Band 5 People Advisor

Job summary

As an organisation, we are Birmingham and Solihull's largest employer, with over 24,000 permanent staff and 6,000+ on our internal staffing bank. Without our people, we would be unable to deliver the first-class care to our patients both in the community and within our 4 main hospitals.

Led by the Trusts Group Chief People Officer, the People Directorate is the epicentre of employee relations and organisational development. Recognising the importance of this department, we are expanding our advisory team across Solihull and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals with the creation of two new Band 5 People Advisor opportunities.

This is an exciting time to join the Trust with significant opportunity to make an impact through the introduction of new and improved ways of working whilst framing your personal career aspirations for growth and development.

As a Directorate, we provide a partnership service to all managers on policy and procedures and are proud of our person focused, fair approach, where patient care is our priority.

You will be well versed in; working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple conflicting demands and pressures, whilst continuing to provide guidance to the wider management team and managing a caseload of varied employee relation matters such as disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and performance improvement.

Main duties of the job

It is essential that you are able to demonstrate your expert knowledge in the field of employee relations and have up to date working knowledge of employment law; keeping yourself informed with legislative changes and best practices, with a focus on people over process.

You will be innovative, team-focused, and able to demonstrate how you follow the just culture principles in your approach.

By joining our team, you will be working with like-minded people who deliver unequivocal excellence in all aspects of their role, who are encouraged by the peers to deliver on their individual ability and creativity and who continue to drive the department's innovations.

The role offers a salary of 28,407 to 34,581per annum along with a generous leave entitlement, starting from 27 days + bank holidays (rising to 33 days with service) and the opportunity to buy and sell leave. This along with a renowned NHS pension and public sector benefits.

As a flexible employer, UHB can offer hybrid working to include cross site and home with hours of work to suit service delivery and a healthy work life balance.

Please note the closing date for applications is 28th July 2024 with interviews to take place in person on 8th August 2024 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Interested? Please contact Chloe Bishop, Senior People Partner via email on chloe.bishop@uhb.nhs.uk or contact number: 07552 254 389 to ask any questions or to arrange an informal chat to discuss this great opportunity.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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