Job summary
We are now looking to appoint a Head of People Partnering , Employee Relations & Change to be part of these transformational plans. Reporting to the Deputy Chief People Officer as a member of the Senior People Leadership Team, your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading our team of People Business Partners to deliver a professional, customer focused, full People partnering service and the provision of employee relations and People policies in the Trust.
- Leading significant Trust-wide change and review projects with People implications
- Providing advice and support for Divisional Directors and other senior leaders, including providing partnering services to the Executive team.
- Supporting the Deputy Chief People Officer to continue the development of our strategic workforce plans.
- Embedding our ambitious People Strategy across the Trust by working in partnership with People colleagues, all senior leaders and managers, staff networks, recognised trades union and wider regional healthcare system.
- Providing line management and strategic support for the Head of Employee Relations, Policy and Change
Recruitment of this post is being managed by a 3rd party organisation, if you apply for this post, you are agreeing to us to share your details with them.For more information about this role, including details of how to apply, please contact Angela on 07554 443883 or emaileandnherts@morgan-law.com
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a CIPD qualified HR professional with extensive experience of supporting the wider business within a large, complex organisation. You will bring experience of organisational change and enjoy working at a senior level. You will be a compassionate and inclusive leader who communicates an inspiring vision and energises others to progress, learn and develop.
In return, we offer a highly rewarding role where youll have the opportunity to directly enhance the working lives our staff and managers, creating a great place to work and thrive. This role offers excellent opportunities for career development towards a Deputy of Chief People Officer, with its combination of senior level engagement with Trust leaders; its leadership role within the People Team; and its exposure to cultural and operational change management.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree relevant to the role or equivalent experience. (eg LLM, OD, HRM)
- MCIPD
- Evidence of continuing professional development in leadership
Desirable
- Recognised coaching qualifications
- Recognised mediation qualification
- FCPID
- Legal qualification
- Change qualification
- Coaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
- PRINCE II or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Extensive track record of operational and strategic HR achievement.
- Extensive experience of supporting the business as a People Partner
- Evidence of effective working at a senior level in large, complex environment.
- Partnership working with unions.
- Experience of writing complex business cases and reports
- Experience of business planning, budget setting
- Expert experience of facilitating and managing change and complex employee relations including MHPS cases.
- Significant experience of organisational change including TUPE
Desirable
- Experience of contracting processes
- Developing approaches to reducing levels of bullying and harassment
- Delivery of Leadership training and development
- Previous experience of working within an NHS environment.
Knowledge
Essential
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion framework, legislation and best practice
- Expert knowledge in employee relations and employment law
- Emotional intelligence
- Resilience
- Integrity
Desirable
- Medical terms and conditions (MHPS)
- NHS Agenda for change
Skills
Essential
- Able to work in unpredictable situations and under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Able to analyse, provide authoritative advice on and manage highly complex and sensitive situations where there is often conflict
- Ability to analyse and understand business, financial and workforce data
- Ability to interpret and apply HR knowledge to the Trusts people strategy.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to form productive collaborative working relationships
- Highly developed persuasive, motivational and negotiating skills
- Ability to write and present succinct reports, with data analysis, on complex workforce issues
- Experience in managing and leading professional HR team and service.
- Experience and skills in project management and quality improvement
- Decisive, professional, assertive, self-motivated
- Insight into own behaviour/working style
- Drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Ability to problem solve
- Highly motivated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree relevant to the role or equivalent experience. (eg LLM, OD, HRM)
- MCIPD
- Evidence of continuing professional development in leadership
Desirable
- Recognised coaching qualifications
- Recognised mediation qualification
- FCPID
- Legal qualification
- Change qualification
- Coaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
- PRINCE II or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Extensive track record of operational and strategic HR achievement.
- Extensive experience of supporting the business as a People Partner
- Evidence of effective working at a senior level in large, complex environment.
- Partnership working with unions.
- Experience of writing complex business cases and reports
- Experience of business planning, budget setting
- Expert experience of facilitating and managing change and complex employee relations including MHPS cases.
- Significant experience of organisational change including TUPE
Desirable
- Experience of contracting processes
- Developing approaches to reducing levels of bullying and harassment
- Delivery of Leadership training and development
- Previous experience of working within an NHS environment.
Knowledge
Essential
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion framework, legislation and best practice
- Expert knowledge in employee relations and employment law
- Emotional intelligence
- Resilience
- Integrity
Desirable
- Medical terms and conditions (MHPS)
- NHS Agenda for change
Skills
Essential
- Able to work in unpredictable situations and under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Able to analyse, provide authoritative advice on and manage highly complex and sensitive situations where there is often conflict
- Ability to analyse and understand business, financial and workforce data
- Ability to interpret and apply HR knowledge to the Trusts people strategy.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to form productive collaborative working relationships
- Highly developed persuasive, motivational and negotiating skills
- Ability to write and present succinct reports, with data analysis, on complex workforce issues
- Experience in managing and leading professional HR team and service.
- Experience and skills in project management and quality improvement
- Decisive, professional, assertive, self-motivated
- Insight into own behaviour/working style
- Drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Ability to problem solve
- Highly motivated
