Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7216402
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Aspen House, Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
HR Advisor
Band 5
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic HR Advisor to join our friendly team. You will provide professional and business focused HR
support and advice to managers and will be aligned to specific Divisions working alongside colleagues and the wider HR team.
The role offers the opportunity to develop a broad generalist portfolio of HR experience in a supportive and proactive team environment. You will
support and advise on a wide range of issues including sickness absence management, disciplinary and grievance, change management and
interpretation of policies and terms and conditions of employment.
This role will involve working flexibly, which could include working from the main office on the Stepping Hill site, community locations and there is
also the opportunity to work from home on a hybrid arrangement.
This post is fixed term for a 12 month period
Main duties of the job
To provide a focused HR service, ensuring that professional, proactive, comprehensive and effective HR advice and support is provided to line
managers within a designated business groups throughout the Trust.
To ensure that the service provided is consistent within defined quality standards and all relevant policies and procedures in order to ensure the
HR strategy, objectives and key performance indicators are implemented effectively across the organisation.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and
volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a focused HR service, ensuring that professional, proactive, comprehensive and effective HR advice and support is provided to line
managers within a designated business groups throughout the Trust.
To ensure that the service provided is consistent within defined quality standards and all relevant policies and procedures in order to ensure the
HR strategy, objectives and key performance indicators are implemented effectively across the organisation.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and
volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns,
communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree or equivalent level of experience
- Possession of graduate membership of the CIPD or Equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of HR best practice and an up to date knowledge of employment legislation
- Good knowledge of NHS terms and conditions of employment
- Understanding of the importance & requirements of Data Protection and Confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues including national and local policy drivers, and the modernisation agenda
Experience
Essential criteria
- Generalist HR experience and evidence of dealing with operational employee relations issues in a multi-disciplinary professional environment
- Delivering front line advice and guidance to managers and staff on conditions of employment and employee relation issues
- Working in a challenging, busy HR environment with competing demands
- Undertaking tasks, which demonstrate ability to work on your own initiative
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of policy review, development and implementation
- Experience of HR practice in the NHS and working in a unionised environment
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to use HR databases and information systems
- Good analytical skills with the ability to provide excellent management information as required
- Ability to use own initiative to interpret policies, procedures and situations in order to identify pragmatic solutions/ recommendations on a case-by-case basis.
- Focused, with good organisation and planning skills to manage a large workload in a pressurised environment
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Medical Staffing terms and conditions
- Effective negotiation and influencing skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Pickering
- Job title
- Senior HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 4938
- Additional information
Email Sarah Pickering, Senior HR Advisor for an informal discussion or visit.
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