Principal HR Consultant - Charity Sector Lead

Principal HR Consultant

Stone King · Manchester, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-09

Workplace: hybrid

Department: HR Consultancy team

Description

Principal HR Consultant - Charity Sector Lead

Location – Flexible

Shape people. Influence the sector. Make a lasting difference.

Are you passionate about the charity sector and motivated by helping purpose-driven organisations build stronger cultures, develop their people and achieve greater impact?

At Stone King, we are looking for an ambitious and commercially minded Principal HR Consultant to lead and develop our people consultancy offering within the charity sector.

This is a unique opportunity to join one of the UK's leading advisers to charities and social purpose organisations. With an established client base, strong sector reputation and a significant opportunity for growth, you’ll have the platform to build your own national profile while helping shape the future of our consultancy offering.

You will work closely with charity leaders, trustees and executive teams, providing strategic advice and consultancy support on workforce planning, organisational design, leadership, culture, change, employee relations and people strategy.

But this role goes beyond delivering great consultancy.

We want you to become a recognised voice within the charity sector, identifying emerging trends, developing new solutions, sharing insight and helping organisations respond to the evolving challenges facing their people and leaders.

Working alongside our national HR Consultancy team, specialist Organisational Development Consultant and leading charity lawyers, you’ll develop thought leadership, speak at events, create sector-focused content, build strategic relationships and further strengthen our position as a trusted adviser to the sector.

You will also have genuine scope to influence what comes next. With strong foundations already in place, you’ll help shape and grow our specialist charity-sector proposition, develop new services and build capability across the wider team.

What You'll Be Doing

• Partner with clients to understand organisational challenges and design tailored HR and organisational development solutions
• Provide strategic people advice to senior leaders, executive teams and boards
• Lead the development and delivery of training for leaders, managers and teams
• Shape our client webinar programme, ensuring content is relevant, insightful and engaging
• Deliver leadership development programmes, team development sessions and coaching interventions
• Facilitate strategy sessions, away days, culture workshops and leadership events
• Support organisations through periods of change, including growth, restructuring, mergers and strategic transformation
• Work closely with our legal, governance, HR and organisational development specialists to provide joined-up solutions for clients
• Build strong and trusted relationships across the charity sector
• Develop thought leadership, sector insight and content that strengthens our profile and supports business development
• Identify opportunities to evolve and grow our people consultancy offering
• Act as a source of professional expertise for the wider team, supporting learning, best practice and consistency across our consultancy tools and resources
• Undertake wider HR consultancy work, including investigations, where required

Requirements

You’ll bring substantial senior-level HR and people consultancy experience, together with the credibility and confidence to advise senior leaders, executive teams and boards.

You’ll be an exceptional relationship builder who combines strong technical expertise with commercial awareness and the ability to turn complex organisational challenges into practical solutions.

Experience within the charity sector would be highly valuable, but what matters most is a genuine passion for the sector and a strong understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing purpose-led organisations.

We’re particularly interested in someone who wants to build a profile, develop new ideas and become a recognised sector influencer, rather than simply deliver an established consultancy model.

You’ll join a values-led firm with an established reputation for supporting organisations that make a positive difference to society.

You’ll have the opportunity to work with exceptional colleagues, develop your profile nationally and play a leading role in helping charities create thriving organisations, effective cultures and sustainable futures.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to become a recognised voice in the charity sector, build on our reputation and help shape the future of our people consultancy offering, we’d love to hear from you.

Want to Know More?

To request a copy of the full job description or an alternative format, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected].

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Stone King, we value individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone can thrive.

We are proud signatories of the Mindful Business Charter, Race Fairness Commitment and Age Friendly Employer Pledge, and are a Disability Confident Employer.

We aim to make our recruitment process as accessible as possible and will make reasonable adjustments where required. As part of our Disability Confident commitment, we will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, subject to recruitment capacity.

Benefits

• Competitive reward package including Profit Share, Private Medical Insurance and Life Assurance
• Flexible and hybrid working
• 31 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, enhanced leave provisions and a paid volunteering day
• Investment in your learning, development and career progression
• A supportive and inclusive culture, working alongside recognised sector experts
• Meaningful work with the opportunity to make a genuine impact on clients, communities and wider society

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