Job summary
HR Advisor [Maternity Cover] - Band 5
Do you want to make a real difference? If so, this could be the opportunity for you. We have an exciting opportunity in our People Partnering Team for a Band 5 HR Advisor for a fixed period of 12 months, 18.45 hrs per week with options for occasional home working.
This professional role will provide generalist employee relations expertise to our managers and staff using a partnership approach, advising and coaching managers to deliver their objectives through the performance of their people.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced employee relations advisor who has a passion for providing the best advice and support for our people whilst being part of the wider ER team working alongside the HR People Partner. The successful candidate will be a team player, be self-disciplined and motivated to deliver key objectives and confident in their ability as a HR professional.
In return, you will get some amazing experiences in a large organisation and be given the opportunity to support the journey of the Trust in improving its people practices.
Here at NGH, we have values around putting patient safety above all else so we are reminded of who we are ultimately here to support. In doing that we aspire to excellence while learning and improving, but one of the most important values is to respect and support each other across our organisation.
If you would like to come and develop your career at NGH, then the first step is to contact Katie Jakubowska, HR People Partner within the trust for an informal conversation, or if you are already convinced, click on the apply button!
About us
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Generalist HR Advice
- Under the guidance of the HR Business Partner, provide professional HR advice to managers across the full range of employee relations issues including grievance, discipline, capability, sickness absence, performance management, redeployment, in line with best practice, Trust policy and employment legislation
- Under the guidance of the HR Business Partner, manage caseload of employee relations issues and advise managers on HR issues in particular on sickness absence cases
- Advise on employment legislation and terms and conditions of employment under the direction of the HR Business Partners
- Advise on pay and grading issues
- Develop constructive relationships and partnership working with trade union and professional representatives
- Provide support to the Trusts Equality and Human Rights agenda and advise on employment related issues relating to equality and diversity
- Deliver HR related workshops to build the capability of line managers
- Carry out maternity workshops and support the Corporate HR Officer to ensure all pregnant workers documentation is actioned
- Manage and maintain the HR Case Database
- Provide HR support to investigating officers such as taking notes
- Assist managers with formal flexible working meetings
- Deputise for the HR Business Partners at Directorate meetings and provide assistance at mangers away days
- Assist HR Business Partners in supporting managers in the delivery of the transformational change programmes such as attending 121 meetings with managers
HR Policies
- Implement the Trusts Management of sickness absence policy, train line managers and monitor sickness absence
- With HR Business Partners deliver training sessions on policies as appropriate
- Assist in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of HR policies
Workforce Information
- Assist the HR Business Partners to develop workforce plans for nominated areas
- Collate and produce monthly workforce data for HR Business Partners such as return to work data, sickness absence information including trigger reports
- Collate appraisal data and monitor through spot checks by directorates
Professional Responsibilities
- Partake in all specialist workshops offered internally
- Ensure that all mandatory training is up to date
- Keep up to date on HR best practice and employment law
For Full details of Job Description and Person Specification , please see attached supporting documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
Generalist HR Advice
- Under the guidance of the HR Business Partner, provide professional HR advice to managers across the full range of employee relations issues including grievance, discipline, capability, sickness absence, performance management, redeployment, in line with best practice, Trust policy and employment legislation
- Under the guidance of the HR Business Partner, manage caseload of employee relations issues and advise managers on HR issues in particular on sickness absence cases
- Advise on employment legislation and terms and conditions of employment under the direction of the HR Business Partners
- Advise on pay and grading issues
- Develop constructive relationships and partnership working with trade union and professional representatives
- Provide support to the Trusts Equality and Human Rights agenda and advise on employment related issues relating to equality and diversity
- Deliver HR related workshops to build the capability of line managers
- Carry out maternity workshops and support the Corporate HR Officer to ensure all pregnant workers documentation is actioned
- Manage and maintain the HR Case Database
- Provide HR support to investigating officers such as taking notes
- Assist managers with formal flexible working meetings
- Deputise for the HR Business Partners at Directorate meetings and provide assistance at mangers away days
- Assist HR Business Partners in supporting managers in the delivery of the transformational change programmes such as attending 121 meetings with managers
HR Policies
- Implement the Trusts Management of sickness absence policy, train line managers and monitor sickness absence
- With HR Business Partners deliver training sessions on policies as appropriate
- Assist in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of HR policies
Workforce Information
- Assist the HR Business Partners to develop workforce plans for nominated areas
- Collate and produce monthly workforce data for HR Business Partners such as return to work data, sickness absence information including trigger reports
- Collate appraisal data and monitor through spot checks by directorates
Professional Responsibilities
- Partake in all specialist workshops offered internally
- Ensure that all mandatory training is up to date
- Keep up to date on HR best practice and employment law
For Full details of Job Description and Person Specification , please see attached supporting documents
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree or equivalent qualification or relevant experience Level 3 CIPD qualification or equivalent
- NHS Job Evaluation scheme trained and experience working with the Scheme
Desirable
- Have or be working towards Level 5 CIPD qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Generalist HR experience including employee relations and supporting organisational change
- Experience of dealing with HR issues in a unionised environment
- Experience of developing and coaching managers
- Experience of delivering HR training to managers
- Experience of working with electronic staff record systems
- Experience in Project Work
- Experience in implementing policies
- Up-to-date knowledge of current Employment Law
- Up-to-date knowledge of Equality and Human Rights Law
- Knowledge of IT systems including the use of Microsoft Outlook, Office, PowerPoint and Excel
- Experience of attending formal and informal hearings with staff and managers
- Experience of attending sickness absence meetings
Desirable
- Understanding of current healthcare environment
Skills
Essential
- Standard computer/keyboard skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent planning & organisational skills
- Good problem solving skills with the ability to influence and persuade
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to present information or deliver training to groups of people
- Minute taking at hearings
Desirable
- Able to prepare training slides
Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Assertive and confident
- Self motivated.
- Enthusiastic
- Flexible
- Challenging and questioning
- Light physical effort required
- Required to concentrate on a regular basis when checking documents and writing reports
- Exposure to emotionally distressing situations when dealing with staff disciplinary or grievance issues etc.
- Required to work in an office environment with occasional travel required and VDU work
- Ability to travel between the Kettering and Northampton Hospital sites and other sites across the Group
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree or equivalent qualification or relevant experience Level 3 CIPD qualification or equivalent
- NHS Job Evaluation scheme trained and experience working with the Scheme
Desirable
- Have or be working towards Level 5 CIPD qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Generalist HR experience including employee relations and supporting organisational change
- Experience of dealing with HR issues in a unionised environment
- Experience of developing and coaching managers
- Experience of delivering HR training to managers
- Experience of working with electronic staff record systems
- Experience in Project Work
- Experience in implementing policies
- Up-to-date knowledge of current Employment Law
- Up-to-date knowledge of Equality and Human Rights Law
- Knowledge of IT systems including the use of Microsoft Outlook, Office, PowerPoint and Excel
- Experience of attending formal and informal hearings with staff and managers
- Experience of attending sickness absence meetings
Desirable
- Understanding of current healthcare environment
Skills
Essential
- Standard computer/keyboard skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent planning & organisational skills
- Good problem solving skills with the ability to influence and persuade
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to present information or deliver training to groups of people
- Minute taking at hearings
Desirable
- Able to prepare training slides
Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Assertive and confident
- Self motivated.
- Enthusiastic
- Flexible
- Challenging and questioning
- Light physical effort required
- Required to concentrate on a regular basis when checking documents and writing reports
- Exposure to emotionally distressing situations when dealing with staff disciplinary or grievance issues etc.
- Required to work in an office environment with occasional travel required and VDU work
- Ability to travel between the Kettering and Northampton Hospital sites and other sites across the Group
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).
