR service delivery, fostering a positive workplace culture, and partnering with management to align people strategy with business goals.

You will oversee recruitment, employee relations, payroll coordination, compliance, and performance management while guiding the HR team and supporting department heads.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage HR operations, including employee records, payroll coordination, and benefits administration.
• Partner with management to ensure headcount and labour costs align with budget.
• Oversee end-to-end recruitment: job postings, candidate screening, interviews, and onboarding.
• Support and guide managers in performance management and evaluations.
• Ensure compliance with local labour laws and internal HR policies.
• Serve as a point of contact for employees, resolving concerns and escalating complex matters.
• Implement and maintain HR systems and tools, ensuring data accuracy and driving process improvements.
• Coordinate staff welfare programs and CSR activities.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5–8 years of HR management experience (hospitality industry preferred).
• Strong HR business partnering skills with proven success in supporting leadership teams.
• Solid knowledge of F&B and hospitality operations.
• In-depth understanding of employment law and compliance.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and HR management systems.

Why Join Us?

This is a chance to step into a senior HR leadership role within a high-profile hospitality group, shaping the employee experience and driving HR excellence in a fast-paced, people-focused environment.

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 lawyers and 700 business professional support staff. We have offices in the US, UK and Asia, with Chicago and New York being our largest offices. Our headquarters are in Chicago, where the firm was founded in 1974.

Katten's London office is full service, and our lawyers provide advice across a range of specialisms in which the firm excels, including asset management, financial services, regulatory, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and real estate. In addition, the office has core capabilities in insolvency and restructuring, employment, tax and litigation. In all disciplines, the London team comprises experienced, commercially-minded professionals of the highest quality who pride themselves on their responsiveness and commitment to outstanding client service. Together with colleagues in the US and Shanghai, our London lawyers offer expert, integrated legal advice servicing clients located across the world.

The culture of the London office, which is shared with the rest of the firm, is collaborative, team-based and collegiate and considerable emphasis is placed on maintaining and further developing that culture and positive behavior in all respects.

Human Resources Manager

The Human Resources Manager will be responsible for overseeing multiple HR functions in the London office and will partner heavily with the US team in these major categories: Generalist, Early Careers, Recruitment, and Professional Development.

The Human Resources Manager position is located in our London office. Katten offers a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility to work both on-site and remotely on a regular basis (KattenFlex).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to, the following. Other duties may be requested and/or assigned. Essential functions are primary job duties that an individual must be able to perform successfully with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Generalist

• Responsible for entire onboarding and offboarding processes, including overseeing background screenings, benefits and payroll, probation and leaver processes, updating the HRIS, and conducting relevant inductions.
• Manage the annual benefits renewal process, working with benefits brokers to conduct market reviews of other providers and make recommendations.
• Be the first line of support for any HR queries and ER issues, advising where possible and escalating to the Senior Director of HR and Talent Management when necessary.
• Provide support to the annual salary review process, present market data to the committee and make recommendations where suitable.
• Draft and update HR policies and procedures to ensure best practice and legal compliance.
• Implement meaningful wellbeing programs office wide.
• Coordinate Fire Warden, First Aid, and Mental Health First Aid training programs.

Early Careers

• Responsible for leading all activities relating to the recruitment of candidates for the London trainee program from initial contact through to offer acceptance.
• Responsible for leading all activities relating to the vacation scheme program.
• Oversee updating of marketing materials, purchase of merchandise, online advertisement and attendance of recruitment events e.g. law fairs.
• Lead the application process, review and design the interview process, conduct interviews, and make recommendations to the Training Principal.
• Pastoral support for all future and current trainees from offer through to qualification including seat rotations, appraisals, qualification discussions, end-of-seat evaluations, and ER support.
• Advise on seat rotation and qualifications, work with supervisors to conduct reviews, analyze themes, and identify gaps.
• Ensure the trainee program structure, feedback, and appraisals comply with SRA requirements.
• Review and improve trainee recruitment and retention processes including social mobility strategies, trainee buddies, seat handovers and reviews.

Recruitment

• Partner with US recruiting teams to help facilitate the full recruitment cycle for all business professional and fee-earner roles up to partner level.
• Foster strong relationships with recruitment agencies, handle any disputes with terms, review the recruitment agencies in use on a regular basis.
• Work with the hiring manager/partner on the job specification and briefing, advise on the interview process and timelines.
• Oversee the coordination of the interview process and manage offer process. delivery and oversee the production of offer documents and forms.

Professional Development

• Coordinate all London training sessions, including internal speaker / external training supplier logistics, scheduling, communications, room reservations, catering, etc.
• Maintain attendance sheets and CPD records for all training programs.
• Coordinate new joiner inductions, probation meetings and monthly check-ins, as appropriate, for vacation schemers, trainees, newly qualified solicitors.
• Assist U.S. team with the execution of lawyer fee earner (associate, counsel, senior associate, staff attorney) appraisal processes, including communications, reminders, completion of annual L&D plans, scheduling appraisal meetings, etc.
• Manage annual performance appraisal process for business professionals, partnering with US HR for support and guidance on performance management actions.
• Manage annual solicitor compliance with Katten’s L&D Policy (20 hr requirement).
• Plan and facilitate PD and well-being events, working with various administrative functions.
• Collaborate with the U.S. PD team to produce quarterly office updates on upcoming PD programs and events.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree Required.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 3-5 years of previous HR experience.
• Experience within a law firm/professional services firm required.
• Must be able to influence, persuade and negotiate both internally and externally, and have excellent organizational, planning, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills as this person will interact with people at all levels, including partners and clients.
• This person will have smart judgment, sharp business acumen, the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the appropriate discretion, and the ability to multitask.
• Ability to occasionally retrieve and distribute written documentation, or office supplies weighing up to 20 pounds.

Explanatory Notes

The job specification is intended to describe the general content and requirements for the performance of the role. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements.

Selection for recruitment is on merit, irrespective of race, color, age, religion, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation or disability. Selection decisions, and the reasons for those decisions, are recorded in writing at each stage of the selection process. Selection criteria and, where appropriate, technical skills tests are in place to measure an individual's ability for the effective performance of a job.

HR / Talent Administrator – Southwark – 6 Month FTC – £30,000–£5,000

Are you looking to grow your HR and Talent career in a role that offers real variety, visibility, and the chance to make an impact?

We’re partnering with a leading organisation in Southwark to hire an HR / Talent Administrator on a 6-month FTC. This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office, 2 from home) where you’ll gain exposure across both HR operations and recruitment, giving you a fantastic platform to build your skills.

What you’ll be doing:

• Owning the recruitment process: posting roles, screening applicants, coordinating interviews, and ensuring a smooth onboarding experience
• Supporting key HR administration tasks, including HRIS updates, data management, and reporting
• Preparing HR reports and assisting with people analytics to support decision-making
• Coordinating HR meetings, workshops, and training sessions, with opportunities to get involved in delivery
• Acting as the go-to contact for candidates, employees, and managers — keeping things running smoothly and professionally

What we’re looking for:

• Some experience in HR administration and/or recruitment coordination
• Highly organised with great attention to detail
• Confident communicator, comfortable liaising with managers and candidates alike
• Proactive, adaptable, and keen to learn

What’s on offer:

• Salary: £30,000–£35, 0
• Hybrid working: 3 days office / 2 days remote
• A chance to broaden your HR and talent acquisition experience in a supportive, fast-paced team

If you’re available to start at short notice and keen to take the next step in your HR/Talent career, we’d love to hear from you.

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 lawyers and 700 business professional support staff. We have offices in the US, UK and Asia, with Chicago and New York being our largest offices. Our headquarters are in Chicago, where the firm was founded in 1974.

Katten's London office is full service, and our lawyers provide advice across a range of specialisms in which the firm excels, including asset management, financial services, regulatory, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and real estate. In addition, the office has core capabilities in insolvency and restructuring, employment, tax and litigation. In all disciplines, the London team comprises experienced, commercially-minded professionals of the highest quality who pride themselves on their responsiveness and commitment to outstanding client service. Together with colleagues in the US and Shanghai, our London lawyers offer expert, integrated legal advice servicing clients located across the world.

The culture of the London office, which is shared with the rest of the firm, is collaborative, team-based and collegiate and considerable emphasis is placed on maintaining and further developing that culture and positive behavior in all respects.

Human Resources Manager

The Human Resources Manager will be responsible for overseeing multiple HR functions in the London office and will partner heavily with the US team in these major categories: Generalist, Early Careers, Recruitment, and Professional Development.

The Human Resources Manager position is located in our London office. Katten offers a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility to work both on-site and remotely on a regular basis (KattenFlex).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to, the following. Other duties may be requested and/or assigned. Essential functions are primary job duties that an individual must be able to perform successfully with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Generalist

• Responsible for entire onboarding and offboarding processes, including overseeing background screenings, benefits and payroll, probation and leaver processes, updating the HRIS, and conducting relevant inductions.
• Manage the annual benefits renewal process, working with benefits brokers to conduct market reviews of other providers and make recommendations.
• Be the first line of support for any HR queries and ER issues, advising where possible and escalating to the Senior Director of HR and Talent Management when necessary.
• Provide support to the annual salary review process, present market data to the committee and make recommendations where suitable.
• Draft and update HR policies and procedures to ensure best practice and legal compliance.
• Implement meaningful wellbeing programs office wide.
• Coordinate Fire Warden, First Aid, and Mental Health First Aid training programs.

Early Careers

• Responsible for leading all activities relating to the recruitment of candidates for the London trainee program from initial contact through to offer acceptance.
• Responsible for leading all activities relating to the vacation scheme program.
• Oversee updating of marketing materials, purchase of merchandise, online advertisement and attendance of recruitment events e.g. law fairs.
• Lead the application process, review and design the interview process, conduct interviews, and make recommendations to the Training Principal.
• Pastoral support for all future and current trainees from offer through to qualification including seat rotations, appraisals, qualification discussions, end-of-seat evaluations, and ER support.
• Advise on seat rotation and qualifications, work with supervisors to conduct reviews, analyze themes, and identify gaps.
• Ensure the trainee program structure, feedback, and appraisals comply with SRA requirements.
• Review and improve trainee recruitment and retention processes including social mobility strategies, trainee buddies, seat handovers and reviews.

Recruitment

• Partner with US recruiting teams to help facilitate the full recruitment cycle for all business professional and fee-earner roles up to partner level.
• Foster strong relationships with recruitment agencies, handle any disputes with terms, review the recruitment agencies in use on a regular basis.
• Work with the hiring manager/partner on the job specification and briefing, advise on the interview process and timelines.
• Oversee the coordination of the interview process and manage offer process. delivery and oversee the production of offer documents and forms.

Professional Development

• Coordinate all London training sessions, including internal speaker / external training supplier logistics, scheduling, communications, room reservations, catering, etc.
• Maintain attendance sheets and CPD records for all training programs.
• Coordinate new joiner inductions, probation meetings and monthly check-ins, as appropriate, for vacation schemers, trainees, newly qualified solicitors.
• Assist U.S. team with the execution of lawyer fee earner (associate, counsel, senior associate, staff attorney) appraisal processes, including communications, reminders, completion of annual L&D plans, scheduling appraisal meetings, etc.
• Manage annual performance appraisal process for business professionals, partnering with US HR for support and guidance on performance management actions.
• Manage annual solicitor compliance with Katten’s L&D Policy (20 hr requirement).
• Plan and facilitate PD and well-being events, working with various administrative functions.
• Collaborate with the U.S. PD team to produce quarterly office updates on upcoming PD programs and events.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree Required.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 3-5 years of previous HR experience.
• Experience within a law firm/professional services firm required.
• Must be able to influence, persuade and negotiate both internally and externally, and have excellent organizational, planning, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills as this person will interact with people at all levels, including partners and clients.
• This person will have smart judgment, sharp business acumen, the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the appropriate discretion, and the ability to multitask.
• Ability to occasionally retrieve and distribute written documentation, or office supplies weighing up to 20 pounds.

Explanatory Notes

The job specification is intended to describe the general content and requirements for the performance of the role. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements.

Selection for recruitment is on merit, irrespective of race, color, age, religion, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation or disability. Selection decisions, and the reasons for those decisions, are recorded in writing at each stage of the selection process. Selection criteria and, where appropriate, technical skills tests are in place to measure an individual's ability for the effective performance of a job.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HR Administrator to join a highly regarded not-for-profit organisation. This is a full-time, 12 month fixed-term maternity cover contract based in London, providing essential administrative support to the HR team to ensure the smooth running of all human resources processes and the employee lifecycle.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Act as the first point of contact for HR and recruitment enquiries, delivering excellent customer service to staff, volunteers, and external stakeholders
• Coordinate recruitment processes, including preparing job adverts, supporting managers with documentation, liaising with candidates and agencies, managing the applicant tracking system, arranging interviews, and issuing offer letters
• Support onboarding processes by preparing contracts, arranging and delivering inductions, setting up new starters on the HR system, and issuing confirmation correspondence
• Administer employee relations and benefits processes, including managing staff changes, leavers, annual leave queries, absence monitoring, and renewals of checks and registrations
• Maintain accurate HR records and databases, run reports, update intranet pages, and ensure compliance with GDPR requirements
• Assist with the coordination of learning and development programmes, including organising training sessions and maintaining attendance records
• Support wellbeing initiatives and activities for staff
• Monitor HR and recruitment inboxes, respond to general queries, and process invoices
• Collate monthly payroll data for submission to finance and support key HR processes such as probation reviews and end-of-year activities

Ideal candidate profile:

• Previous experience in an administrative role within a busy team, ideally within HR
• Strong IT skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with HR databases
• Excellent attention to detail, organisation, and ability to prioritise effectively
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams
• Proven ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Proactive and self-motivated, with a positive approach to work
• Experience of working in the charity or clinical sector is desirable
• Knowledge of Canva or similar design tools would be an advantage

Location: London (minimum 4 days per week in the office after induction)

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Working hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Contract: Fixed-term maternity cover (12 months)

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

Job title: HR Manager - Digital Transformation/Cloud Services

Location: London - Hybrid (1/2 days a week in office)

Salary: £55,000-£65,000 + Bonus

Would you be interested in working for an award winning, fast growth Digital Transformation business? The business has scaled up by 30% YOY for the last 3 years running!

This business is scaling, transforming, and acquiring. Constant evolution & big ambitions, there's a huge opportunity for the right person to make their mark and help shape their journey.

Our client is at the forefront of technology, parenting closely with AWS and Google to deliver market leading Digital/Cloud Solutions. With no signs of slowing down they are also on course for another record year of growth in 2025!

They're looking for a HR Manager to help shape their journey. If you thrive in fast-paced, high-growth Digital Transformation/Tech businesses and know how to partner closely with leaders to drive commercial outcomes through people, this could be for you!

What’s the role?

You’ll work closely with senior leaders and help shape and deliver a people agenda that keeps pace with business priorities - organisational change, operational efficiencies, and workforce transformation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Embedding yourself in the business, acting as a trusted adviser and coach to leaders navigating growth and complexity
• Leading and landing change—whether that’s transformation, acquisitions, or new ways of working
• Using data and insight to influence and drive decisions on everything from structure to succession
• Owning and driving key people projects across the business
• Delivering pragmatic, commercial people solutions that make a real difference

What they’re looking for:

• A seasoned HR Manager with experience of working for a rapidly growing Tech business, working alongside exec-level leaders.
• Experience of working in Tech/Cloud/SaaS/Digital Transformation businesses
• Strong generalist HR toolkit
• Proven track record of supporting change and embedding new, more efficient ways of working
• Comfortable in ambiguity, quick to adapt, and ready to roll your sleeves up when needed
• A relationship-builder who’s commercially sharp and solutions-focused
• Someone who understands the challenges of a field based operational workforce

If you're interested in finding out more, please don't hesitate and apply today!

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