Job summary
- Main area
- Admin
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 5 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 050-AC292-0525
- Employer
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ysbyty Gwynedd
- Town
- Bangor
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
People Services Business Partner
Band 7
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
This post is fixed term/secondment for 5 months to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Our vision is to become a leading People Service in NHS Wales. Therefore, we are expanding our services and are recruiting to vacancies across a range of professional backgrounds, such as Employee Relations, Recruitment and Resourcing and Organisational Design.
Please head over to our microsite here to read more about the range of opportunities available, or continue here to learn more about the post of People Business Partner.
Led by our Associate Directors of People Services, our People Services teams will be part of the four IHC operational structure, providing local workforce support, strategic workforce planning and also contribute to a direct reduction in agency and locum costs as local, national and international campaigns are given local health community focus.
Incorporated in this team is People Business Partnering, a blended HR and Organisational Design role, acting as business professionals, team member champions and change agents.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
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Working for our organisation
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest health organisation in Wales, with a budget of £1.7 billion and a workforce of over 19,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales.
BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals, 22 community hospitals and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. BCUHB also coordinates or provides the work of 113 GP practices and the NHS services provided by dentists, opticians and pharmacists across the region.
The Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to excellent compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales and with the University of Bangor is seeking medical school status and operates in a research-rich learning culture.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MCIPD qualified with evidence of on-going Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Human Resources Management qualification at Postgraduate Diploma level or similar equivalent HR management qualification.
- Additional HR training or experience to Masters level equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Employment Law qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience sufficient to provide advice and support to managers and staff on all aspects of the role without day-to-day supervision or direction
- Experience of working successfully in a complex, busy and large scale business
- Up to date knowledge of employment law and good employment practice
- Extensive experience of advising managers on how to handle complex, contentious and highly sensitive employee relations issues including writing management statements of case and advising at disciplinary hearings and other formal hearings.
- Experience of devising & delivering training to managers on range of ER topics
- Experience of mentoring and coaching staff
- Experience of developing team building or similar events to support team/department engagement/relationships
- Experience of policy review and development
- Knowledge of the current HR Agenda in the NHS
- Workforce Planning and role re-design experience
- Experienced in working in partnership
Desirable criteria
- Experience of attending and preparing for employment tribunals
- Significant NHS experience
- Project management experience
Skills , Knowledge and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to contribute immediately to the work of the department and establishing professional credibility
- Able to advise managers up to senior level on complex ER issues including formal hearings
- Able to support workforce colleagues, acting as a role model and able to professionally and personally develop team members
- Able to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues and Trade Union representatives
- Able to interpret and apply employment law for use in employment cases, developing and reviewing All Wales and Health Board employment policies
- Able to convey ideas and advice clearly, concisely, with conviction and in a persuasive manner often in the face of opposition or hostility when advice is challenged.
- Demonstrate commitment to the use of good HRM practices in the business and be able to coach managers on how to apply HRM practices appropriately.
- Good analytical skills. Able to analyse reports and data and act on these appropriately.
- High standard of verbal and written communication skills/able to generate own correspondence and reports. Able to explain and persuade others through written and oral argument, and gain acceptance for issues that may be unwelcome or new.
- Adaptable, flexible and innovative approach to work
- Ability to prioritise/organise work load
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Experience of successful line management of others
- Value diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Clowes
- Job title
- Head of People Operations - West
- Email address
- [email protected]
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