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Senior People Advisor
The closing date is 27 August 2025
Are you a compassionate and dynamic People/HR Professional looking to develop your career and add value in a busy, demanding and rewarding NHS environment?
Senior People Advisor - 34 hours per week.
Band 6, £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata, per annum.
As a member of the People Operations Team, to provide a comprehensive day-to-day people service, covering the full range of people / Human Resource related issues, to meet the needs of the Trust and staff in an effective and professional manner.
Main duties of the job
To provide people related and HR advice across the range of complex people / HR issues, developing excellent working relationships with key stakeholders, in order to enable service areas to achieve their departmental, Key Performance Indicators/Targets and Trust corporate objectives.
To support the People Business Partner with the delivery of Operational HR and recruitment advice. Responsible for day to day supervision of a People Advisor, ensuring that HR advice provided is legally compliant and organisational change adheres to the relevant policies, procedures and protocols.
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
Job responsibilities
You will be an experienced HR professional with MCIPD, who has experience of operating as a Senior HR practitioner in a fast paced environment and be highly competent with People/HR Information systems such as ESR. Ideally you should have proven experience of People/HR in a healthcare setting.
You will have a track record of dealing with a range of people related and HR issues, development of people related HR/OD policies, procedures or strategies and have the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a range of stakeholders.
Your knowledge of employment legislation and workforce metrics/information systems will be matched with an ability to provide support and advice on complex employee relations and organisational change matters.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
* Post-graduate qualification in relevant field or equivalent experience
* Membership of the CIPD
* Knowledge of employment law and its impact in the workplace
Experience
* Previous experience in a multi-union service organisation
* Experience of developing people related HR/OD policies, procedures or strategies
* Experience in handling employee relation issues, some of which may be highly personal and difficult to deal with
* Experience of facilitating organisational change
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.
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata
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