Band 8a HR Business Partner
Job overview
The Adult and Community Division are seeking a highly experienced, resilient and motivated HR Business Partner to join their complex and fast paced Division.
The Adult Community Division employs around 1,200 dedicated staff. The Division offers a broad range of services to individuals living in Birmingham. The aim of the service is to provide high-quality person-centred care and enhance an individual’s quality of life.This may be achieved through preventing admissions to hospital, providing care at home, supporting and facilitating discharge to an individual’s home environment and/or supporting in an emergency. It is important that patients and their carers feel reassured and empowered by the service we provide and that they are actively involved in the care we offer, promoting choice and dignity.
Main duties of the job
Post holder will be lead focal point for the HR Team and operational managers within the Adult and Community Division, facilitating effective delivery of health services via the provision of a comprehensive HR service, including workforce planning, complex casework and organisational change programmes and will focus on delivering the “transformation/ organisational change” portfolio within the Division.The successful candidate will be CIPD qualified and will have substantial experience of delivering strategic level HR advice to senior managers and directors in a complex organisation and significant experience of leading on and dealing with organisational change TUPE transfers and complex employee relations issues.
The role includes day to day leadership and management and development of the HR Team and delivering a comprehensive HR service to a complex Division with specific recruitment and retention challenges. The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and achieved CIPD, have a proven track record of delivering on targets, work well under pressure, be highly organised, have excellent communication skills and have significant competence in analysing and presenting data as part of workforce data forums.
The candidate will be able to operate in an environment of rapid change and conflicting priorities. Expert knowledge of the full range of HR policies and procedures and excellent working knowledge of employment legislation is essential.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will support the ongoing development and progression of a “Just and Learning Culture”, as part of the Trust’s management of conduct within its Disciplinary Policy promoting the Trust’s values and, in particular, its “Equality and Inclusion agenda” and the NHS People Promise.The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of operational HR, preferably within the NHS, including the management of complex casework and organisational change providing best practice advice and experience of providing advice to a Divisional group and infrastructure / Divisional Leadership Board on the full range of HR issues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will be responsible for taking the strategic and operational lead on a range of service transformation programmes to ensure that they are delivered in accordance with agreed requirements realising effective co-ordination of people, resource and talent; to ensure that, as appropriate, such initiatives are embedded and the benefits realised, including BCHC Divisional transformation and other largescale HR initiatives as deemed appropriate by the Executive team, Divisional Directors and senior clinicians/managers, with whom the postholder will work closely.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Master’s degree or have equivalent professional experience and development as detailed below
- Post-graduate qualification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, or actively working towards this qualification with an equivalent level of experience at a senior Human Resource
- Management Qualification
Skills
Essential criteria- Expert knowledge of the full range of Human Resource policies and management procedures, statutory legislation and upcoming legislative changes
- Detailed knowledge of relevant NHS Policy and guidelines
Experience
Essential criteria- Significant management/senior experience of leading an organisation through service redesign (inc. restructures, mergers, TUPE transfers) both at a departmental, organisation level and cross organisational level
- Substantial experience of delivering strategic level advice and guidance to senior managers and Directors, advising on complex employee relation issues, full range of casework experience, investigations, panels and employment tribunal preparation, delivering change management projects and carrying out investigations
- Developing and delivering management training and presentations
- Manipulating and analysing Human Resource data and presenting it as accessible workforce information
- Significant and demonstrable experience of negotiating with Trade Unions/other employee bodies on large scale change management issues
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification.We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics.As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible.This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Using Artificial Intelligence
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Benefits of working for us:
- Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
- Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
- Discounts for local and national retailers
- Dedicated well-being services for all employees
- Flexible working where possible