Job summary
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is embarking upon some exciting changes in the HR Operations team and we invite any budding HR Professionals to join us on this journey.
HR Advisors work as part of the HR Operational team providing support and guidance to managers around wellbeing, managing attendance, advising on terms and conditions of employment and resolving employee relations issues.
The role would best suit someone who has experience working in a similar role and/or someone who has a HR qualification such as a degree in Human Resources and/or CIPD qualification. However, we can consider offering the post on a trainee period for 12 months where full on the job training and support can be offered. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer funding the CIPD qualification for the next 12 months at least.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job include:
- General advice to managers and staff on HR policies and terms and conditions of employment
- Supporting attendance at work through wellbeing advice and managing sickness absence
- Supporting Divisions with achieving their mandatory training and compliance rates
- Supporting disciplinary, grievance and bullying/harassment processes via informal resolution initially or full investigation where necessary
- Supporting management of organisational change
- Undertaking job evaluation
- Reporting on key workforce information
- Policy development work
- Training managers and staff on HR policies
- Ad-hoc project work
You will need to demonstrate the following key attributes:
- Demonstrate the core values of Care, Respect and Responsibility
- Willingness to learn and be confident to work outside your comfort zone
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate professionally with individuals at all levels
- Excellent customer service skills with a polite, friendly and helpful disposition
- Being responsive
- Flexible in your approach to working from both home and in the office
- Being a team player and supporting your colleagues
- Being confident in the use of all Microsoft Office packages
- Able to be self sufficient in reporting information and analysing data
- Demonstrating compassionate leadership skills
- Ability to be solution focused
- Desire to want to help and support people to have the best working experience
About us
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.
We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- CIPD qualified and Associate Member of the CIPD or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development as HR Practitioner
Desirable
- Further education qualification in HR management or business studies
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member
- Experience of working with trade union representatives.
- influencing skills.
- Manages own workload, prioritises effectively, and works to and consistently achieves deadlines / targets
Experience
Essential
- Relevant recent experience in a generalist HR role
- Experience of handling employee relations issues, eg, grievance and disciplinary
- Experience of using HR databases to record and access information
- Demonstrates well founded knowledge of employment law and the ability to apply it practically to situations.
- Ability to approach work related problems in a structured and analytical manner and to solve problems and implement theory effectively into practice.
Desirable
- Effective knowledge of Agenda for Change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- CIPD qualified and Associate Member of the CIPD or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development as HR Practitioner
Desirable
- Further education qualification in HR management or business studies
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member
- Experience of working with trade union representatives.
- influencing skills.
- Manages own workload, prioritises effectively, and works to and consistently achieves deadlines / targets
Experience
Essential
- Relevant recent experience in a generalist HR role
- Experience of handling employee relations issues, eg, grievance and disciplinary
- Experience of using HR databases to record and access information
- Demonstrates well founded knowledge of employment law and the ability to apply it practically to situations.
- Ability to approach work related problems in a structured and analytical manner and to solve problems and implement theory effectively into practice.
Desirable
- Effective knowledge of Agenda for Change
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).
