Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 372-CORP1828-B
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Lindley
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/05/2024
Employer heading
Human Resources Adviser – Corporate
NHS AfC: Band 5
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
Are you an experienced qualified HR practitioner who is looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to work in an environment that supports your personal and professional development?
Do you have an overriding passion to improve patient care? If so, this post may be just what you are looking for.
Working in partnership with the senior leadership team your role will be instrumental in leading the people agenda.
Main duties of the job
Building on the Trust’s enviable reputation as an employer of choice for medical, clinical and corporate support staff, you will play a key role in ensuring that we have the right people with the right skills in the right place to achieve the Trust’s vision for the future, as well as providing specialist employment law advice and guidance.
Working for our organisation
You will be working as part of a highly qualified and experienced team of workforce and organisational development professionals. You will also act as the administrator and co-ordinator for the maintenance and development of employment policies ensuring they are up to date and are consistent with one culture of care and co-ordinate mediation sessions by liaising with the Trust’s trained mediators.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates should be CIPD qualified or working towards it with proven experience of providing general HR support and advice in all aspects of employee relation matters ideally gained in a large scale, complex organisation. As an experienced HR professional you must be able to influence and support line managers to manage informal and formal HR issues. Able to demonstrate motivation and resilience and to plan and manage own workload in a challenging environment is essential to the role.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential criteria
- CIPD Qualification/Post Graduate HR Qualification or working towards qualification
- To attend CHFT in-house Training
- Attend external training as appropriate to the role
- To maintain own CPD ensuring that knowledge and understanding is reviewed and updated to enable appropriate and relevant advice is provided.
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of providing general HR support and advice in all aspects of employee relation matters.
- Influencing and supporting line managers to manage informal and formal HR issues
- Ability to deliver change management projects.
- Up to date with employment law and best practice.
- Able to interpret and implement HR policies and procedures
- Proactive approach to identifying risks and implementing plans to address them
- Understanding of the NHS and the NHS HR agenda
- Competent in Microsoft Office, able use the internet for research purposes
- Advanced keyboard skills – the ability to gather data from ESR and manipulate this using Excel.
- Designing and delivering staff development and training courses
- Understanding of the importance of confidentiality and data protection.
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS experience in a HR role
- Experience of working in a unionized environment
- Project management
- Understanding of NHS terms and conditions of service
- Managing Organisational Change issues
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate motivation and resilience.
- To plan and manage own workload in a challenging environment.
- Demonstrate the ability to interact with people at all levels in the organisation and build positive working relationships.
- Able to influence managers and cultures to promote change and support organisational/service objectives
- Excellent communication skills and ability to develop relationships with internal partners as well as external.
- Ability to work in a team/own initiative.
- Ability to gather facts and write and present complex reports
- Demonstrate the ability to concentrate for prolonged periods where frequent interruptions occur and the work pattern is unpredictable.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Azizen Khan
- Job title
- Assistant Director of HR
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07824626702
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