Human Resources Manager

Job overview

The HR Manager role will work in a Divisional team and line manage at least one HR advisor. The role will either be based at Aintree, Broadgreen or the Royal but some site cover is expected.

The role will provide expert HR advice to all managers across the Trust. The successful candidate will work closely with the HR Advisors and HR Business Partners to embed best practice and consistency across the HR Advisory team. Our HR Managers will work very closely together to ensure consistency across the Trust with our HR practices.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to be organised and act as a mentor and they will be the main point of contact for the HR Advisory team.

The successful candidate will oversee and advise on casework, provide support, advice and guidance to the HR Advisors' who are undertaking disciplinary, sickness and grievance processes and managing other aspects of employee relations in line with Trust policies.

The HR Manager role is responsible for ensuring a defined list of policies are maintained and updated in line with legislation changes and are responsible for designing, updating and delivery of training for our people managers to ensure they have the skills required to manage their teams effectively.

The successful candidate will also manage a range of complex employee relations cases. for their designated area.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive and professional HR advice service, taking advice from the HR Business partner as and when required, dealing with complex cases in the areas of:

• Capability and Disciplinary cases
• Performance Management
• Recruitment and Resourcing
• Employment Relations
• Terms and Conditions of Service
• Employment Law
• Management of Change

Maintain a robust employee relations Case Management System, providing reports to managers and work proactively with managers to address employee relations issues within all areas.

Monitor the progress of investigations on behalf of the HR Business Partner and ensure that they are completed in a timely manner, reporting any issues and outcomes to the HR Business Partner.

To participate in discussions with staff side and employee consultation in the application of workforce change strategies, contractual changes to facilitate new ways of working in accordance with the appropriate policies and procedures.

Day to day supervision of the HR Advisor, providing expert HR advice and guidance on the interpretation of procedures and guidelines to the HR Advisor and Senior Managers.

Support HR Advisor in providing advice and support to managers for all sickness absence cases for both short term and long term absence.

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent experience
• CIPD qualified or equivalent that clearly demonstrates knowledge, skills and abilities acquired to the levels set out below
• Evidence of on-going commitment to Continuing Professional Development

• Coaching/Mediation/AFC tarined

Experience

• Demonstrable HR Advisory experience providing advice and support services to customers gained within an HR environment
• Experience of interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures
• Experience of working with Trade Union Organisations
• Usage of IT Packages including Word, Excel & Powerpoint to produce documents and generate reports
• Delivery of training to colleagues and customers
• Working in a busy team providing services to a diverse customer base

• NHS experience in HR
• Line management experience
• Working with Trade Unions
• HR Information Systems
• Experience of managing TUPE transfers of staff

Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of HR Procedures & Policies
• An understanding of current employment and equal opportunities legislation and its impact in the workplace
• Working knowledge of TUPE legislation
• Working Knowledge of NHS Terms & Conditions
• Understanding of the importance & requirements of Data Protection and Confidentiality

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.