Job summary
The Head of HR provides a strategic workforce and OD focus and direction for the Trust by working closely with the People & Culture senior leadership team, Divisional Senior Management teams and other senior stakeholders and providing leadership to the HR teams to support the forward planning, engagement and performance of our number one asset - our people.
In this role, you will influence and drive business objectives and support the delivery of the Trust People Strategy. You will lead on designated Trust-wide workforce projects, as a member of the Senior People & Culture Management Team to deliver the People & Culture contribution to the quality improvement agenda.
You will provide senior leadership to the HR Business Partnering and Operations Team and Workforce Information Systems Team, being responsible for the development of the service, ensuring that members of the team have the capacity and confidence to provide high quality advice on a wide range of subject matter.
Main duties of the job
- To lead the Senior HR Business Partnering and Operations Team to deliver professional HR and people leadership to the Divisions, ensuring the highest standards of employee engagement along with optimal workforce effectiveness
- To provide strategic and Trust-wide delivery of the People Strategy within the Divisions through the Senior HR Business Partners
- Work closely with senior colleagues across People & Culture and the wider system to deliver on HR & OD priorities
- To lead, develop and manage the operational HR teams, supported by the Senior HR Business Partners to provide an expert, professional and high quality operational HR service providing advice on a full range of workforce matters
- To lead the development of Trust HR policies to support delivery of the Trust's People Strategy and in particular support the delivery of the Trust Behaviour Framework, Culture and Leadership Programme
- To support the Deputy Director of People & Culture in maintaining and building on excellent partnership working with trade union colleagues across the organisation through effective Trust wide partnership arrangements and the promotion of partnership working
About us
The successful applicant will be joining a well-established, highly committed and talented HR team, in a Trust that is constantly looking to improve on how we deliver services to our local community.
To see some of the benefits of coming to join the ELHT family, please visit https://elht.nhs.uk/working-us/why-work-us
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in relevant subject or Post Graduate membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or relevant experience
Desirable
- Chartered Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Experience
Essential
- Significant operational HR experience with exposure to working as a Business Partner; experience of devising and implementing HR plans and strategy
- Highly developed understanding of employment law with ability to analyse, interpret and apply complex concepts
- Demonstrable experience in large scale change management and experience of advising managers on complex change processes including redundancy, reorganisation and TUPE transfers
- Experience and demonstrable delivery of developing strategic plans and focussed solutions to support organisational priorities
- Experience of managing high performing teams (s) whose focus has been on delivering customer focussed HR services with clear performance outcomes
- Experience of preparing and presenting / co presenting cases at internal or external employment tribunals / appeals
Desirable
- Experience of working in other system partner organisations, such as local authority, education or voluntary sector
- Experience of writing detailed, fully costed business cases
- Experience of working with partner organisations, sharing good practice
- Workforce Planning in a large organisation
- Workforce planning in the NHS Experience of working in a large acute NHS Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in relevant subject or Post Graduate membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or relevant experience
Desirable
- Chartered Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Experience
Essential
- Significant operational HR experience with exposure to working as a Business Partner; experience of devising and implementing HR plans and strategy
- Highly developed understanding of employment law with ability to analyse, interpret and apply complex concepts
- Demonstrable experience in large scale change management and experience of advising managers on complex change processes including redundancy, reorganisation and TUPE transfers
- Experience and demonstrable delivery of developing strategic plans and focussed solutions to support organisational priorities
- Experience of managing high performing teams (s) whose focus has been on delivering customer focussed HR services with clear performance outcomes
- Experience of preparing and presenting / co presenting cases at internal or external employment tribunals / appeals
Desirable
- Experience of working in other system partner organisations, such as local authority, education or voluntary sector
- Experience of writing detailed, fully costed business cases
- Experience of working with partner organisations, sharing good practice
- Workforce Planning in a large organisation
- Workforce planning in the NHS Experience of working in a large acute NHS Trust
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).
