Job vacancy: Senior HR Business Partner, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, Preston

Job summary

Main area

People Services

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

Secondment: 7 months (Until the 31st March 2026)

Hours

Full time
Job share
Flexible working
Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

125-ICB026-25

Employer: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB
Town: Preston
Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/08/2025 23:59

Senior HR Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Collaborate with the People Services team to deliver planned and unplanned projects, including large-scale management of change and organisational transformation initiatives.

Provide routine and non-routine HR support, using judgement skills and escalating matters when necessary.

Develop and implement best practice HR/People strategy, policy, and practice.

Provide specialist advice on all aspects of Human Resources and the NHS workforce agenda.

Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, promoting collaborative partnership working and innovation in HR and People services.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

Member of relevant professional body

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential criteria

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales
Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems

Other

Essential criteria

Able to travel across various sites where applicable

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Alison Smith
Job title: Associate Director of People Service
Email address: [email protected]
Additional information: If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact [email protected] to arrange.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Level 1
Fusion House
Evolution Park
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 2FD
Telephone: 01254 732075

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Job summary

Employer heading

Senior HR Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential criteria

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

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Essential criteria

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