Human Resources Business Partner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Strategic Influence & Leadership:Effective communication and influencing stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external, including partnership working with Trade Union colleagues.

Business Insight & Workforce Strategy: Understand clinical service operations, anticipate trends, and integrate HR initiatives into broader organisational goals using continuous improvement methodologies.

Change Management & Organisational Development: Lead organisation change initiatives, support workforce redesign, and facilitate organisational development activity.

Talent & Succession Planning:Develop strategies to enhance workforce capabilities, succession planning, and effective resource management.

Risk & Compliance Management:Mitigate risks in employment matters, interpret legislation, and ensure adherence to national employment and legislative frameworks. Actively involved in policy development and governance.

Technology & Data Utilisation:Leverage HR systems and analytics to drive evidence based decision making and workforce planning.

Operational: Advise on complex employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with employment law and best practices for both the Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental workforce.

This role will be aligned to the Planned, Surgical and Children's Care Directorate, primarily based on the Harrogate Hospital Site.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree or equivalent experience
• Registered with the CIPD at Chartered level or Associate level with equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Previous HR role within employee relations/business partnering in a large complex organisation
• Policy development and successful implementation
• Record of successful achievement of managing change as an HR professional
• Experience of supporting health and well-being and employee experience programmes

Desirable

• NHS Experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the workforce and OD priorities in the NHS
• Ability to interpret and implement HR strategy and policy
• A thorough knowledge of employment law and experience of interpreting the law in an HR advisory role
• Understanding of the Equality and Diversity agenda within a public sector setting

Desirable

• Experience of change management programs including restructures, redundancy and TUPE transfers

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Harrogate District Hospital

Lancaster Park Road

Harrogate

HG2 7SX

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)