HR Business Partner

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Job description

Job Title: HR Business Partner

Job type: FTC - 12 months

Location: Gillingham, Kent

Sector: Healthcare

Band: 7 or 8a

Duration: 12 month fixed term contract

Pay Rate:

Band 7: 46,148 to 52,809 per annum

Band 8a: 53,755 to 60,504 per annum

All rates depending on skills, experience, and qualifications

Hours: 37.5 Hours per week

Hybrid: 2 days per week in the office

Job Purpose:

To provide a professional strategic HR service, ensuring up to date expert, consistent advice, support, and practice covering all staff.

The post holder will be providing expert advice and support in a specific TUPE programme and will be responsible for leading this project.

The Business Partner will be an integral member of the divisional top team, supporting all workforce issues and ensuring that the workforce is aligned to achieve the business priorities and objectives.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To lead and deliver on the TUPE of services, coordinating all aspects of the programme, liasing with external and internal stakeholders.
• To deliver key HR initiatives and change programmes ensuring that they are delivered in accordance with agreed requirements and in line with required best practice and associated legislative drivers. Where relevant benefits realisation exercise should be conducted and introduction of new ways of working supported by use of technology.
• To work with workforce colleagues on organisation-wide change programmes.
• To lead and deliver on the TUPE of services, coordinating all aspects of the programme, liasing with external and internal stakeholders.
• To deliver key HR initiatives and change programmes ensuring that they are delivered in accordance with agreed requirements and in line with required best practice and associated legislative drivers. Where relevant benefits realisation exercise should be conducted and introduction of new ways of working supported by use of technology.
• To work with workforce colleagues on organisation-wide change programmes.
• Develop and oversee the implementation of plans within directorates to improve the people management skills of senior leaders and managers by:
• Using measurements of performance, effectiveness and staff engagement to assess management capability within directorates;
• Lead and manage the HR interface with managers and staff in the organisation, providing expert advice and support on employee relations issues, offering terms and conditions advice, providing expert advice on complex HR cases to managers
• Liaise with the ER team on Employee Relations matters and manage complex ER cases through advice and coaching, ensuring the approach is pragmatic, providing necessary development and coaching to the ER Advisors where appropriate
• Identifying appropriate support and measures aimed at improving capability;
• Coaching leaders and managers to develop skills and competencies for effective people management necessary for them to fulfil their operational roles. Work in collaboration with education and Training department to design and deliver training and development programmes and briefing update sessions in matters of HR policy and practice at all levels in the organisation.
• To lead on the development of annual workforce plans that are reflective of business planning by working closely with the senior leaders in the divisions and business areas. Monitor trends in relation to workforce resourcing and take appropriate action by commissioning the resourcing teams to undertake recruitment campaigns where relevant etc.
• Accountable for the effective management of employee relation issues within designated areas of responsibility, working with the ER team to ensure compliance to leglislation and policies, whilst managing associated risks.
• To support the ER agenda by overseeing specific ER activity across the organisation and implement processes and plans to improve this, working with the Head of ER and ER Team to review casework as necessary and provide support in addressing issues within their divisions.
• To advise and sit on formal hearings for ER cases when required and assist with the preparation and delivery of management reports.
• Interpret and advise on employment legislation and best practice on Employee Relation matters.
• To ensure ER Performance indicators are in place to monitor activity and quality and take action as required.

Qualifications:

• Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management (or equivalent)
• Educated to Master degree level or equivalent level of experience
• Chartered member of the CIPD (Chartered MCIPD) (desirable)
• Project management qualifications (desirable)
• Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development

Knowledge and Experience:

Up-to-date knowledge of current NHS operational and workforce issues

Up-to-date knowledge of TUPE provisions and processes

Up-to-date knowledge, understanding and application of employment law and Equality legislation

Knowledge and understanding of strategic HR policies

In-depth knowledge and application of Human Resources best practice

Project management methodology

Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions (Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service)

Working knowledge of business analytics and interpretation

Experience of supporting and coordinating TUPE

Specialist HR experience of one or more of the following areas: performance management, business planning, developing strategy, workforce planning

Customer focused delivery of excellence in HR & OD service

Experience of working effectively with Trade Unions

Experience of successfully delivering change

Experience of successfully working within the business to improve performance and productivity

Experience and ability of communicating verbal and written information to all levels of the organisation, on a one to one and group basis in a manner that is clear, fluent and persuasive

Experience of managing and working within a team and inspiring others to achieve priorities, goals and objectives

High level of interpersonal skills and ability to influence at senior level.

Experience of supporting managers with applying ER policies, and providing advice

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