Human Resources Business Partner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as a strategic partner to a designated division/corporate area, developing a thorough understanding of the operational activities, business plans or priorities, staff survey and people and OD KPIs, to ensure that their workforce requirements are identified, planned and delivered on a timely basis.

Lead and manage the People service provision with managers and staff within a defined area, providing expert advice and support on a wide range of people matters inclusive of employee relations issues, offering legal guidance, advice on NHS terms and conditions of service, providing specialist advice on complex people matters and/or cases to Managers and Trust decision making officers.

Ensure the provisions of a consistent professional service across all divisions, underpinned by sound knowledge, the principles of good practice and in alignment with the Trust values.

Work in partnership with the Organisational Development team to enable a holistic people service to the division, site or corporate area.

Work in partnership with OD colleagues to evaluate the impact of People and OD interventions or programs within the division.

Work in partnership with the Workforce and Employment team to develop workforce, people and OD reports that meet the needs of senior leaders and Heads of Operations and inform people and OD workforce monitoring.

Support operational managers in development of workforce plans that will enable current operational demand to be met, enable future workforce need forecasting and support the delivery of people and OD objectives.

Foster a positive climate of employee relations within the Trust, by taking a proactive approach to the development and maintenance of constructive partnership relationships with representatives of Trade Unions and staff organisations.

Enable and provide professional advisory support for a range of employee relations processes (grievance, disciplinary, capability) in accordance with employment legislation, best practice, Trust policy and the principles of improving people practices/just and restorative culture.

Act as a subject matter expert for any policy review programs allocated by the Head of People.

Review Trust policies to maintain compliance with employment legislation, NHS employment terms and NHS national policies as relevant to the policy subject.

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent
• MCIPD qualified

Desirable

• Leadership development programme/qualification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable senior HR experience in a large, complex organisation
• Evidence of providing HR professional advice and support at senior level
• Demonstrable transformational change management experience in a large, complex organisation
• Demonstrable experience of effectively working with Trade unions

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of working in the NHS.
• Involvement in developing workforce strategy

Knowledge

Essential

• Significant proven knowledge of employment law and demonstrable experience of it's application
• In depth proven knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues, including national and local policy drivers

Desirable

• Proven knowledge of NHS Service Improvement Agenda

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Liverpool University Hospitals

Liverpool

L7 8YE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/