Freelance Senior People & Culture Consultant

Salt Search • London • 2w ago

Freelance Senior People & Culture Consultant (Staff Retention & Workforce Scaling)Start: Monday, 1 December 2025End: 3-month contract (strong likelihood of extension)Rate: £750 dayIR35: Inside IR35 (must use an Umbrella company, not a Sole trader or Ltd)Location: LondonWork pattern: 5 days per week, 2 days on-site, 3 days remoteSchedule: Full-time, Monday - FridayClient: Global public services

About the Role

A large, complex service-led organisation is looking for an experienced Senior People & Culture Consultant to lead a project focused on reducing staff attrition and improving long-term workforce stability. You'll design, implement and evaluate retention solutions that directly improve employee welfare and support workforce scale-up. This is a strategic, delivery-focused role requiring someone who has operated at a senior level and has demonstrable evidence of running retention and recruitment-related transformation projects.

What You'll Do

Lead the end-to-end design of workforce retention strategies across high-volume service teams
Diagnose root causes of attrition using data, interviews, engagement insights and operational inputs
Develop scalable, evidence-based solutions that reduce turnover and improve long-term employee welfare
Implement practical interventions that can be adopted by operational, HR and leadership teams
Work closely with People, Operations, Transformation, Finance and Leadership stakeholders
Build clear frameworks, models and playbooks that can be replicated and scaled across teams
Track, measure and report the impact of retention initiatives (e.g., turnover reduction, stability improvements, cost savings)
Act as senior project manager - owning timelines, delivery, governance and stakeholder communication
Provide expert guidance on workforce planning, recruitment processes, retention risk and employee experience