Interim HR Manager
Huddersfield
The successful candidate will undertake :
Line management responsibility for a Senior Advisor and HR Advisor
Provide senior HR support to managers to ensure provision of expert customer focussed HR management advice, offer guidance on human resource policies, support organisational change and other workforce productivity initiatives.You will build key relationships across the division to guide, develop and coach colleagues through employee relations processes.
You will provide specialist advice and guidance interpreting national terms and conditions of service, local policies and national workforce initiatives.
You will challenge practice/behaviours that are not in line with the Trust values and One Culture of care.
You will ensure that practice not in line with sound HR principles is challenged and will work with colleagues to identify and implement alternative approaches/solutions.
Influence and drive business thinking and develop HR approaches that support operational business objectives, organisational design and resource plans and advise and support the implementation of workforce change process as appropriate.
Provide HR leadership within the HR team and the organisation and ensure support across the wider operational HR team outside divisional boundaries.
You will lead on identified projects that support the wider trust workforce strategy, ensuring that progress is made, and actions support local needs and workforce plans.
You will lead on employee relations case work, providing specialist HR support to investigating officers, undertaking disciplinary, grievance and performance processes up to and including dismissal.
You will lead on attendance management, ensuring that plans are in place, cases are progressing supportively and in line with policy.
You will support across divisional boundaries as required to ensure employee relations matters are dealt with effectively.
Where necessary, support the organisational process where an individual has submitted Employment Tribunals paperwork.
Develop and maintain positive relationships with staff side representatives and Trade Union full-time officials, including proactive communication of relevant HR issues.
Promote the implementation of equal opportunities and diversity in the workplace, providing leadership to managers and directors on equality and diversity issues relating to employment.
Take the HR lead on complex and/or large-scale organisational change initiatives (including TUPE) and ensure that the HR aspects of such projects are delivered effectively.
Lead a range of diverse HR projects and programmes of work to help deliver the HR agenda within division and when required across the agenda of operational HR.
You will be responsible for building and maintaining effective relationships with managers and colleagues to develop, implement and advise on best practice to maximise the workforce contribution and improve employee experience.
You will provide expert advice and support across a wide range of highly complex and highly sensitive employment matters where there may not be an existing precedent.
This will require the post holder to seek and interpret formal legal employment advice/national guidance in relation to e.g. organisational change including redundancy processes, disciplinary/grievances cases, harassment and bullying etc.
You will manage and provide leadership to the HR Advisor ensuring annual appraisals, objectives, personal development plans and appropriate competencies and are in place to optimise their potential.
You will work across the operational HR boundaries to ensure effective support, guidance and leadership is in place during periods of absence as required.
You will work closely with the Workforce and Organisational Development (WOD) directorate to ensure OD offerings support the bespoke needs of the service.
Ensure employee relations matters are dealt with efficiently and fairly and at all levels. This will involve undertaking investigations and sitting on panels and receiving and presenting highly complex and highly sensitive and emotive information.
Taking formal notes at hearings which can be used in appeal hearings and Employment Tribunals. Managing the implications and outcomes of employee relations matters including delivering unwelcome news such as termination of employment, harassment and bullying cases, implications of major organisational change.
Engage with staff and staff-side representatives both local and regional proposed service changes and their impact on the workforce through Organisational Change processes.Represent the operational HR team at formal internal and external meetings.
To plan and implement the design and delivery of relevant workforce strategies such as change management programmes including TUPE.
Provide expert advice on all aspects of HR change management including highly complex organisational change and transformation programmes requiring the analysis and interpretation of highly complex workforce data
Provide expert advice on a specialist area of Workforce e.g. Job Evaluation, NHS Terms and Conditions Service, consultation and negotiation and workforce planning/resourcing
What you'll get in returnFlexible working options are available.
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield
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