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Job summary

Main area
Human Resources
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
349-SMH-7302906-RL4
Employer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Specialist Hospitals Clinical Group
Town
Manchester
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust logo

HR Advisor

Band 5

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an HR Advisor to join one of our busy HR Business Partner team.  You will work alongside the both Assistant HR Business Partner and the wider HR team in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational people management support service to ensure best practice people management.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your skills and experience as an HR professional.

Main duties of the job

To support the Workforce Business Partner in the development of a positive approach to employment relations by building strong and effective partnerships between workforce colleagues, managers, 
clinicians, staff and their representatives.
To provide professional advice and support to the workforce team, managers and other stakeholders as appropriate on the application and interpretation of employment relations policy and terms and conditions
of service, enabling problems to be identified and resolved quickly, effectively and fairly.
To advise and support managers to undertake investigations, including decisions on suspensions as appropriate, and development of the investigation report.
To provide professional advice and support as required at employment related hearings and appeals.
To support the redeployment process.
To support the delivery of the Trust’s workforce strategy. 
To participate as required in job matching and job evaluation exercises using appropriate evaluation tools and ensuring the process is transparent and that decisions are fair, equitable and consistent.
To advise managers of the people implications of their decisions, providing relevant information to support their decisions making and risk identification.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. 

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Completed first year of CIPD qualification
  • Student membership of CIP
Desirable criteria
  • Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An understanding of the national NHS agenda and the Human Resource contribution.
  • An understanding of the principles of change management and contribution of the HR function to transformational change
  • A knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and employment issues.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of Medical Staffing employment issues

further training

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses and up to date knowledge of HR/Personnel practices
  • Change Management
Desirable criteria
  • Agenda for Change Job Evaluation training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Developing and maintaining positive partnerships with trade union representatives and senior managers.
  • Has gained HR operational experience of dealing with HR issues across all aspects of employment relations practice including disciplinary, grievances, bullying and harassment complaints, sickness absence and performance capability.
Desirable criteria
  • NHS experience
  • Supervisory experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Michelle Harrison
Job title
HR Business Partner
Email address
[email protected]
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