Senior HR Advisor

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting career opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and competent person to work within our busy HR department as a Senior HR Advisor.

Reporting to a HR Business Partner the post holder will support the positive management of employee relations and change management issues within a fast paced environment.

Main duties of the job

Providing advice to managers in their areas of responsibility, you will manage a busy workload ensuring that a quality HR service is provided through offering advice on complex sickness management cases, disciplinary, grievance investigations and support on change management projects.

The ideal candidate must have attained the CIPD level 5 qualification (or be in the process of working towards it) and have experience of supporting employee relations cases as well as sound knowledge of employment law.

Candidates should be a confident leader and be able to deliver presentations to large groups on HR related topics and possess influencing and negotiating skills to be able to be effective in their role. They will also have proven IT skills including use of MS Office packages.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work effectively within a team, deal with sensitive and confidential issues and work flexibly. They will be independently mobile with driving licence and insurance for business use and be confident working on their own initiative.

There will be flexibility to work from home as part of the working week.

About us

We are a very friendly and approachable team who have strong work ethics.

Our priority as a Trust is to provide safe, high quality care to our communities every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.

Our hard working staff support us to embed an open, just and compassionate culture and in turn we support them by providing an inclusive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Date posted

10 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

844-6899025

Job locations

St Catherines Health Centre

Derby Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To develop and promote productive partnership working with managers using negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills, constructively challenging views and decisions made by Senior Managers
  • Develop positive working relationships with managers within their designated business areas and gain a thorough understanding of their service needs
  • Develop and maintain close working relationships with managers as well as other internal/external key contacts such as Payroll and Occupational Health
  • Provide a focused approach to operational HR management ensuring consistency in the service provided
  • Provide professional HR advice and support to staff and managers with a designated business area
  • Work with HR colleagues to ensure that lessons are learnt, and the service is business focused
  • Provide professional advice and support to managers dealing with employment issues, including the use of the trusts disciplinary, grievance and capability procedures, ensuring that procedures are followed and fairly and consistently applied

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To develop and promote productive partnership working with managers using negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills, constructively challenging views and decisions made by Senior Managers
  • Develop positive working relationships with managers within their designated business areas and gain a thorough understanding of their service needs
  • Develop and maintain close working relationships with managers as well as other internal/external key contacts such as Payroll and Occupational Health
  • Provide a focused approach to operational HR management ensuring consistency in the service provided
  • Provide professional HR advice and support to staff and managers with a designated business area
  • Work with HR colleagues to ensure that lessons are learnt, and the service is business focused
  • Provide professional advice and support to managers dealing with employment issues, including the use of the trusts disciplinary, grievance and capability procedures, ensuring that procedures are followed and fairly and consistently applied

Person Specification

Qualifications and professional training

Essential

  • Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP) or equivalent knowledge, skills or experience
  • CIPD level 5 qualification or making demonstrable progress in the achievement of the CIPD Graduate level qualification (completion within 1 year )
  • Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential

  • Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to a range of groups or individuals
  • Experience of managing employee relations in a complex organisation
  • Experience of policy development
  • Ability to use own judgement and initiative effectively
  • Up to date knowledge of employment and case law
  • Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise as well as work under pressure with competing demands to meet deadlines
  • Experience of developing and maintaining HR standards and confidentiality

Desirable

  • Experience and knowledge of providing support in TUPE situations/re-organisations/redundancy
  • Line management experience
  • Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions

Skills

Essential

  • A confident and supportive leader
  • Ability to deliver presentations/training to large groups of staff on key HR topics
  • Ability to use partnership working skills, influencing others and negotiating to gain results
  • Ability to develop good working relationships
  • Ability to challenge Managers in a positive and effective way

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to use empathy and remain calm under pressure
  • Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with all levels of staff
  • Desire and ability to work effectively in a team
  • Customer focussed and achievement orientated
Person Specification

Qualifications and professional training

Essential

  • Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP) or equivalent knowledge, skills or experience
  • CIPD level 5 qualification or making demonstrable progress in the achievement of the CIPD Graduate level qualification (completion within 1 year )
  • Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential

  • Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to a range of groups or individuals
  • Experience of managing employee relations in a complex organisation
  • Experience of policy development
  • Ability to use own judgement and initiative effectively
  • Up to date knowledge of employment and case law
  • Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise as well as work under pressure with competing demands to meet deadlines
  • Experience of developing and maintaining HR standards and confidentiality

Desirable

  • Experience and knowledge of providing support in TUPE situations/re-organisations/redundancy
  • Line management experience
  • Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions

Skills

Essential

  • A confident and supportive leader
  • Ability to deliver presentations/training to large groups of staff on key HR topics
  • Ability to use partnership working skills, influencing others and negotiating to gain results
  • Ability to develop good working relationships
  • Ability to challenge Managers in a positive and effective way

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to use empathy and remain calm under pressure
  • Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with all levels of staff
  • Desire and ability to work effectively in a team
  • Customer focussed and achievement orientated

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.

UK Registration

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

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.

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

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Catherines Health Centre

Derby Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Catherines Health Centre

Derby Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

HR Business Partner

Martene Booth

martene.booth@nhs.net

07385396217

Date posted

10 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

844-6899025

Job locations

St Catherines Health Centre

Derby Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ


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