Job summary
There's never been a better time to join our HR team, who support the delivery of a high quality strategic and operational people management service. Our HR Operations Team provides support and advice for managers and staff across the Trust, covering a wide range of HR and employment matters, and this is a new role within the team.
Our PRIDE values support our vision and guide everything we do, and none of what we do at would be possible without the skills, care and compassion of over 10,000 colleagues who deserve the very best experience working at one of the biggest employers in the county.
Reporting to the Head of HR Operations and Corporate Policy, you'll benefit from a supportive team, liaising with a range of colleagues across the hospital. We take pride in delivering an HR service that supports colleagues to deliver exemplary care for every patient. If this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Interview date: 9th April 2024
Main duties of the job
We're proud of our diverse, international workforce and this position is key to supporting our colleagues in applying for, and maintaining their right to work. You'll take a lead role in ensuring governance in respect of the employment of overseas workers, so you'll have knowledge and experience of UKVI processes and requirements and have a structured approach to your work to ensure effective organisational assurance. You will also support managers with the recruitment of overseas workers and visa queries.
Our HR policies and procedures are vital in supporting our Trust and another key aspect of this role is to ensure these are kept updated, maintaining a database to support this and ensuring policy updates are in line with legislation, bestpractice and our PRIDE values. This will require liaison with a wide range of colleagues and our trades unions across the hospital.
You will also lead and support projects to improve the service the HR Operations team provides, organisational initiatives and provide wider support to the team as required. You will have a customer-centered approach, be a confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating initiative and the ability to manage competing demands whilst ensuring governance targets are met.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work closely with the Head of HR Operations and other members of the HR team to support projects that help to deliver the Trusts People and Culture strategy and wider HR agenda.
- Lead on the development and updating of a range of HR policies to meet legal and organisational best practice and contribute where required to other Trust policies where they may overlap to HR.
- Develop and maintain a database to actively ensure HR policies are kept updated in line with audit and best practice requirements, ensuring timely communication across a range of colleagues including internal managers and staff networks.
- Liaise with trades unions, staff networks and a range of stakeholders to ensure policies are developed that meet legal requirements and that help deliver a positive organisational culture and staff experience.
- Coordinate monthly Pay and Conditions of Service (PACS) meetings and carry out related administrative activities. Manage schedule of policies to be updated, ensuring key stakeholders are aware of deadlines and kept informed, ensuring policies are updated and deadlines are met.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work closely with the Head of HR Operations and other members of the HR team to support projects that help to deliver the Trusts People and Culture strategy and wider HR agenda.
- Lead on the development and updating of a range of HR policies to meet legal and organisational best practice and contribute where required to other Trust policies where they may overlap to HR.
- Develop and maintain a database to actively ensure HR policies are kept updated in line with audit and best practice requirements, ensuring timely communication across a range of colleagues including internal managers and staff networks.
- Liaise with trades unions, staff networks and a range of stakeholders to ensure policies are developed that meet legal requirements and that help deliver a positive organisational culture and staff experience.
- Coordinate monthly Pay and Conditions of Service (PACS) meetings and carry out related administrative activities. Manage schedule of policies to be updated, ensuring key stakeholders are aware of deadlines and kept informed, ensuring policies are updated and deadlines are met.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent experience in the subject areas of the role
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience/knowledge of recruitment practices and a broad understanding of the UK's "Right to Work" checks
- \Used to creating and developing relationships. Ability to effectively communicate and build relationships with a diverse client base
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to autonomously prioritise and work on multiple projects at any one time whilst supporting ongoing requirements
- Able to use, interpret and understand complex data and analyse facts and situations
Attitude & Aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent experience in the subject areas of the role
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience/knowledge of recruitment practices and a broad understanding of the UK's "Right to Work" checks
- \Used to creating and developing relationships. Ability to effectively communicate and build relationships with a diverse client base
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to autonomously prioritise and work on multiple projects at any one time whilst supporting ongoing requirements
- Able to use, interpret and understand complex data and analyse facts and situations
Attitude & Aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
