Human Resources (HR) Business Partner

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Job overview

This role is critical in using our expertise to build the capability of our leaders.

The key focus for these two fixed term opportunities will be to support with Group Harmonisation and Change Management.

The HR Business Partner will develop effective working relationships, negotiating and challenging the service area management team in order to support the achievement of the Trust’s, Service Area’s and People directorate’s objectives.

The post holder will be responsible for championing best practice in HR, influencing key business decisions to ensure the effective management and utilisation of staff, which will include coaching, mentoring, training and developing leaders around their capability in HR policy and practice.

The HR Business Partner will provide effective leadership for their HR sub team; with a focus on empowering and engaging the team.

Main duties of the job

To act as a strategic business partner to designated service areas, senior management and their teams, developing a thorough understanding of the service/business plans and HR issues to ensure that workforce requirements are identified and support planned and delivered in a timely basis.

To contribute to local and system workforce planning discussions for service areas; this includes participating in the business planning process as appropriate and ensuring local and national priorities are addressed.

Using workforce information and intelligence, work with leaders to develop a people plan to plan the transition from current staff numbers and grades to the planned future establishment/requirements, including appropriate role redesign, skill mix reviews and development of competencies taking into account workforce demand and capacity needs.

Provide senior HR expertise within the service areas in the areas of resourcing and retention, succession planning and talent management, acting as the HR lead in supporting change management processes needed to support these areas through transformation, including input into tenders, TUPE, restructures, redeployment and redundancies.

Championing good people management practices and support cultural and behavioural change to develop empowered leaders.

To provide effective leadership and line management to the relevant HR sub-team ensuring that they feel engaged and empowered and fostering a culture of feedback.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.

Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more [...]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Please review the attached job description for the full details of the role. We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

• • Masters/Level 7 qualification in a HR related field or equivalent qualification/experience
• • Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) or equivalent qualification/experience
• • Evidence of relevant and continuing CPD

• • Postgraduate level qualification in an OD related subject area eg coaching, facilitation, mentoring

Skills

• • Ability to make an impact at all levels within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change.
• • A high degree of customer orientation in decision-making coupled with analytical and decision making skills.
• • Developed interpersonal skills to communicate sensitive and contentious information succinctly with a variety of audiences.
• • Strong influencing and communication skills, using a range of techniques to best effect. Able to deliver messages effectively at all levels.

• • Evidence of effective coaching and development skills

Experience

• • Senior HR professional with substantial experience of working at a senior level in a large, complex organisation in a highly unionised environment.
• • Significant experience taking the lead on complex employee relations areas providing specialist, professional support in relation to change management, TUPE, restructures, redundancy, absence management, disciplinary and capability, terms and conditions and recruitment and retention.
• • Previous experience of leadership and line management including performance, capability and appraisals.
• • Experience of effective partnership working with union representatives, including leading on complex employee relations issues.
• • Experience in interpreting and presenting workforce data to services areas and using to inform management decision making and improve corporate performance.

• • Experience in planning, developing and delivering HR and OD interventions including training
• • Previous experience of advising on medical and dental terms and conditions

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Important Information: All new employees will be subject to a charge if a DBS check is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by LCHS and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a maximum of a 6 month period.

Any existing employees who require a DBS check as part of the application process will be subject to a charge for that DBS check.

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