HR Helpdesk Supervisor

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you a dynamic and senior admin manager with HR experience looking to contribute to a busy but supportive Human Resources team?

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to supervise the ESNEFT Employee helpdesk supporting staff across 2 acute hospital sites and several community facilities.

We are building on our existing staff helpline and developing a professional shared services model approach to ensure HR delivers an efficient and effective service to the Trust via the Employee Helpdesk.

The role will provide the day to day supervision of the Employee Helpdesk.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have proven administrative and IT skills. You will be able to provide a high level of customer service, showing empathy and understanding in dealing with queries.

This role will be based at IP-city, Ipswich, however you will be required to work across sites.

Main duties of the job

You will supervise the helpdesk administration team; ensuring a proactive and responsive professional service is delivered to all staff.

You will assist the operational manager to ensure internal and external reports are completed accurately and meet deadlines, ensuring effective and efficient processes are in place to support the HR function by standard operating procedures, deal with day to day issues and problems with the HR function, identifying and implementing actions and making recommendation for approval where required.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

09 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR747-24

Job locations

IP-City Centre

Ipswich

IP2 8SD


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
  • NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent

Desirable

  • Degree in Business Studies

Experience

Essential

  • Previous administrative role
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team
  • Strong in IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
  • Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
  • Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters
  • Supervision/co-ordination of other team members
  • Previous experience in a customer service environment

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • Experience of working with members of the public
  • Project management
  • Proven recent HR experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidentiality and Data Protection
  • NHS

Desirable

  • Project Management
  • Knowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology

Personal skills

Essential

  • Advanced keyboard skills
  • Excellent communication skills(written and verbal)
  • Good attention to detail and accuracy
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values
  • Able to solve complex problems
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
  • NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent

Desirable

  • Degree in Business Studies

Experience

Essential

  • Previous administrative role
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team
  • Strong in IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
  • Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
  • Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters
  • Supervision/co-ordination of other team members
  • Previous experience in a customer service environment

Desirable

  • NHS experience
  • Experience of working with members of the public
  • Project management
  • Proven recent HR experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidentiality and Data Protection
  • NHS

Desirable

  • Project Management
  • Knowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology

Personal skills

Essential

  • Advanced keyboard skills
  • Excellent communication skills(written and verbal)
  • Good attention to detail and accuracy
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values
  • Able to solve complex problems

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

IP-City Centre

Ipswich

IP2 8SD


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

IP-City Centre

Ipswich

IP2 8SD


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Head of HR Compliance

Samantha Thorne

Samantha.Thorne@esneft.nhs.uk

Date posted

09 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR747-24

Job locations

IP-City Centre

Ipswich

IP2 8SD


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