Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 1 x Permanent & 1 x FTC
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-8221173
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex University Hospital Site
- Town
- Edmonton
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Associate Associate People and Culture Partner
Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The purpose of this role is to support the Senior People & Culture Partner to provide comprehensive human resource (HR) support for a designated clinical /corporate Division with regard to resourcing, organisational change, employee relations (ER) and terms and conditions of employment. The role will support the forward planning, modernisation and performance of the workforce.
Main duties of the job
Reporting into the Senior People & Culture Partner you will be the Associate People & Culture Partner for the North Middlesex Health Unit. Your role will support 2 divisions across the North Middlesex Health Unit. As part of the role, you will play a key part in providing HR services of a high quality and that are client focused.
You will also work closely with HR colleagues across all main hospital sites on a variety of projects, staff engagement, organisational design and consultation and policy and process harmonisation.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education and professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level or equivalent HR experience
- CIPD or equivalent level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Employee relations experience in a complex, multidisciplinary and culturally diverse organisation
- Experience of operating effectively in a customer facing environment
- In depth knowledge of employment legislation and understanding of the risks of non-compliance
- Experience of advising managers on complex and serious individual and/or collective conflict situations including disciplinary, capability and grievance issues
- Experience of supporting effective organisational change initiatives, including Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
- Well-developed understanding and awareness of best practice employee relations methodologies
- Experience of working in a multi-unionised environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of workforce planning to support divisional strategies
- Experience of preparing Employment Tribunal information
- Knowledge and experience of working with HR Business Partner model
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Able to plan and organise the work of themselves and others to ensure the achievement of targets and outcomes
- Able to provide direct support to managers on complex case management issues
- Able to prepare reports and correspondence to respond to complex cases
- Able to work through sub functions of workforce to provide effective service to the business
- Able to analyse complex information and identify appropriate recommendations
- Able to advise managers on case management issues related to terms and conditions, discipline, capability, grievance or change management
- Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills
- Able to make judgements and advise managers on options for action and associated risks
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jan Ganay
- Job title
- Senior People & Culture Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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