Job overview
Fixed term 12 Months -Secondment opportunity also available.
This is a key specialist role within People Services, offering the opportunity to lead, influence and improve Agenda for Change Job Evaluation across a large and complex NHS organisation.
As Job Evaluation Lead, you will be the goto expert for Agenda for Change job evaluation, working closely with managers, HR colleagues and staffside representatives. You will ensure job evaluation outcomes are fair, consistent, timely and fully aligned with national guidance supporting organisational integrity while building trust and confidence with our workforce.
This is an exciting opportunity in which you will:
Operate at the heart of organisationwide decisionmaking that directly impacts staff pay, equality and fairness.
Work across multiple services and sites, gaining wide exposure and influence.
Help shape and improve job evaluation processes as University Hospitals Tees continues to develop as a group.
Be trusted as a subjectmatter expert, advising senior stakeholders and supporting complex evaluations.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate Agenda for Change job evaluation activity, including job matching, evaluation panels and consistency reviews.
Act as a trusted expert, advising managers and HR colleagues on job design, job descriptions and role changes.
Work in partnership with staffside representatives to support transparent and robust evaluation outcomes.
Prepare, quality assure and present job evaluation documentation and outcome reports.
Provide clear, confident and sensitive feedback to managers and post holders.
Maintain accurate records and support the implementation of evaluation outcomes through workforce systems.
Drive continuous improvement, helping modernise and strengthen job evaluation practices across UHT.
Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
·Your Leadership Impact
·Leading your Team to Success
·Leading Into the Future
·Service Improvement for Beginners
·Developing your Service Improvement Skills
·Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
·Explore leadership within the NHS
·Promote Trust values and behaviours
·Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
·Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
1. Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and advisory skills
2. Ability to work across organisational boundaries
3. Sound knowledge of NHS job evaluation governance, including panel processes, documentation standards and outcome recording
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
5. Ability to manage difficult and challenging conversations
6. Working knowledge of NHS and Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and Job Evaluation handbook
7. In depth specialist knowledge of Agenda for Change Job Evaluation
8. Understanding of HR policies and procedures, including confidentiality and data protection
9. Analytical Skills Ability to interpret data, monitor KPIs, and produce reports
10. Guidance Development Experience creating templates, guidance documents, and standard operating procedures.
11. Problem-Solving Ability to identify process issues and propose improvements
12. Process Improvement Ability to review and redesign workflows for efficiency
Desirable criteria
13. Knowledge of organisational change processes and the impact of change on job evaluation and pay outcomes
14. Knowledge of workforce planning principles, including pipeline forecasting
15. Awareness of employee relations considerations linked to job evaluation matching outcomes and appeals
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
16. Educated to degree level in HR management or equivalent experience
17. CIPD level 5 or above
18. Project management qualification or equivalent experience
19. An expectation of this role would be to be a trainer in Job Evaluation, if required train the trainer course should be completed
Experience
Essential criteria
20. Demonstrable experience of managing processes and ensuring compliance with policies.
21. Experience of stakeholder engagement and working collaboratively with managers, staff, and trade unions
22. Experience of working autonomously and awareness of appropriate escalation routes
23. Use of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Access, PowerPoint and computerised HR systems to develop efficient ways of working
Desirable criteria
24. Experience of delivering specialist training
25. Experience of coordinating and managing JE processes and panels
26. Project management experience
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
27. Good planning, organisational and time-management skills to ensure compliance against deadlines
28. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; to communicate and interact with a wide range of stakeholders and to relay information to non-specialists
29. Team worker
30. Passionate about quality and customer service
31. Adaptability Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic and changing environment, responding positively to new challenges and priorities
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Everything we do is shaped by our values: Respect, Support, and Collaborate.
At University Hospitals Tees we want our workspaces to be places where everyone feels welcome, valued and safe. We treat people with respect, and we celebrate the differences that make each of us unique.
We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, background, race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family circumstances or beliefs.
We are here to support you throughout your application and at every stage of your career with us. We believe we work best when we collaborate, learn from each other and build teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Supporting disabled people and people with longterm conditions
We are a Disability Confident committed employer aspiring to become a lead employer in 2026.
This means we give fair and full consideration to applicants and will offer reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. If you need help with your application, or need the information in a different format, please contact our recruitment team and we will support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at or call us on 01642 854610
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.