HR Advisor

1. month fixed term contract.

Hybrid working available but applicants must be able to travel countywide to effectively undertake the role.

Base options: Cambridge, Huntingdon or Peterborough.

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for you next challenge? We have a great opportunity for a HR Advisor to join our team for 12 months covering maternity leave of the current post holder.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with managers to ensure best practice is followed and help create a positive and inclusive workplace culture.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Ensure that employee relations issues are managed effectively by managers to reflect the Trust’s commitment to people as their most important asset.
2. Provide support to managers in decision making, balancing risks, and ensuring appropriate consideration is given to both effective service delivery and protecting Trust’s reputation.
3. Interpret and advise managers on the application of, and compliance with Trust HR policies and procedures.
4. Interpret and advise managers on the application of terms and conditions of employment, ensuring compliance with Trust HR policies and employment legislation.
5. Proactively identify areas of continuous improvement and support managers in the implementation of initiatives to improve service delivery and achieving Key

1. Develop and maintain effective communication and negotiation arrangements with staff side representatives as appropriate.
2. Support HR Business Partners with consultations e.g. attending launch meetings, 1-1 meetings where required and supporting with the redeployment process if applicable.
3. To undertake HR Investigations as and when required.
4. Review supporting mechanisms in place for staff to ensure they are fair, effective, and fit for purpose, advising managers as appropriate. e.g. working alongside Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing Service.
5. Ensure management compliance with Employment Legislation and proactively advise the appropriate manager(s) of the implications of new legislation.
6. Advocate compliance with Equal Opportunity and Diversity legislation. This includes ensuring processes are in place to monitor the application and impact of policies and procedures.
7. Support managers in workforce utilisation to improve both individual, team and organisational performance.
8. Contribute to Trust’s resourcing strategy and workforce plan to ensure that the

1. Ensure that effective processes are established, monitored and reviewed which support the retention of staff.

Person specification

Education & Qualification

• GCSE Level 4 and above in Math’s/ English or Equivalent.
• CIPD Level 3.
• Currently working towards CIPD Level 5 or ability to demonstrate relevant training or experience.

• CIPD Level 7.

Experience

• Experience of working in an HR environment.
• Employee relations experience.

• NHS experience.
• Experience working in a complex, unionised organisation.

Skills & Abilities

• Employee Relations.
• Employment Law knowledge.
• Influencing/negotiating/interpersonal skills.

• Knowledge of the NHS.
• Understanding of Government Initiatives that impact on the NHS.

Other

• Ability to travel countywide.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people’s mental health services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.