Human Resources Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

As Human Resources Manager you will work at a management level across the Affinity Care practices ensuring the organisation is robust in its application of HR processes, policies and procedures

The role will support the COO in developing and supporting our Colleague Consultation Forum in delivering its aims and responsibilities and will also working alongside our clinical leaders you will support the development of our training academy and staff development programmes.

You will provide leadership and support to the HR team in their day to day activities and their ongoing development to ensure high quality, consistent service provision for the organisation, line managers and employees.

Promoting and actively supporting diversity and inclusivity, ensuring all of our people are treated with dignity and respect and challenging any form of inequality, discrimination, harassment or abuse is a key responsibility. Equally important is the requirement to support the health and well-being of all of our people to enable them to achieve job fulfilment, improved performance and happiness in the workplace.

Responsibilities

The following key roles and responsibilities should be seen in light of ensuring we adhere to all statutory and legal requirements as well as meeting all CQC standards and cost effective good practice guidelines.

Organisational:

Use data and workforce information to plan and deliver targeted and specific interventions to improve employee relations and people management strategies

Provide quarterly reports to the COO on key workforce indicators: on sickness absence management, recruitment, appraisals and performance

Provide a monthly HR Activity Overview reports to the COO

Develop and revise HR strategy, policies and processes are robust and based on current legislation, best practice and operational needs of the organisation

Ensure the continuous development of the HR service, safeguarding standards and services to be applied consistently across all practices

Support the COO in leading and developing the Colleague Consultation Forum, engendering open, transparent, trusting employee relationships

Ensure that practice which is not in line with sound HR principles is challenged and work with line managers to identify and implement alternatives

Support all employees in matters relating to their employment terms and conditions including ways of working and dignity at work:

Support with queries in respect of contractual terms and conditions e.g. holiday entitlement, hours of work, flexible working patterns

Provide empathy, advice and support for our people in relation to grievances, cases of bullying and harassment, health concerns, return to work following mid to long term absences

Consider at all times the health and well-being of our people

Provide advice for our people with any learning and development needs that will support and

Leadership and Management

To manage the HR & Payroll Teams on a day to day basis including the delegation of work as appropriate in order to ensure consistent high quality advice and support is offered to managers

Provide direction to the HR & Payroll Teams to motivate and support them to achieve the objectives of the services and their own personal objectives

Liaise with colleagues in the team to ensure that work across the HR department is allocated fairly and equitably, taking into account the need to provide adequate and consistent cover

Ensure that annual leave is authorised, recorded and monitored for the team, through the appropriate systems

Work effectively as part of the wider Human Resources team, and work in partnership to achieve departmental objectives and key performance indicators

Working collaboratively with the HR Team propose and suggest new ideas to improve the service based on feedback from Partners, managers and employees

Other

You will be required to work at other premises owned or associated to the practice. This will be subject to reasonable request in terms of travel compared your routine site of work. You may also be asked from time to time to be flexible in your working hours as per the needs of the practice.

You will be required to:

Give good and regular attendance.

Maintain a tidy and organised work area

Any other duty as requested commensurate with the role, including covering for absent colleagues.

This job description is subject to periodic review and amendment in consultation with the post-holder in the light of changing circumstances.

REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1994

Because of the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994 (Exceptions) Order 1995. Applicants for posts are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are spent under the provisions of the Act and in the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in disciplinary action or dismissal by the Trust. Any information given will be completely confidential and will be considered only in relation to an applicant of a position to which the order applies.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in events or training environment.
• Experience of working in an HR operational/policy advice capacity.

Desirable

• Trained in Job evaluation scheme

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Understanding of implementing and applying HR policies and procedures.
• Significant eperience of providing highly specialised HR advice to managers including complex employee relation issues, absence management, conduct, grievances, performance
• Experience working in events or training environment

Desirable

• Experience of using HR systems/databases e.g. IRIS HR, ESR
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and the use of the internet, intranet and ability to update databases

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Must be willing and able to travel between sites
• Respects and applies data protection and confidentiality at all times.
• Strong work ethic with a mature and professional approach to work.

Desirable

• Demonstrates commitment to, and enthusiasm for on-going personal development and development of staff

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience.
• Qualified to CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience.
• Active Associate CIPD Membership

Desirable

• Chartered CIPD membership.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Affinity Care

Address

Westcliffe Medical Practice

Westcliffe Rd

Shipley

West Yorkshire

BD18 3EE

Employer's website

https://shipleymedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)