Contact information
For further information about this role, please email Chioma Ejiogu (Assistant Director of Workforce & Organisational Development) via c.ejiogu@nhs.net
About the role
An exciting opportunity awaits to join our team as one of five HR Business Partners, reporting to an Assistant Director of Workforce and Organisational Development.
Below are a few things that are important to us as a team just in case it helps you making your decision to join our team:
* We spend a lot of time together so we try to look after each other
* We try to find room for some laughter at work
* We support hybrid working some home working and sometime in the office as a team
* We always try to balance home and work - meeting appraisal objectives is important but so is making it to the school play, attending a drumming lesson, executing the next world book day costume or supporting your football team (whoever they are!) - insert what is most important to you here
As a HR Business Partner you will provide leadership to one of our Divisional HR Teams. Your main role will be as an intrinsic and proactive member of one of the Senior Divisional Teams, giving professional and best practice advice.
You will also contribute to interesting and innovative strategic HR projects where you will have the opportunity to think outside of the box.
This is no doubt a challenging time for the NHS but as a team we are growing our capacity and shaping ourselves to meet this challenge and to ensure that we can support our workforce to continue to deliver excellent patient care, each and every time.
The assessment process will test candidates technical skills, ability to present self with the business and key skills associated with the role of HRBP. Specific details of the assessment will be given prior to interview if you are successfully shortlisted.
The role is a fixed term contract for nine months.
Main duties
* To act as an advocate of change and modernisation in support of clinical, business and HR strategies, championing best practice HR management, influencing key clinical and business decisions to ensure the most effective management of staff
* To head a team of HR professionals to work alongside the divisional management team and provide professional customer focused HR advice, coaching interventions and solutions that support the division in the identification and management of HR issues and major change programmes
* To provide advice and guidance to the division on complex workforce issues in order to minimise risk and financial exposure
* To develop divisional workforce plans that support local, organisational and national strategy and agenda
* To work with senior specialist HR colleagues and the wider HR teams to ensure the Corporate HR services meet the needs of the division and that workforce issues are addressed efficiently and effectively
* To undertake specific projects/responsibilities to support delivery of the workforce and organisational development strategy, both within the division and across the Trust as appropriate
* To contribute to the development and implementation of the Trust’s strategic aims, Workforce strategy and HR policy as a proactive member of the senior HR management team
* To work closely with the Organisational Development team and the Equality & Diversity team to operationalise key priorities within divisions i.e. staff survey and Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) action plans
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Essential person specification requirements
Qualifications
* Degree level education or equivalent experience
* Masters level qualification in HR-related specialism or equivalent experience
* Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
* Evidence of continued learning & development
Experience
* Generalist HR experience demonstrating competence across the range of HR functions
* Involvement in setting of workforce strategy
* Experience in the public sector in a large complex organisation with union recognition
* Experience of managing a team
Skills and Abilities
* Leadership fostering powerful and productive working relationships internally and externally
* Championing improvements
* Effective written and oral communication skills for a variety of formal and informal purposes
* Able to influence, negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues
* Ability to demonstrate resilience
* To be confident in making difficult strategic decisions and influencing others as appropriate
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our benefits
* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Home electronics scheme
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support
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