UK HR & PEOPLE RECRUITMENT

HR recruitment, run by people who actually worked HR.

Intellect HR places permanent HR and people talent for UK employers - from HRBPs and ER specialists to heads of talent and people directors. Built around the way real HR teams operate, not the way an external recruiter imagines they do.

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Service areas

Nationwide reach

1:1

Consultant model

24h

First response

how we run

Three things we hold the line on

HR recruitment that holds up six months later takes consultants who understand functional HR rather than just job titles, an honest screen, and the same person from start to finish.

HR-literate consultants

Our consultants have either worked in HR or alongside it. They know the difference between a generalist HRBP role and a true specialist, and the brief is screened that way.

One consultant per client

The recruiter who takes your brief is the recruiter who runs the search and the close. No internal handoffs, no relays.

Tight, vetted shortlists

Three to five candidates per role. Each interviewed by us, references checked, motivations understood, and confirmed available.

our services

Ten HR service areas, one careful approach

From HR coordinators to people directors, here is the spread of UK HR roles Intellect HR recruits for permanently.

HR Business Partners

HRBPs and senior HRBPs across SME and corporate environments, generalist and specialist.

HR Managers

Standalone HR managers and HR managers within larger functions, across regulated and unregulated sectors.

HR Directors

HR directors, group HRDs and divisional HR leads for businesses scaling or restructuring.

ER Specialists

Employee relations advisors, ER managers and case-management specialists for complex caseloads.

L&D Leads

Learning and development advisors, L&D managers, heads of L&D and capability leads.

Talent Acquisition

In-house recruiters, talent partners, heads of TA and recruitment-operations specialists.

Compensation & Benefits

Reward analysts, C&B managers, heads of reward and total-reward specialists.

HR Operations

HR operations leads, HRIS specialists, HR shared-services managers and HR systems analysts.

Payroll Managers

Payroll specialists, payroll managers and heads of payroll for in-house and outsourced teams.

People Directors

Chief people officers, people directors and people-and-culture leads for scale-ups and corporates.

our process

From brief to first day, in four moves

A repeatable rhythm you can plan around, whether the role is a junior HR coordinator or a chief people officer.

Brief

30-minute scoping. Role, comp, must-haves, deal-breakers, timeline.

Source

Active network plus targeted outreach. Right-to-work and references confirmed up front.

Shortlist

Three to five strong candidates with notes on availability, salary and motivation.

Place

You select, we coordinate. Follow-up at week one, month one and month three.

Where Intellect HR fits

HR is a function where titles say one thing and reality says another. The HRBP role at one organisation is closer to operations support, while at another it is genuine commercial partnering. The same applies to L&D, ER, talent and reward. The recruiter who treats every JD as the same JD is the one who places people who do not last.

That is why Intellect HR was built around HR-literacy. Our consultants either come from HR or have spent enough time alongside HR teams to understand what a brief actually means. We run permanent searches across the ten service areas above, with one named consultant per account and the same careful screen on every role.

We focus on permanent placements because that is where the relationship and the work really pay off. Interim cover is a different game with different metrics.