Senior Human Resources Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Lead the provision of a high-quality, professional HR advisory service across designated divisions and services.
• Provide expert advice on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, attendance management and performance issues.
• Support managers and senior leaders with organisational change programmes, restructures, service redesign, redeployment, retirement and redundancy processes.
• Ensure Trust policies are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation, NHS Terms and Conditions, best practice and organisational values.
• Develop, review and implement HR policies and procedures that support organisational objectives.
• Build strong working relationships with managers, staff side representatives and key stakeholders to foster effective employee relations and partnership working.
• Support recruitment and resourcing activity, ensuring fair, effective and legally compliant recruitment processes.
• Lead and contribute to workforce planning initiatives, supporting services to develop sustainable workforce solutions.
• Manage and support HR staff, providing leadership, coaching and professional development.
• Design and deliver training programmes for managers and staff on people management, employment law and HR policies.
• Lead designated workforce projects and improvement initiatives, researching best practice and implementing innovative HR solutions.
• Produce workforce reports, management information and data analysis to support decision-making and service improvement.
• Act as an authorised signatory for relevant workforce matters in accordance with Trust procedures.
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring people practices promote fairness, dignity and respect for all staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent
• Graduate member of the CIPD with evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• PRINCE II

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable evidence of HR Management experience post Grad CIPD
• Use of IT packages including Word and Excel
• Delivery of core HR training to colleagues and customers
• Working in a busy team providing services to a diverse customer base
• Partnership working with Trade Unions
• Providing supervision and leadership to teams to achieve objectives
• Management and delivery of various Projects and Policy developments

Desirable

• NHS experience in HR
• Working and negotiating with Trade Unions on employment policy issues

Knowledge

Essential

• HR Procedures & Policies
• Working knowledge of Employment legislation, equal opportunities and best practice
• Understanding of the importance and requirements of Data Protection and Confidentiality

Desirable

• Knowledge of the NHS HR strategy and initiatives
• Knowledge of the NHS Modernisation agenda
• Working knowledge of NHS terms and conditions
• HR Information systems

Skills

Essential

• Project management skills
• Broad range of IT skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to undertake effective presentations to disseminate information
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to use initiative and cope well with challenging situations
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to seek solutions to queries using internal and external sources available
• Ability to manage time effectively through planning, organisation and prioritisation of workload

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

Royal University Hospital

Prescot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

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