HR Business Partner
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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Job summary
The HR Business Partner is a strategic role in support of a designated service area, and as a senior HR professional, is expected to be largely self managing. It will be necessary for the HR Business Partner to understand the business strategy of the service area for which they are responsible and to contribute to the workforce strategy for that area, whilst ensuring its compatibility with Trust-wide workforce plans.
Main duties of the job
Specifically the postholder will:
- develop robust human resources relationships with divisions/corporate areas to influence, challenge and support service delivery and people strategies and monitor success
- work alongside the Divisional Director of Operations and their teams in identifying workforce issues and developing appropriate business focussed HR interventions, and developing the people capability to deliver their business plans
- support and challenge managers in the identification of training and development needs in respect of the people management agenda, and in the application of HR policies and practices, providing advice and guidance on complex HR issues in order to minimise risk and financial exposure
- seek out and use workforce intelligence, both internal and external, to identify people management requirements within the service area, establishing credibility as an expert in strategic HR within an operational service
- coordinate a team comprising representatives from the different functional areas of HR, and where appropriate beyond HR, to analyse and interpret relevant workforce information and productivity measure, develop, recommend and support the implementation of appropriate HR interventions to address the HR issues facing the service.
About us
- Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Date posted
28 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum plus HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
197-RF5739
Job locations
Catford Old Town Hall
University Hospital Lewisham
London
SE6 4RU
Employer details
Employer name
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address
Catford Old Town Hall
University Hospital Lewisham
London
SE6 4RU
Employer's website
https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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