Job summary
This HR Assistant, Undergraduate Student Placement, role within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting opportunity to learn new skills and grow your career becoming a part of the HR service within the NHS.
The Placement is a great opportunity, which allows you to put theory into practice and when you return to your studies you will be able to apply real life examples.
You can expect to be involved at an appropriate level in all aspects of HR and OD work. You will be supported in providing generalist HR advice for a range of employee relations case work, including sickness absence management, disciplinary and grievances.
You will develop and use many skills to support a busy HR department. These will include being an excellent communicator able to develop and maintain relationships across a wide range of staff. You will also help work with the team to provide key information to hospital managers and clinicians enabling them to manage their workforce effectively. Training, buddying and mentoring will be available to the successful candidate to support their development.
The working week is 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday with normal working hours being 9am to 5pm including a daily unpaid break of 30 minutes. The successful candidates will be recruited to one of the divisions at MFT and therefore you will be placed at any one of the hospital sites across the MFT footprint
Main duties of the job
This HR Assistant, Undergraduate Student Placement, role within our HR teams at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting opportunity to learn new skills and grow your career becoming a part of the HR service within the NHS.
The Placement is a great opportunity, which allows you to put theory into practice and when you return to your studies you will be able to apply real life examples.
You will rotate between each Hospital/MCS/Corporate HR Teams which provides a broad range of services to the staff and managers across our 12 Hospitals. Our HR services cover the following areas:
- Clinical and Scientific Services
- Corporate/Group HR
- St Mary's
- WTWA
- Eye & Dental
- RMCH
- MRI
- NMGH
You will join the Manchester University NHS Foundation vision to improve the health and quality of life of our diverse population by building an organisation that:
- Excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching
- Attracts, develops and retains great people
- Is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provider
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programs. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education to GCSE / A level or Equivalent
Desirable
- Working towards CIPD Qualification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Excellent keyboard skills and computer literate with Microsoft packages (Word, Excel Outlook and Powerpoint), and use of internet.
Desirable
- A knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and employment issues.
- An understanding of working within a professional office environment.
Experience
Essential
- Developing and maintaining positive partnerships with managers and staff of all levels
Desirable
- Experience of working in a HR department and providing advice regarding HR issues
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to engage in dialogue with individuals at all levels and negotiate to reach agreement.
- The ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work on own initiative, with strong organisation skills and ability to prioritise changing workload.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Effective customer service and administration skills
- Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information.
- Ability to identify when to escalate matters.
- Able to work as part of a team to deliver set goals (either work based or in an educational setting)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education to GCSE / A level or Equivalent
Desirable
- Working towards CIPD Qualification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Excellent keyboard skills and computer literate with Microsoft packages (Word, Excel Outlook and Powerpoint), and use of internet.
Desirable
- A knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and employment issues.
- An understanding of working within a professional office environment.
Experience
Essential
- Developing and maintaining positive partnerships with managers and staff of all levels
Desirable
- Experience of working in a HR department and providing advice regarding HR issues
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to engage in dialogue with individuals at all levels and negotiate to reach agreement.
- The ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Ability to work on own initiative, with strong organisation skills and ability to prioritise changing workload.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Effective customer service and administration skills
- Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information.
- Ability to identify when to escalate matters.
- Able to work as part of a team to deliver set goals (either work based or in an educational setting)
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).
